A bit of good news for Doug Beattie this week. John Kyle, the nicest man in politics has joined the UUP. With the DUP being all over the show could there be a resurgence of support for the former lead party of Unionism? John also has the benefit of being a good media performer and he is transfer-friendly. Just the prescription/tonic the UUP need. Feel free to insert your own medical puns… 🚨BREAKING🚨 We are delighted to welcome Cllr John …
Belfast councillor John Kyle has resigned from the PUP over differing views on the NI Protocol. Breaking: John Kyle has resigned from the PUP, statement below pic.twitter.com/0WRxOrtuOv — Allison Morris (@AllisonMorris1) December 16, 2021 This follows his comments on The View that the NI Protocol had opportunities for Northern Ireland. "There are real opportunities to secure and stabilise Northern Ireland – politically, economically & socially – if we use the opportunities that are presented in a reformed Northern Ireland protocol." …
Dr John Kyle is a retired GP and the Progressive Unionist Party councillor Titanic in Belfast and writes about the glaringly obvious lack of provision in respect of education, prevention and treatment around gambling addiction. A Department fort Communities consultation on the regulation of gambling closes on Friday 21 February.
SOAPBOX – The PUP’s Councillor John Kyle reflects on the talks process, calling for elected representatives to listen to the voters and move beyond virtue signalling and blaming others to take action and deliver results by overcoming their mutual animosity. “Petty party politics has failed, the people deserve better.”
Society in Northern Ireland has gone backwards since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, argues the former leader of the Progressive Unionist Party John Kyle, who is also a GP in Belfast. “In my view we have lost ground in the past 20 years,” he says in the latest Forward Together podcast. John believes that we need to review the progress that was achieved and consider why it has lost momentum. He suggests three factors enabled the conflict to …
Extracts from Dr John Kyle’s speech at Saturday’s PUP conference in Antrim have been released, detailing the deputy leader’s analysis of the way forward regarding Stormont structures and a culture of partnership.
The decision by the Conservative Government to review all Personal Independence Payments (PIPs) comes when our own Department for Communities is conducting a review of the PIP Assessment in Northern Ireland. This may sound like something only political anoraks would be interested in but, believe me, it is having a huge impact on many people’s lives. The introduction of Personal Independence Payments, intended to help disabled people cope with the extra costs of living with ill health or a disability …
PARTY CONFERENCE season has started with the Progressive Unionist Party meeting at Corr’s Corner Hotel. Both internal and external voices critiqued the party’s perception problem and hinted at ways that it could addressed. The impact of women in the party continues to grow. Deputy leader John Kyle was honest about the disappointing election result. And party leader Billy Hutchinson called for progress on legacy issues, economic growth, welfare reform, and the persistence of poverty and deprivation.
William Ennis is a member of the Progressive Unionist Party It’s probably one of those feelings which can’t really be described, such a burning disappointment that even tears seem pointless. I recall meeting a friend of mine who was an Alliance party activist in town the day after Gavin Robinson’s victory over Naomi Long. He smiled, we chatted, we had a beer, but I instantly recognised the mask he was wearing, the guy was actually a shell. This Progressive Unionist …
The PUP conference left Belfast this year and headed to Brownlow House in Lurgan. More motions, more members speaking up to propose or support those motions, more women, more men in suits and ties, more delegates than recent years with lots of new faces from the new Mid-Ulster branch. If was a conference that valued protest but was told to concentrate more on politics. Co-operation and cross-party dialogue was necessary to deliver solutions. PUP Belfast city councillor Dr John Kyle …
Today was Billy Hutchinson’s second conference as leader of the Progressive Unionist Party. His taking over the reins last year was seen as a last gasp attempt to keep the party open for business. The number of people attending the conference was up this year: I’d estimate a hundred people were in the Ramada Encore room, though not all had yet paid their party dues. The PUP seeks to give working class loyalists a voice. The big question for the …
John Kyle – Belfast City councillor, well known East Belfast GP and evangelical Christian – addressed a large crowd at Contemporary Christianity last Tuesday evening. The strapline for his thirty minute address was Where Faith and Loyalism Collide You can listen to his talk on the Contemporary Christianity website or through the embedded audio player below. John Kyle explained how he joined the Progressive Unionist Party in 2000 “to support David Ervine”, a man who he found to be “refreshingly …
So it is coming round to our eighth birthday with the annual race for Lord Mayor of Belfast (we came in when the first Sinn Fein councillor was successfully elected), it seems Pat Convery is hotly tipped for the top post. There are whispers that one prominent UUP councillor is canvassing for the support of Dr John Kyle of the PUP as Deputy Mayor. It remains to be seen how much political capital Kyle can realistically call in given the …
