engagement

Whichever way you vote, in Northern Ireland, the Government always does get in…

Felicity Huston on January 23, 2017, 3:10 pm | Readers 2641

Tony Benn was, in my opinion, as mad as a March Hare, but this quote of his is truly insightful in the context of our own very particular [Nay, peculiar? – Ed] democratic experiment: “In the course of my life I have developed five little democratic questions. If one meets a powerful person–Adolf Hitler, Joe Stalin or Bill Gates–ask them five questions: “What power have you got? Where did you get it from? In whose interests do you exercise it? …

In journalism “claims towards neutrality and impartiality and objectivity are bogus.”

Mick Fealty on March 10, 2014, 10:30 am | Readers 151

I’ve only met Roy Greenslade once. Ironically it was in the British embassy in Paris for a round table (PDF) on the future of UK and French journalism. He’s every bit as intelligent and convivial as he comes across in his blog. This week he was in the news, rather than just commenting on it when it was learned that he stood bail for John Downey. Interestingly he shares his thoughts on politics and journalism with the Irish Post: “I …

UUP leadership interviews – Tom’s U-turn on engagement

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on September 15, 2010, 2:00 pm | Readers 12

There’ll be a series of posts over the next day or so reflecting on Basil McCrea and Tom Elliott as they bid for the leadership of the UUP. Both candidates agreed to be interviewed on camera (videos now available) over the last few days and answered a fairly consistent set of questions to see how that would tease out their different personalities, policies and ideas for taking the UUP forwards. They talked about their leadership pitches, the Tory link-up, changes …