Jan
17
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
16
The article below was published in today’s News Letter ‘Political Review 2010′. Check out the print version – it’s amid an eight-page supplement with contributions from Liam Clarke, Graham Gudgin, Alex Kane and Malachi O’Doherty. Online has superseded mainstream media as the place where politics happens. The liveliest, most insightful exchanges of views and information …
Dec
06
This article first appeared in the News Letter on Friday December 3… ‘Best of the Web’ Raucous standing ovations, Union Jacks waving furiously in the air, exuberant pensioners, BBC cameras everywhere – it’s either The Last Night Of The Proms or a DUP conference. And so it was. The DUP conference took place last weekend and …
Nov
01
This article first appeared in the News Letter on Friday October 29… By Geoff McGimpsey I’m about to say something which my wife has been telling me for years. Bloggers are SAD. I mean, really, really SAD. Although, before I get a welcome-back-to-the-real-world-style pat on the back, I should qualify that by saying SAD isn’t …
Oct
05
This article first appeared in the News Letter on Friday October 1… By Geoff McGimpsey So the UUP have a new leader – Tom and the Party now need profile. But how? Thankfully, Professor Billy McWilliams from 1690 an’ all thon is on hand to suggest that Mike Nesbitt “make a reality programme featurin’ tap …
Sep
28
This article originally appeared in last Friday’s News Letter… By Geoff McGimpsey It’s all change in the UUP. Empey is departed, Elliott has arrived. So farewell then cautious, right-leaning, traditional unionist message… and hello, erm, cautious, right-leaning, traditional unionist message! Mike Nesbitt’s blog refers to Tom’s impressive margin of victory. He’s right to. Basil failed …
Sep
12
PUT your questions to the two men hoping to become Ulster Unionist leader, courtesy of the News Letter website. Leadership hopefuls Tom Elliott and Basil McCrea are to participate in separate web chats this week, answering questions from an inquisitive audience. As well as enabling the MLAs to voice their policy objectives and state their …
Sep
10
I see Tom Elliott’s post for Open Unionism received some coverage in today’s News Letter…
Sep
09
Former Belfast City Councillor Chris McGimpsey has contributed to the News Letter’s Union 2021 series of articles. This latest article appeared in the News Letter on September 09… An examination of how today’s unionists measure up against the political legacy of Edward Carson LATER on this month, there will be two important events; one will …
Sep
05
David Morgan has contributed to the News Letter’s Union 2021 series of articles. This latest article appeared in the News Letter on September 01… Republicans are attempting to strip Northern Ireland of its Britishness. But unionists should make clever compromises, says David Morgan INITIALLY the border posts were made of wood and many thought it …
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