Posted on March 21, 2008 by Editor
No we’re not thinking here about the Big D or little d in the deputy First Minister’s job title. The D we’re referring to is Designation. Apparently, according to the BBC web site, Seamus Mallon is all for scrapping the current Unionist/Nationalist system. So far so good (something we’ve been arguing for for years). In [...]
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Posted on September 17, 2007 by Editor
If the news is to be believed, Fianna Fail plans to set up in Northern Ireland and rumours are aflying that the SDLP will structure some type of merger. It’s about time.
This move is to be welcomed although it does beg the question as to who those Northern Irish Catholics who have no aspirations towards [...]
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Posted on March 17, 2007 by Editor
The Conservatives fought the Assembly elections on the basis that we are supportive of devolution. However, we’re not naive. Devolution is no panacea. The “main” political Parties - the DUP and Sinn Fein - represent polarised constitutional positions and have diametrically opposed positions on a number of issues. We made clear that we would present an opposition [...]
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