Posted on July 10, 2008 by ToryWriter
A report today by the Institute for Public Policy Research says the Formula, which calculates how the devolved nations are financed, is ‘inequitable and could undermine the Union unless reformed’.
Broken down, the report shows that public spending per head in Northern Ireland each year is £5,684. This figure is 21% above the UK average and [...]
Filed under: Conservatives Northern Ireland, DUP, Devolution, Northern Ireland, Taxation, Water charges | 1 Comment »
Posted on July 3, 2008 by Editor
‘In support of Tim Collins’
Writing in today’s Daily Telegraph former British Army Colonel Tim Collins makes a strong case as to why the detention of terrorist suspects for up to 42 days plays into the hands of our enemies.
Based on his first hand military experience in both Northern Ireland and Iraq Colonel Collins is, unlike [...]
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Posted on December 20, 2007 by Editor
By Jeff Peel - In a recent edition of Sunday Sequence Edwin Poots, our, ahem, Culture Minister, expressed his view that the world is no older than 6,000 years. I’m not absolutely sure how he arrived at this conclusion (some dusty corner of the bible, no doubt) but he’s pretty sure on the matter. His [...]
Filed under: DUP, Education, Grammar Schools | No Comments »
Posted on December 19, 2007 by Editor
By Bob Wilson - What’s the difference between the Conservative Party and the local parties on Corporation Tax?
They all apparently want lower corporation tax but the crucial difference is that while the DUP, UUP, SDLP and Sinn Fein can whine all they like about Gordon Brown and Sir David Varney - only the Conservatives have [...]
Filed under: DUP, Economy, George Osborne, SDLP, Sir David Varney, Taxation, UUP | Tagged: Conservatives, Corporation Tax, George Osborne, Northern Ireland, Sir David Varney | No Comments »
Posted on September 27, 2007 by Editor
Comment by Jeffrey Peel, Vice Chair, Policy, Conservatives in Northern Ireland
As a recent Belfast Telegraph leader argued, “Attempts to introduce teaching creationism in public schools - not private - have consistently been rejected as contravening the separation of church and state. Most people, not just humanists, would agree.” As a Conservative I agree too. The separation [...]
Filed under: Alliance Party, DUP, Education, creationism | 8 Comments »
Posted on September 23, 2007 by Editor
Sometimes those who seem like your best friends can turn out to be your worst enemies. Increasingly this looks to be the case with the so-called unionist parties in Northern Ireland. While no-one doubts the genuine love of, and commitment to, the Union shown by DUP and UUP voters the action of the leadership of [...]
Filed under: DUP, Northern Ireland, UUP | 3 Comments »
Posted on September 18, 2007 by Editor
Conservatives welcome Fianna Fail moves to organise in NI…
The Conservatives have reacted to the announcement yesterday that Fianna Fail, the Irish political Party, will be organising and contesting elections in Northern Ireland.
“Conservatives are not surprised by Fianna Fail moves to organise in NI,” said Julian Robertson, Vice Chairman of the Conservatives in Northern Ireland.
He continued, [...]
Filed under: Conservative Party, Conservatives Northern Ireland, DUP, Fianna Fail, SDLP, UUP | 3 Comments »
Posted on March 23, 2007 by Editor
The following statement was posted on ConservativesNI.com today and is indicative of the thinking of supporters of local political Parties. For that reason a response might be appropriate.
“The Democratic Unionists are doing what they believe to be best for Northern Ireland. Someone has to fight our corner. That is why the Conservatives will never come [...]
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Posted on March 11, 2007 by Editor
By Jeff Peel - Willie O’Dea (Irish Minister of Defence) writing in the Sunday Independent today highlight’s Sinn Fein’s desire to see the top rate of income tax in the Republic increase to 50% and corporation tax hiked to 17.5%. Meanwhile the DUP is arguing that our rate of corporation tax needs to be reduced [...]
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Posted on March 8, 2007 by Editor
BBC Newsnight reported last night that the two so-called “main Parties” (everywhere outside of Northern Ireland they are viewed as weird sectarian anachronisms) are pretty much at one when it comes to making demands on the British exchequer. Sinn Fein claims that the “Brits” owe us big time. They are demanding that jobs are “created” [...]
Filed under: Corporation Tax, DUP, Northern Ireland, Sinn Fein | No Comments »
