Divided Loyalties considers the implication of human rights on Northern Ireland society and concludes that Unionism has the outline of a coherent argument when it comes to Bill of Rights debate… New framework for protecting rights The Belfast Agreement created an entirely new framework for rights protection in Northern Ireland – a Bill of Rights …
Category Archive: Assembly
Sep
23
UUP objectives for this Assembly…
In the first of a series of pieces from the main unionist parties, UUP MLA for South Antrim Danny Kinahan, outlines the Party’s legislative objectives for this coming Assembly… This session is my first as a member of the Assembly. I am extremely proud to represent the constituency which I have called home all my …
Sep
18
In Defence of Power Sharing
Well as a very wet-behind-the-ears new blogger here at OpenUnionism, I was given advance notice a few weeks ago that our opening topic on this here blog was going to be ‘aspirations for the new Assembly’. So I’d been trying to collect my thoughts on what I thought was ‘Assembly aspirations’ stuff – things like …
Aug
02
Week One – an agenda for Stormont?
To get things moving, and to coincide with the start of the new term at Stormont, we’re planning to post up material exploring the operation of the Assembly. Chekov has got things moving with his views on shared future and voluntary coalition. A Pint of Unionist Lite will follow up on Tuesday with a post …
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- @buachailldana1 *Minority* language funding is writing your own amt on invoice, all across EU. Ulster Scots is merely joining gravy train.
- Protestant pupils don’t speak Ullans : http://t.co/xscZNDEo
- @Askinner2011 Cheers for the link, Henry kept uncharacteristically quiet on that one;)
- My co-editor on Open Unionism tells it like it is;) : "Yes to the UK" http://t.co/qNEul4fr via @studentjournals
- OK, numbers are relatively small but still- "More Irish enlisting in British army even as losses in Afghanistan grow": http://t.co/oz60Yd1Q
- That didn't last long: http://t.co/HCcb9afS: http://t.co/OyajwtSp
- The Open Unionism Daily is out! http://t.co/u3fmvYNB ▸ Top stories today via @sallynicoll @markdevenport @news_letter @pmynes @ni_crc
- Scottish iseparation: "Country would lose warship contracts" -: http://t.co/ll8wvEEe
- @siema_skip "you'd be British all you like". Oh, thank you. With regards your question-yes, mistakes were made. And?
- @siema_skip You deny my and others born in N.Ireland's right to Britishness? What gives you that right to dictate my national identity?