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And so it comes to pass…. our MLAs will at last get their hands on devolved Policing & Justice powers with the OFMDFM motion proposing that ‘certain matters should cease to be reserved’. However Stormont Watchers will have to display a degree of patience as this won’t happen until the Housing Bill reaches its final stage.
To the [...]
A busy agenda gets underway this week with a clearing of decks motion to neuter some pesky standing orders that may have impacted on Tuesday’s big debate on the devolution of Policing & Justice.
Health Questions are always relatively lively and expect robust exchanges over recent increases of waiting times and budgetary pressures. Fresh from his [...]
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 [...]
THE WEEK THAT WAS….
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 [...]
THE WEEK THAT WAS….
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 [...]
THE WEEK THAT WAS….
“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 [...]
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 [...]
THE WEEK THAT WAS….
“So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good night. I hate to go and leave this pretty sight”
Ah, Christmas is coming and this year the networks have promised a bumper year of repeats with over 600 hours of regurgitated material to help aid the nation’s postprandial naps. MLAs – though some may on [...]
THE WEEK THAT WAS….
“Silent Night, Holy Night. All is calm, all is bright. Round yon Virgin Mother and Child, Holy Infant so tender and mild. Sleep in heavenly peace. Sleep in heavenly peace.”
Ah, don’t you just love a traditional Belfast Christmas. Bockwurst hot dogs from the Continental Market at City Hall, a minor celebrity [...]
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