Latest Best of the Web column from the News Letter’s Political Review on Friday
By Owen Polley
The southern Irish election and unrest in the Middle East dominated headlines this week, but at A Pint of Unionist Lite meatier matters were on the menu.
Tag Archive: Alan in Belfast
Jan
17
‘Best of the Web’
By Geoff McGimpsey Happy new year! So 2011 has arrived… bringing with it a fully blown water crisis, a VAT rise and the death of Gerry Rafferty. January truly is the most miserable of all months. Despite Laurence MacKenzie’s departure, the catastrophe of NI Water is threatening to engulf the devolved Executive. The principle that …
Dec
05
One blogger’s view on #uupconf…
From today’s Politics Show (view @ 41mins40secs), Alan in Belfast with his view on the UUP conference…
Top 25 NI Blogs (No. 21)
Top 20 NI blogs (No. 6)
Twitter: @openunionism
- @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?