“creating consistency between each of the devolved institutions across the United Kingdom”

While the bullshit distraction that is the DUP/Sinn Féin “Building a United Community” paper [pdf file] was being paraded across the airwaves last week – Think of it as a revamped Contested Space Programme [Don’t tell the International Fund for Ireland – Ed], pre-empting consultation on area-based planning, and Girdwood times 10.  [And another non-working working group? – Ed]  With 3 representatives from the DUP, 3 from Sinn Féin and 2 each from the other 3 Executive parties… ANYhoo…  The NI …

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So what changed between the draft and final versions of the Programme for Government?

The final version of the NI Executive’s 2011-2015 Programme for Government was published last Monday. What changes were made between the draft version issued in November 2011 and the final version issued in March 2012 after three months of consultation? Running section one of each version through a convenient comparison tool [Ed – Microsoft Word!] generated this handy PDF which tracks the changes. Nothing too sinister, but interesting to see how public feedback – and no doubt, fresh thinking from …

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