Archives for: February 2008
Harry in Helmand
This really pissed me off. I heard on Radio 5's Drive programme in the car on the way home from work today that Prince Harry has been in Afghanistan, fighting on the front line, for 10 weeks. The media knew this and said nothing. Obviously this was neces… more »
Manipulation of "Rights" Lets Criminals Off The Hook
by beano on 28 Feb 2008 at 14:43. Categories: Local Wackos, Law & Order, Politics, Devolved Government
It really is time to put a stop to the nonsense going on at the Bill of Rights Forum. This bunch of professional do-gooders, whose job seems to be to advise those who will advise the government on a Bill of Rights, seem to want to allow anyone under the… more »
Don't You Love Poetic Justice?
There's nothing like seeing a criminal, particularly a violent one, get their comeuppance. Those last couple of pictures are doozies.
What can I say? It seemed relevant.
The hapless criminal had been sent by motorbike to torch the club in a r… more »
New Look for EU
I'm sure it didn't take anyone long to notice the tweaks made to Everything Ulster over the weekend. The blog software was updated to a new version with lots of funky new features, most of which will make life easier for me rather than affect the front-… more »
On Neutral Working Environments
by beano on 25 Feb 2008 at 10:43. Categories: Europe, Sinn Fein, Republicans, Devolved Government, History
Given Sinn Fein's serious, and not at all opportunistic, commitment to creating "neutral working environments" I'm shocked, nay stunned, to find them taking advantage of International Women's Day to celebrate a convicted bomber, Mairead Farrell. Surely t… more »
Dangers of Demonisation
by beano on 23 Feb 2008 at 13:12. Categories: Northern Ireland, Local Wackos, Orange Order / Other Marches, Republicans, History
Is it any wonder unionists feel like their culture and identity is constantly under attack? It's all very well for people in Northern Ireland who are familiar with the bullshit emanating from the likes of the Andytown News group and the various interest… more »
Reclamation of Donegal Begins
Donegal: northernmost of the Three Counties (red)
OK, maybe not, but following recent speculation about the transfer of Cavan to Northern Ireland, those who hear the word Ulster and think of the historic province, whose boundaries were set on the auth… more »
10 Years and £181 million
The Saville Inquiry was established in 1998 to re-examine the events of 30th January 1972, AKA "Bloody Sunday". We knew then that soldiers shot dead 14 people in the Bogside in Londonderry's. 10 years and £181 million later and that's still about all… more »
Terrorism, not warfare
by Michael Shilliday on 19 Feb 2008 at 13:25. Categories: United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, Irish Republic, Sinn Fein, IRA, Dissident Republicans, Culture, Politics, History
The Assembly has rejected any suggestion that the IRA's sectarian murder campaign was a war. A good thing, and fairly unsurprising.
I've always liked Danny Kennedy, but his performance since devolution has impressed me, and he is clearly im proving… more »
Jnr gone
by Michael Shilliday on 18 Feb 2008 at 16:51. Categories: Northern Ireland, Politics, Devolved Government
Finally, he jumps. Take a look at his (graceless) resignation statement on the BBC website. He states that more important than the government, is his party's reputation. I don't like that much. Guido points out the obvious point. Nothing screams "he… more »
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