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Posts Tagged: Northern Ireland Executive

Henry Hill: Sturgeon’s timeline on Salmond scandal called into question as MSPs demand evidence

Also: true scale of the Irish Protocol’s impact on commerce, and Stormont’s ‘rank incompetence’, show how Ulster unionism needs a refresh.

By Henry Hill | 12 November 2020 | 33 comments

Henry Hill: Ministers might face a tricky task finding a one-nation route to easing lockdown

It may prove easier to maintain coordination when imposing the rules than easing them, especially if regional variegation is called for.

By Henry Hill | 30 April 2020 | 40 comments

Henry Hill: Sturgeon abandons bid for 2020 independence referendum due to epidemic

Also: schools and businesses shut down across the nation; DUP slammed in ‘cash-for-ash’ report; and Salmond’s trial continues.

By Henry Hill | 19 March 2020 | 17 comments

Jonathan Caine: It’s time for Sinn Fein to act decisively and leave the IRA behind

It’s deeply disturbing for many that a modern European democracy might shortly be led by a party that continues to have its strategy overseen by an Army Council.

By Lord Caine | 6 March 2020 | 30 comments

Henry Hill: New decade, old story? Smith’s Stormont deal under fire from Tory MPs and Ulster parties

Also: Scottish Conservative leadership candidates set out how they’ll take the fight to the SNP; Jack says no referendum re-run in Sturgeon’s lifetime.

By Henry Hill | 16 January 2020 | 22 comments

Henry Newman: May’s deal could be saved with prompt improvements – such as a Stormont lock

Giving Northern Ireland a say over the introduction of new EU laws would at least introduce a measure of democracy into the system.

By Henry Newman | 27 November 2018 | 60 comments

Lee Reynolds: What the Belfast Agreement does and doesn’t say about the UK-Ireland land border – and much else

It doesn’t support the EU and Irish Government narratives that are being pushed as part of the Brexit negotiations.

By Cllr Lee Reynolds | 24 October 2018 | 63 comments

Henry Hill: Salmond quits the SNP and takes Scottish Government to court

Also: Government accused of ‘appeasing the IRA’ over Ulster veterans; Welsh Labour leadership hopefuls in data row; and DUP urge end to Stormont boycott.

By Henry Hill | 30 August 2018 | 31 comments

The people and locally-elected politicians must decide. Bradley’s letter to Tory MPs on abortion in Northern Ireland. Full text.

“What is clear however is that even amongst proponents of reform there is currently no consensus on what that reform should entail.”

5 June 2018 | 49 comments

Twenty years on, the Belfast Agreement’s devolution model isn’t working

Evidence is mounting that the Assembly simply doesn’t – and perhaps can’t – deliver good government consistently. But the deal which founded it is treated as holy writ.

By Henry Hill | 31 March 2018 | 152 comments

Why Northern Ireland’s talks collapsed. Sinn Fein’s red line was too green for the DUP.

Even if the DUP and Sinn Fein could persuade their communities to back the compromises necessary, they have not done so.

By Henry Hill | 16 February 2018 | 81 comments

Henry Hill: Talk of direct rule as top civil servant redeploys to Northern Ireland

Also: May wades into Scottish flag row; Liberal Democrat accused of costing taxpayers thousands to prop up Jones; and DUP dismiss legal threat to £1 billion deal.

By Henry Hill | 25 January 2018 | 9 comments

Henry Hill: Welsh Conservatives pile pressure on embattled First Minister

Hammond tries to lure Stormont back to its feet with yet more powers; Scots Tories highlight Budget role; and more.

By Henry Hill | 23 November 2017 | 21 comments

Henry Hill: Jones under mounting pressure over claims of ‘toxic’ ministerial bullying culture

Also: Scottish Labour plunge into chaos again as interim leader resigns; Brokenshire threatens MLAs’ pay; MPs debate ‘indyref2’; and more.

By Henry Hill | 16 November 2017 | 5 comments

Henry Hill: Scots Tories square up to May over the Withdrawal Bill

Also: Brokenshire challenges Brussels to find a ‘creative solution’ for Northern Ireland; Jones faces calls to quit after colleague’s apparent suicide; Salmond bids for control of anti-independence paper.

By Henry Hill | 9 November 2017 | 54 comments

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