Independent Infrastructure, Engineering and Public Policy Analyst I Expert Witness I Former Councillor.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Brian Pope retweeted
Lovely night at Goodison
for @EvertonHeritage presentation evening of The Dixie Dean Memorial Trophy
Well deserved winner of the trophy, Johnny Morrissey, a joy to listen to his stories & anecdotes. Different era of football, and a better one.
@reid6peter
And mum made it 💙
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The amount of time and effort that goes in to organising and delivering an event like the @EvertonHeritage Dixie Dean Memorial Award Evening is mind-blowing.
Take a bow, Ken, Mike, Lewis and Dave.
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Pleased to have lead letter in today's NewsLetter
The Drumcree crisis could have significant political consequences
Perhaps its lasting impact will be whether it encourages some of our political leaders to place reconciliation at the heart of their 'constitutional' strategies.
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Success for local social enterprise at annual awards trib.al/Xf805NR
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Part 3 : Northern Ireland's changing politics.
A Blueprint for a New Centrist Political Force in Northern Ireland… – Slugger O'Toole share.google/RcYmhqTm9WfScjS…
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Part 2 : Northern Ireland's changing politics.
Drumcree: Could the Crisis Reshape Unionist Politics? – Slugger O'Toole share.google/1XT5V055F0X0Vks…
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Part 1 : Northern Ireland's changing politics.
Drumcree: Perhaps Cultural Unionism and Constitutional Unionism have Parted Company. – Slugger O'Toole share.google/GlFJbB2p1zhi91k…
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Stormont Watch has been redesigned.
There's an audience for ideological and sectarian takes on the Assembly. This isn't that. It shows what happened: votes, bills and expenses, as published, with no side taken.
Less outrage, more facts.
stormontwatch.com
Brian Pope retweeted
Tiger Woods set to design Northern Ireland's first new links course in over a century
belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport…
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If our executive collapses it may well signal the complete collapse of our NHS.
I can’t imagine the pressure, but well done to @GRobinsonDUP for his resolve and strong leadership in very difficult circumstances
Tonight DUP MP @carlalockhart resigned as a DUP officer, a story first reported by @SuzyJourno
DUP party leader @GRobinsonDUP says he's "sorry to see that it has occurred and she remains a key part of our team."
#BBCTheView @MarkCarruthers7
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Well I first one I’m gobsmacked. When I say gobsmacked, I mean not shocked at all.
Who brings the culture war to Stormont?👀
Do any of the findings surprise you?
See: mlaculturewars.nidata.fyi/?f…
Brian Pope retweeted
Unionism has long tried to start conversations internally on NI
> I count 11 since 2021
- Why do these meetings end with no planning or strategy?
@mervgib | @BeattieDoug | @mclaren_linzi | @AlexKane221b | @rodneyedwards | @BrianPope100
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A Blueprint for a New Centrist Political Force in Northern Ireland…
“Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.” What if three political parties that have spent years competing for parts of Northern Ireland’s political centre have more in common
sluggerotoole.com/2026/10/19…
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Could Northern Ireland develop a functioning political centre that includes people who disagree fundamentally about the border?
A Blueprint for a New Centrist Political Force in Northern Ireland… @SluggerOToole (3,400 readers)
sluggerotoole.com/2026/10/19…
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“Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.”
A Blueprint for a New Centrist Political Force in Northern Ireland.
Article below just for discussion: @DKellyDerry @AndyBelfast @McKinleyAn
sluggerotoole.com/2026/10/19…
Brian Pope retweeted
Paul, Not Peter.
@BBCAnyQuestions @BBCRadio4 @AlexForsythBBC at Ulster University Live this evening.
@paulfrewDUP @ChrisHazzardSF @tinamckenz, Sarah Owen.
ALT Paul, Not Peter. @BBCAnyQuestions @BBCRadio4 @AlexForsythBBC at Ulster University Live this evening. @paulfrewDUP @ChrisHazzardSF @tinamckenz, Sarah Owen.
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This piece by @NewtonEmerson in Thursday’s @irish_news is, I think, an important read for the entirety of unionism.
"Unionism has never had a moment quite like Martin McGuinness’s “traitors to Ireland” rebuke to dissident republicans in 2009, a comparison that might seem unfair as so many of the circumstances were different.
"However, it is fair in one crucial respect: unionism never tells its hardline fringe to get stuffed, so inevitably the fringe keeps setting the agenda."
Read Newton Emerson: tinyurl.com/h6whnskh
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Now that @GRobinsonDUP plan to unite unionism has failed, what's next for the DUP leader?
> Is unionist unity now dead before May 2027?
> Does Ms. Lockhart hold in her hands, unionist unity outside the DUP?
@BrianPope100 | @BeattieDoug | @AlexKane221b | @ClaireSugden |
⚠️⁉️NEW: 'Unionists won't forgive if pro-union parties can't work together. No egos, no entitlement... I'm impatient for it to happen.'
🎥🎤@duponline Leader @GRobinsonDUP tells Chief Reporter @jamesgould23 that unionist voters 'will not forgive' if pro-union parties cannot find a way to cooperate ahead of the election.
👥Speaking ahead of his party conference, he says greater unionist cooperation must happen.
It's a phrase that has been talked about at Stormont for years. While cooperation has happened in some areas, a wider strategy has never come to fruition.
Mr Robinson says he is impatient for that to change.
It's understood there have been discussions with @uuponline Leader @JonBurrowsMLA and @TUVonline Leader @JimAllister.
With the DUP potentially facing challenges from other unionists in key constituencies, there may be a desire to have a strategy ironed out within the next few weeks.
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