Ben Lowry - not all, by any means did. Ulster Unionist Party, Lord Empey & others did not. I made clear at every point that this was far from ‘best of both’, I remember being pretty direct with Theresa May & with Rishi Sunak. Boris didn’t even bother listening Doug Beattie Robin Swann MP

The House of Lords' committee's framework report was revealing. But "there is little evidence that ‘strengthening Northern Ireland’s voice’, certainly from the political perspective, would do much to make the sea border less onerous." newsletter.co.uk/news/opinion/c…

And this is the web link to that essay, which I wrote for Saturday's paper newsletter.co.uk/news/opinion/c…

And this is the web link to that essay, which I wrote for Saturday's paper newsletter.co.uk/news/opinion/c…

It is the second night in a row that a protest has been held outside the hotel: newsletter.co.uk/news/crime/pol…

While the result has not been formally announced, victory was clear days ago and confirmed as soon as ballot boxes opened this morning. Humphreys has now conceded newsletter.co.uk/news/national/…

As Ireland gets ever greener, even moderate nationalists are already using this huge win for Catherine Connolly to demand discussions about shattering the UK (PS - unionists should start using such terms, rather than the seductive sounding "Irish unity") newsletter.co.uk/news/national/…

Among the reasons for the huge number of spoilt ballot papers was a feeling that the final two candidates to become Ireland's head of state did not reflect voter concerns on matters such as immigration newsletter.co.uk/news/national/…

"She will be a toxic and divisive figure," says Jim Allister. "Connolly represents the most militant and ideological strand of southern nationalism, and she will be even more unpopular among unionists than her predecessor, which is quite an achievement” newsletter.co.uk/news/national/…

Don’t believe the hype,the Republic’s not in a happy place. It just elected its 2nd hard left president in a row, while, in its parliament, moderates can barely keep control. The left is extreme & anti-western, the right has no voice & resorts to violence newsletter.co.uk/news/opinion/c…

Sometimes the horror is overwhelming - may the Bibas family have everlasting peace. Her children were brutally murdered in front of Shiri by Hamas - this was their home at Nir Oz. Psalm 34.18 Israel ישראל We Believe in Israel

Remembering The Massacre at the Nova Festival 🌺 The scene is heartbreaking as I walk around memorials to the victims of the Hamas terrorist attack remembered at the site of an appalling atrocity on that fateful day on the 7 October 2023 #WeWillRememberThem

.BBC Radio Ulster talking about a United Ireland ad nauseam. As I go about my business each day, it seems like BBC Northern Ireland are the only ones discussing this self-generated, divisive subject. I’d rather hear about more pressing issues i.e. health, education, housing, employment.📻

'If anything, many of the recent rows (at Stormont) have been caused by a lack of tolerance for any argument that upsets the nationalist/‘progressive’ view currently dominating the assembly.' newsletter.co.uk/news/opinion/o…

Even some unionists urge the DUP to attend the Irish presidential inauguration. Yet the incoming president seems set to follow the partisan precedent of Michael Higgins for that supposedly apolitical post, eg scolding Britain, says Owen Polley Owen Polley newsletter.co.uk/news/opinion/o…

Let's be clear: no one in the EU or NATO objects to Irish neutrality or seeks Irish troops for conflict deployments. You can remain neutral, if you can defend yourselves, just like Switzerland or Austria. The problem is when Ireland expects EU and NATO neighbors to defend its

The fact that BBC Radio Ulster is flogging the Borderland podcast to death tells us all we need to know about public interest in the subject. Unless BBC Northern Ireland can produce evidence to the contrary, it is just a contrived talking shop and yet another waste of the licence fee.

Sorry guys... Missed Northern Ireland Thought it was only first 2 in group. Full house then!

Of course it is. The country is a scientific and technological powerhouse measured by any terms, but all the more stunningly so when its successes are assessed on a per capita basis, given Israel's tiny population

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