Watch back: Belfast South hustings at QUB #GE2019
Watch back tonight’s #GE2019 Belfast South hustings from a packed Great Hall at Queen’s University, with four of the five candidates choosing to attend and participate.
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So it’s [mostly] “no go the election hustings” for the DUP…
So, Jim Wells, despite his fears to the contrary, is going to run for the DUP in South Down. He was kept waiting until the very last weekend before being ratified to run with 43 others as an official DUP candidate in the May election. In fairness, despite the speculation, it has never been clear just who would have run in his place. But what is clear is that Mr Wells will not be facing any local hustings events. Arlene …
#GE2015 List of General Election 2015 hustings in Northern Ireland (updated)
We’ll keep this page up to date with details of hustings being held in the run up to May 2015’s General Election. Email editor at sluggerotoole dot com if you want yours added to the Slugger’s calendar. Topic-based 14 April at 6pm – MAC Question Time #MACQT – Is there a future for the Arts in Northern Ireland? (free tickets required) East Belfast 13 April at 7.30pm – Willowfield Parish Church facilitated by Evangelical Alliance and CARE 14 April at …
Knock Euro election hustings #nieuro (+audio)
Nine parties sent candidates or representatives to the European Election hustings organised by the Peace Group in Knock Presbyterian Church in East Belfast tonight. listen to ‘#nieuro Euro hustings at Knock Presbyterian Church – candidate 60 second summary at the end’ on Audioboo A little under 200 people turned up to hear a three minute pitch from the nine speakers. Gavin Robinson (DUP) standing in for Diane Dodds Martina Anderson (SF) Lord Empey (UUP) standing in for Jim Nicholson Alex …
One last hustings (#bele11) in case you can’t sleep …
It’s the storm before the calm. It feels a bit like Slugger’s clearing out the draft folder of posts before they become irrelevant post-count when the focus switches away from the campaign and turns to the results and the consequences of the electorates’ pencil scribblings. In case Tuesday’s late night leaders’ debate whet your appetite for midnight political listening, here’s one last election treat. It’s a recording of last night’s East Belfast election hustings, held in Knock Presbyterian Church. I …
Are hustings a thing of the past?
Am I the only person who has been disappointed by the lack of hustings in local constituencies? Reading election literature doesn’t give you a complete picture about candidates, and how they engage with difficult issues – and difficult people – could be crucial to how you’d vote. (OK, other factors like how you’ve always voted, and how your parents voted might also be crucial in NI too.) Under the banner of their Make The Cross Count initiative, the organisation CARE …