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Is unionist unity doomed to fail?

Posted By: March 08, 2017

Arlene Foster has called for closer co-operation between unionist parties, but Political Correspondent John Manley finds it may not be as successful as the DUP leader imaginesJohn Manley. Irish News. Belfast. Wednesday, March 8, 2017As sure as the bunting and flags come out on Sandy Row every July, you can be guaranteed that when the DUP is in trouble, it will […]

Lessons learned and SF turns up the heat

Posted By: March 08, 2017

Brian Feeney.Irish News. Belfast.Wednesday, March 8, 2017 Let’s make a couple of points clear because the media commentary in the past few days has been couched within the parameters set out by the NIO, by wishful thinking and by hand-wringing from bleeding-heart get-a-longers, the so-called ‘middle ground’ which doesn’t amount to a hill of beans north and west of Royal Avenue.First, Arlene […]

Arlene Foster responsible for the worst Unionist result in my lifetime

Posted By: March 07, 2017

IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by Irish National Caucus “But Foster’s scale of political catastrophe was worse. Her petulant disregard for others resulted in an election that many of her MLAs didn’t want. Her inability to accept personal responsibility for the RHI fiasco (it centered on a department run by successive DUP ministers) was to be her undoing. Ian Paisley would not […]

NI Election: Some in UVF itching to get guns out – thought of Sinn Fein calling shots won’t help the mood

Posted By: March 07, 2017

Loyalist paramilitaries’ failure to make a political impact is in stark contrast to old foes Jim McDowell. Belfast Telegraph.Monday, March 6, 2017I pushed the security buzzer on the front door of the loyalist ex-prisoners’ aid and advice center in north Belfast. They took a long, hard look at me on the security camera inside.Eventually, one of them came down to the […]

My father and Martin McGuinness got over far worse – time for humble pie: Ian Paisley

Posted By: March 07, 2017

Belfast Telegraph. Tuesday, March 7, 2017. DUP MP Ian Paisley has said it is time for humble pie to be served and eaten.The North Antrim MP, speaking on Sky News, said politicians needed to move beyond the past and resolve their differences. It comes as DUP MLAs will meet for the first time since the election last week in […]

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