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Date registered: July 10, 2010

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Some links… — December 8, 2010
'Best of the Web' — November 14, 2010
'Best of the Web' — November 7, 2010
Map first, then the route? — November 3, 2010
Date for the diary: East Belfast Speaks Out — October 28, 2010

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Dec
08

Some links…

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A round up of stories from blogs and MSM over the past day or so… Parties fight to keep financial backers secret: (Belfast Telegraph) The DUP, UUP and SDLP have made clear they want ongoing confidentiality for donors to parties here. They have voiced security concerns if names of funders … Elliott wants Tories to shut NI branch: (Irish Times) ULSTER …

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Nov
14

'Best of the Web'

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This article first appeared in the News Letter on Friday November 12… By Geoff McGimpsey This week came the declaration from George Bush that water-boarding was a good thing. As ever, George put his policy forward in the style of cowboy anti-hero Alan Ladd. So when asked at his book launch if water-boarding was okay, he …

Tags: A Tangled Web, Burke's Corner, East Belfast Diary, Hand of History, Rodney McCune's blog, Slugger O'Toole, Three Thousand Versts, Ultonia

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Nov
07

'Best of the Web'

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This article first appeared in the News Letter on Friday November 05… Some things are guaranteed when you get close to Christmas. Firstly, a shopping centre in Ballymena will put up a Christmas tree before anyone else; and secondly, Good Morning Ulster will respond by asking whether Christmas trees are just going up too early. Cue …

Tags: 1690 an' all thon, Progressive Unionist Voice, Ultonia

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Nov
03

Map first, then the route?

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Both Chekov and Arthur Aughey have been ruminating lately on the future role of progressive / civic / liberal / UK / new / non-cultural* Unionism post the collapse of the Conservative-UUP project and the election of Tom Elliott as the latter party’s leader. I deliberately included all the various descriptions because I think it …

Tags: Arthur Aughey, progressives

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Oct
28

Date for the diary: East Belfast Speaks Out

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The East Belfast Speaks Out (EBSO) event is taking place on November 10 at Ashfield Boys’ School. It’s designed to provide the answer for anyone steadily losing heart because of the perceived lack of progressive or meaningful political dialogue in Northern Ireland. The organisers says it’s a simple ‘town hall’ style event aimed at “bringing Stormont down …

Tags: date for the diary, East Belfast Speaks Out, Events

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Oct
24

Devolution: Learn How to Lead…

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Guest blogger St Etienne considers that an end to what he describes as ‘the immature and irresponsible behaviour’ of devolved politicians is the one cut that could command popular public support in the post-CSR period… “Both the SNP and Labour have huge opportunities to tell a story not just about standing up to London and …

Tags: Better Way Forward, Comprehensive Spending Review, pretendonomics

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Oct
13

Applications urged for international student festival in Norway…

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The International Studentfestival in Trondheim, Norway (ISFiT 2011), is the world’s largest student Festival. Every second year 450 students from across the world come together in Trondheim to discuss social and political topics at The ISFiT festival. . The festival aims at fostering inspiration and being a starting point for international cooperation amongst students… and it’s inviting …

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Oct
08

Week in politics…

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Here’s some links from the week in politics: – PRIME MINISTER David Cameron and Ulster Unionist Party leader Tom Elliott have agreed that the formal alliance between the two parties is over, saying that “it is not acceptable in its current form”. (The Irish Times) – BBC journalist Stephen Walker at the Conservative conference on …

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Oct
08

Union 2021: 'Electoral pact could improve the fortunes of centre parties'

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Director of the Centre for the Study of Divided Societies at King’s College London, Dr Michael Kerr has contributed to The News Letter’s Union 2021 series of articles. His forthcoming book, ‘The Destructors: The Story of Northern Ireland’s Lost Peace Process’ will be published by Irish Academic Press in 2011. This latest article appeared in the News …

Tags: Belfast Agreement, Brian Faulkner, David Trimble, Gerry Fitt, SDLP

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