Archives for: February 2008
Delivering for Ulster
Cavan: southernmost of the Three Counties (red)
Our illustrious First Minister has come in for some heavy criticism over his cosy relationship with the leader of the Republic Bertie Ahern, but the preacher has proven his doubters wrong again. The DUP… more »
Downloaders Banned from the Internet
There's plenty wrong with copyright laws in this country. Instead of fixing those things though, the government want ISPs to do their dirty work, monitor everything you download and ban users from the internet if they download copyrighted material. There… more »
Inaccessible Government
Caution: Massive vent ahead!
Sorry, this is not going to be an in-depth political analysis like some of Michael's posts (though in-depth it will be - be warned), but I had to laugh at this. Peter Robinson has announced that the Northern Ireland admini… more »
UUP win in Dromore
Carol Black has won the by-election in Dromore. Deserved terrible result for the DUP, good result for TUV.
There should never have been a by election in the first place - the DUP have questions to answer on wasting ratepayers money.
The comments o… more »
Death and Growth
Sorry I haven't had a chance to post too much; over the weekend I've been dosed with a severe bout of Manflu and as such, have been fending off the reaper with a combination of max-strength lemsip-like concoctions, hot soup, a duvet, and umpteen hankies.… more »
Protecting the law from the law makers
by Michael Shilliday on 10 Feb 2008 at 23:31. Categories: United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, Politics, Devolved Government
I've been having an argument with Seamus here over legislators and who is qualified to be a lawmaker. I firmly believe that the salary of a legislator must be sufficient to attract those with sufficient expertise to be in a position to make good laws.… more »
MLAs To Consider 16% Pay Rise
by beano on 08 Feb 2008 at 10:10. Categories: Northern Ireland, Business & Economy, Politics, Devolved Government
A review of Northern Ireland's MLA's pay is expected to recommend a 16% pay-rise, taking the MLA's basic salary to £52,000. MLAs will themselves then vote on whether or not to accept the recommendation.
That's clearly not going to do much to help r… more »
Patten to be rolled out across UK
by Michael Shilliday on 07 Feb 2008 at 14:38. Categories: News, United Kingdom, England, Wales, PSNI, Law & Order, Politics, History
The Patten Commission was not a pleasant experience for Unionists. The abandonment of the historic name and symbols of the RUC GC was needless, insensitive, and damaging to Unionist confidence in the political process of the time. While this was not th… more »
Conservatives Courting (potential) Candidates
Seems a novel (to say the least) way of recruiting electoral candidates, but the Northern Ireland Conservatives have a message on their blog requesting that:
"people - from all backgrounds - who might like to put themselves forward for the next Westmi… more »
Another mythbuster
by Michael Shilliday on 06 Feb 2008 at 15:20. Categories: Northern Ireland, Myths and Lies, Politics, Devolved Government, History
After a period away from regular blogging of the style I don't like putting on Slugger, I'm glad to now be contributing to Everything Ulster. I'm looking forward to getting back into the habit of regular blogging.
When I met up with Beano, we were ch… more »