Now the turn of Michelle ‘I will never apologise for attending the funeral of a friend’ O’Neill. Let’s hear you!

A classic of the genre:
1) MLAs unanimously pass populist law despite SF proposer admitting she doesn't know what it will cost;
2) MLAs realise it can't be done without creating chaos, so vote to delay;
3) That's left so late that the law comes into effect basically by accident.

Northern Ireland protocol

Professor David Phinnemore from the Post-Brexit Governance Unit at Queen’s University Belfast said that his view on the Stormont Brake is that “the potential for its use was possibly overstated” when it was being sold. newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/…

Now we aren’t even allowed to know about the implementation of the Irish Sea border.

Investigatory Powers Tribunal hears a claim, contained in a witness statement from an ex-Durham police employee, that the PSNI accessed the phone records of “troublemaker journalists” on a six-monthly basis.

Rejecting the suggestion of an asylum border in the Irish Sea and spelling out the solution to the refugee problem.

A senior Sinn Féin figure has admitted that she knew before attending Bobby Storey's funeral that it would undermine the pandemic response - and admitted she was wrong to use her ministerial car to go to the massive funeral.
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Speaking to Stephen Nolan the Queen's University Belfast 🎓 student representative of protestors not only refuses to condemn the actions of Hamas on 7 Oct 23, she described their actions as 'resistance'.

Is that the view of Queen's Students' Union?

Would Gerry Adams be a more suitable president than Clinton?

The former DUP policy director says that laws requiring sea border checks are the problem rather than who enforces them – and that new Windsor Framework rules also undermine devolution. newsletter.co.uk/news/politics/…

The DUP Donaldson Deal was really all about trying to hide rather than remove the Irish Sea border.

Shame on every single person who put their name to that abomination.

It’s becoming very clear that a key element of the Donaldson Deal was about shutting down Assembly scrutiny of the operation of the Sea Border.

There is dancing on the streets of Gaza tonight and the Israeli cabinet is in emergency session considering how to respond.

Covid Inquiry hears of deleted messages and missing device of former Head of NI Civil Service - Jim Allister says 'when this evidence is completed there should be a police investigation'

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Disappointed that my application for an Urgent Oral Question in the Assembly today to FM and dFM on the destruction of records, as revealed in the Covid Inquiry, has been refused.

Those kind compassionate free Palestine …..thugs

💙 Souness

Big Phil not taking any shite, ready for war. Keep believing 🔴⚪️🔵

The UK government must not crumple again to the Irish grievance machine. My Belfast News Letter column. newsletter.co.uk/news/opinion/c…

Alex Kane: Maybe now the Irish will admit that the UK and Northern unionists had a point about open borders, via @irishtimesoped irishtimes.com/opinion/2024/0…