Posted on November 27, 2007 by Editor
The Conservatives have called on Chancellor Alistair Darling to do more to boost the Northern Ireland economy. Currently it relies on an unsustainable £8 billion pound annual subvention from central Government, representing more than 70% of GDP. Jeffrey Peel, Vice Chairman of Northern Ireland Conservatives, has put pressure on the Government to give more attention [...]
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Posted on March 19, 2007 by Editor
“People in Northern Ireland continue to feel the effects of Gordon Brown’s relentless tax rises – but the local political parties are powerless to stop them.” This was the message from Neil Johnston, of the Conservatives following the revelation by the Party that its analysis of official Treasury documents shows that Gordon Brown has introduced [...]
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Posted on March 7, 2007 by Editor
By Jeff Peel - NI Area, Conservatives
Today the people of Northern Ireland are being asked to vote for a new Assembly. As Conservatives, we want people to think carefully before proceeding the way they may have in the past. The media – particularly BBCNI - presents our four “main” Parties as pretty much all there is [...]
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Posted on February 19, 2007 by Editor
David Cameron on his visit to support Northern Ireland Assembly candidates today urged local politicians to move on and focus on real issues rather than the issue of whether they should designate as Unionist or Nationalist. His comments followed statements from the leader of the Ulster Unionist Party that questioned Conservatives’ commitment to the union. We hope our [...]
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Posted on February 6, 2007 by Editor
This site was just “launched” yesterday and just today we’ve had nearly 700 site visits. Rather encouraging. And not surprising. There is a growing interest in real politics in Northern Ireland - no doubt the result of some of the vindictive and nasty legislation dreamt up by Labour to annoy us all sufficiently to return to the [...]
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