ALL the news from the beating heart of Ulster loyalism. Camp Twaddell’s latest Twitter news as the battle for civil rights continues… That rebel music was so loud from Ardoyne we could hardly hear the boys outside playing the Famine Song – sorry, the Sloop John B. Go on home, sang the lead singer of The Druids. […]
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Why do loyal wee Ulster’s sportsmen get the best and worst of both worlds?
RORY McIlroy – or Rory McIlbhoy as he’s now referred to in the Twaddell caravan – probably thought he had put the subject of his Olympic future to bed when he recently declared for Ireland. But unfortunately his decision hasn’t gone down well with every true-blue subject in loyal little Ulster. His Sunday night victory […]
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Boney advice is so much hot air
TAKE a look at this thing on the right. It’s got to be 80 feet high and its core is full of tyres and sofas that, when burnt, give off the kind of toxic fumes that have been outlawed by the Geneva Convention. It’s at Lanark Way, and this year the Shankill has gone all […]
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A BIG response to Squinter’s recent piece on Buckfast and the fact that it’s not big in West Belfast. Some readers got in touch to say that West Belfast is not opposed to fortified wine, per se – rather it once preferred another brand, of which today little is known. They reminded Squinter that in […]
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Squinter’s review of the year: part one
JANUARY LOYALIST community representative Jim Wilson said on the Nolan Show on Tuesday morning that the continuing violence was having a detrimental effect on a number of aspects of East Belfast life, but he singled out for attention the damage that was being done to “the Chinese takeaway trade”. Now Squinter’s as fond of an […]
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Try running this one up the poll
BBC Ulster this week carried out a poll on local attitudes to flags and parades as the Haass talks built to a thrilling climax. The results were illuminating, to say the least. When it comes to the union jack and public buildings, most people support flying the butcher’s apron on designated days; next most popular […]
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