Slugger TV looks at the recent census figures.
1886
Slugger TV 30th September 2022 from Northern Visions NvTv on Vimeo. Do the Census results represent a seismic shift or is there nothing to see here? David McCann is joined by Brendan Hughes, Daithí McKay and Sarah Creighton to discuss …
Intercepted calls from Russian soldiers in Ukraine…
2679
The New York Times has created an interactive story from intercepted calls from Russian soldiers in Ukraine. It makes for an inciteful if harrowing read and listen. Exclusive: The New York Times obtained intercepted calls made by Russian soldiers in …
Peace Heroines: Spotlight on Stormont
1002
The Herstory project, established in 2016 to elevate the stories of women in national histories, launched an art exhibition at the Long Gallery in Parliament Buildings, Belfast. “Peace Heroines” features nine vibrant, largescale individual portrait paintings by artist FRIZ — women who have …
Fianna Fail-SDLP partnership comes to an end.
3485
Suzanne Breen reports in today’s Belfast Telegraph that the SDLP and Fianna Fail partnership has come to an end after three years. Breen reports; The SDLP has officially ended its three-year partnership with Fianna Fail as Colum Eastwood told members that the party must …
Liz Truss’s leadership goes from bad to worse…
4591
A bear walks into a bar and says, “I’ll have a gin and……….tonic.” The bartender asks, “Why the big pause?” The bear looks down for a second and says, “I don’t know, I guess I was just born this way. …
Why the neo-Thatcherites’ gamble is doomed…
5322
“Trickle down economics never existed in the first place, just in the minds of those who don’t like tax cuts” said a friend of a friend, citing a 2015 Spectator article by Thomas Sowell on the same subject. He proceeded …
Proposal to give Irish presidential voting rights to NI…
4553
From the Belfast Telegraph: The SDLP and Fianna Fáil have supported a proposal by the southern party’s youth wing to extend the vote for an Irish president to Northern Ireland as they encouraged unionists to “embrace” the invitation. Fianna Fáil …
Pound crashes to $1.03 against the dollar. Have the Tories wrecked the UK economy?
6765
The Conservative Party likes to be thought of as the party of fiscal responsibility, but that reputation is lying in tatters. First, they gave us Brexit, which hurt trading arrangements, increased red tape and discouraged immigration to the UK. Now …
Former Secretary of State for NI Shaun Woodward says conditions may be already met to hold a border poll…
2832
Speaking on this morning’s Nolan Show Shaun Woodward said that conditions may be already met to hold a border poll. Might Labour promise a border poll when they get back into power? On @BBCNolan today – Former Secretary of State …
Are border poll criteria an excuse for procrastination ?
4512
This morning, on the BBC’s Sunday Politics, Shadow Secretary of State Peter Kyle made some comments during a brief interview with the BBC’s Darran Marshall on the question of the criteria to call a border poll (iplayer : interview begins …