Categories: News, Business & Economy, Education, Environment, Journalism, Law & Order, PSNI
Shared Future in Schools?
Just in case there was ever any doubt that politicians are out of touch with their voters, the Belfast Telegraph reports on a survey (of "over 1,000" parents and grandparents) that finds parents want more religious mixing in schools.
43% would pr… more »
TUC in economic dream world shock
The TUC still exist apparently. And they still live in the 19th Century.
General secretary Brendan Barber said extreme wealth was "socially divisive and morally objectionable".
The TUC says higher tax rates should be imposed on earnings between £1… more »
Supermarkets Fighting Back on Health
A couple of days ago supermarkets were being criticised for focusing promotions too much on unhealthy foods. Just noticed this at Asda.com - who point out that the government charge no VAT on "essential foods" which includes frozen pizza and chips, but c… more »
Boots Capitulate to Bigoted Barsteward


Stop everything! Sean Reynolds has decreed that Dunhill's marketing material is "sectarian".
Boots in Royal Avenue, Belfast, withdrew from an aftershave marketing campaign because the t-shirts their staff were wearing featured a Dunhill Union Jack aft… more »
Middle Class Catholics in Northern Ireland


This was initially published a couple of months ago now, so apologies to those who have read it elsewhere, but I think it's definitely worth highlighting Jim Cusack writing in the Irish Independent about how prosperous Northern Ireland, and specifically Northern Irish Poor Oppressed Filthy Rich Catholics, have become in recent years.I've picked out the highlights below, but I'd really encourage anyone with 5-10 minutes free to read the whole article. more »
Slim Pickings for Real Continuity MOPE
This video was posted by fascist socialist republican serial-splitters eirigi under the title "RUC-PSNI Brutality".:crazy: To be fair to eirigi, they've a difficult job: it must be tough trying to act all oppressed when this qualifies as "brutality".… more »
Balrog on the deaths of children


Balrog is critical of those who praise Sergeant Lee Clegg for his role in Afghanistan.
I was disgusted to learn that the British military establishment are now exalting murdering bastard Para Lee Clegg in Afghanistan, as some type of noble war hero. P… more »
Ulster Tops A-Level Results League


As A-level results are released again, Northern Ireland has a considerably higher ratio of A-grades ratio than the UK average: 35.4% compared to a national figure of 25.9%. Hands up who thinks it'll make Ruane think twice about killing off grammar schools? more »
Accurate Stereotypes
When I saw this poll on the NewsLetter web site I thought for a second that maybe the results could provide solid figures to dispel the myth that Unionists/Prods are all bible-thumping flat young-earther types.
Now obviously the results would be skew… more »
Money Matters - Watch This Space


Northern Irish bank notes may soon be given legal standing
I noticed an interesting sentence at the very bottom of a Telegraph article about a W.H. Smith store in London overturning a ban on Northern Irish bank notes.
A spokesman for HM Treasury sa… more »
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