Suzanne Breen
@suzyjourno
Political Editor Belfast Telegraph. Post-lockdown mother still on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Mad about Roy Keane.
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In the UUP’s heyday, its leadership was hotly contested. Three decades ago, the party’s big beasts did battle for the top job. David Trimble beat his 4 MP colleagues. It's a sign of the party's dwindling fortunes that nobody now truly wants to lead it. belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/column…
SF dwarfs its unionist & nationalist rivals on 30% in the new LucidTalk poll. Michelle O’Neill’s personal popularity, her party’s grassroots graft, & the greening of the nationalist community, mean neither the DUP nor SDLP can lay a glove on SF. belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/column…
The RSA's latest ad sparks controversy for claims losing your license means losing independence—but what about the lives at risk from drink driving? When will we stop framing #roadsafety through the narrow lens of the driver? My piece in Irish Independent independent.ie/opinion/commen…
Doug Beattie gets it. He knows it isn’t SF, the Irish Sea border, or a ‘treacherous’ British govt which poses the main threat to the Union. Rather, the deepest wounds are self-inflicted. Whatever his flaws, the UUP leader lacked neither humanity nor heart. belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/column…
EXCLUSIVE: 6 times as many unionists as nationalists believe immigration is too high in NI, LucidTalk poll for Belfast Telegraph finds: 🔷82% unionists 🔷13% nationalists 🔷10% Alliance voters Just 25% of unionists say immigration is good for our economy/society. belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/…
The views of SF, SDLP & Alliance voters are identical on immigration. LucidTalk poll for Belfast Telegraph shows it’s yet again unionists who sit outside the majority consensus. A siege mentality is self-defeating when you need new support to win a border poll. belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/column…
SDLP members are brimming with optimism about the party leadership changing hands next month. “I’ve no doubt there’ll be a bounce after Claire Hanna becomes leader," says one. "We’ll see people wanting to get on board because she’s at the helm.” belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/…