You may not have heard it – you may have been busy greasing the cat’s boil or doing some equally useful work – but Monday morning last callers to The Stephen Nolan Show on BBC Radio Ulster/Raidio Uladh were discussing free will. “Eh?” you say. “A free will phone-in on a Monday morning? Bit airy-fairy, that”.
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Left to their own free will what will unionists change?
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It’s best to keep mum in the barber’s chair
Good afternoon, sir. Are you off anywhere nice on holiday this year?” That’s how I thought the main topic of conversation at the barbers went. Or at least I did until this past weekend.
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Thankfully, we don’t all subscribe to counsel of despair
WE HAD a fascinating insight into the unionist mind at Tuesday’s meeting of the Development Committee at City Hall when the Council’s long-overdue strategy to tackle poverty came up for debate.
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SDLP bull smashes his golden moment
Sunday was a beautiful day, so before going for a walk I went into the living room to set the TV recorder for The Politics Show: sometimes the local bit of it can make undemanding viewing on a lazy Sunday afternoon. So I’m about to hit the Sky+ button when Alasdair McDonnell appears on the screen, talking. I forget about recording and take a seat.
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Stormont rapport underlines City Hall divisions
I had two pals in the viewing gallery at City Hall during Tuesday’s monthly meeting of Council. One was Sheriff Leo McGuire, who represented Bergen County, New Jersey, a county of one million souls.
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Linfield paper over the cracks
An unconvincing 1-0 home win over Dungannon Swifts moved Linfield five points clear at the top of the Carling Premiership table, and also brought a turbulent week for the club to a close.
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