Ulster Unionist Party Member and NITory.com contributor Richard Price regrets Fred Cobain's defection to the DUP but sees an opportunity therein for the UUP to redefine its purpose and outlook as avowedly centre right. 15th January 2013 So Fred Cobain joins the DUP. A nice man, about whom I
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Ulster Unionist Party Member and NITory.com contributor Richard Price expresses a relationship between the recent protests about Belfast City Hall's flag policy which developed beyond the control of Stormont parties, and the crying need for a reshaped Stormont Executive system that gives legitimate
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by Trevor Ringland The Covenant Centenary celebration was a wonderful day for many people within the British Irish community in Northern Ireland. The Orange Order, bands and spectators should be proud of the part they played in a peaceful and spectacular event, which showcased their culture in
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Ahead of a Young Unionist debate tomorrow night (2nd August, 7pm Strandtown Hall) on the topic of “Devolution Max”, Lagan Valley Ulster Unionist and NITory.com contributor Richard Price gives the second part of his 10 key reasons why fiscal devolution would be a good thing for Northern Ireland.
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More information here: http://www.facebook.com/events/463616330323803/ Ahead of a Young Unionist debate next Thursday evening (2nd August, 7pm Strandtown Hall) on the topic of “Devolution Max”, Young Unionist and NITory.com contributor Richard Price outlines 10 key reasons why fiscal devolu
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Ian Parsley of Breakthrough NI For all the coverage of the “Corporation Tax debate” in NI, I cannot get past the point that none of the basic questions has been answered – and that most of the most telling ones have not yet even been posed. This leads me to the conclusion that the whole ide
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A £10 payment to unemployed adults on 'Essential Skills' programmes will be discontinued. From the BBC. A draft Cohesion, Sharing and Integration paper suggests that there should be 'zero tolerance' on paramilitary flags. Also a BBC story. Police on both sides of the Irish border launch r
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In his Daily Telegraph column Iain Martin spies trouble ahead for the coalition. One of his prime pieces of evidence is the speech which Owen Paterson deliver to NI Conservatives at a dinner in Strangford. Carried on the paper's website. Sinn Féin has been holding its annual conference in Ki
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Bill Manwaring, spokesperson for the NI Conservatives, has described the Alliance Party’s decision to pull out of ‘shared future’ talks as “an astonishing admission of defeat”. “Could there be a more potent symbol of just how powerless Alliance is within this Executive and
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The Northern Ireland Independent Retail Trade Association is calling for action to revitalise our high streets. The Association is hosting a conference today. The BBC reports. The Belfast Metropolitan College is apparently close to striking a deal to sell its old 'Tech' building. The intere
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