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THE WEEK THAT WAS….
Given the comparisons between Northern Ireland and South Africa (take your pick as to which tribe here best represents the Afrikaners or ANC) it was surprising no-one thought to shoe-horn in a Belfast trip for President Jacob Zuma as part of his UK state visit.
Leaving aside the commonality of trying to trying [...]
THE WEEK THAT WAS….
Talking Heads clearly wasn’t a band with any local roots. They may well have shared our trajectory on the ‘Road to Nowhere’, but anyone from Northern Ireland could have told them the opening line was just wrong, wrong, wrong: “Well we know where we’re goin’, but we don’t know where we’ve been”
The [...]
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The UUP used to have a reputation as the party of ‘Big House’ Unionism, nowadays its getting more and more like Celebrity Big Brother House Unionism.
The tie up with Cameron’s Tories hasn’t been without its problems, but it has helped the party reach beyond its aging membership to some bright young(er) things [...]
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According to Michael Winner, there’s a saying in the movie industry that: “There’s no such thing as a rubbish movie until it’s released.” Given that Empire Magazine described one of his films, ‘Parting Shots’, as being so rubbish that “if you tried to bury it in landfill the other rubbish would climb [...]
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“The sand of the desert is sodden red – Red with the wreck of a square that broke. The gatling’s jammed and the colonel dead, And the regiment blind with dust and smoke. But the voice of a schoolboy rallies the ranks – “Play up! Play up! And play the game!”
Given [...]
Belfast Harbour, Northern Ireland’s largest seaport has reported that tonnages fell by 4.4% last year in line with forecasts as the impact of the recession continued to be felt. There was, however, double digit growth in Dry Bulk trades associated with the agri-food sector and passenger numbers also increased by 3% to 1.33m, double the rate [...]
THE WEEK THAT WAS….
There are only seven MLAs with beards, all of whom, bar two, are Sinn Fein members (I’m sure there’s a political science PhD in there somewhere about the correlation between where you stand on the political spectrum and where you stand on facial hair). This, however, is Stormont Watch, not Beard Watch.
Now [...]
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This week the PSNI’s Organised Crime Unit announced that it too wanted a piece of the Robinson action; joining the long list of Committees, Councils, Ombudsmen and hacks who have been left to untangle the web.
Indeed, it’s looking more and more likely that the Robinson investigation will be the closest the plods [...]
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At one stage he bestrode his peers like a colossus, feted by a faithful and ever admiring throng; king of the hill, top the list, head of the heap, ‘A’ number one. Today, he’s been brought down low; reduced to playing gigs in Ballymena and apparently guilty of assault. It’s quite a [...]
If you’re still searching for that last-minute Christmas gift, why not fire the starting pistol for a friend or relative to take part in the most spectacular coastal run in the British Isles?
For anyone interested in running or general fitness, entering them for the Premier Power Larne Half Marathon could make the ideal Christmas gift. [...]
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