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On Saturday @ClaireHanna will officially become the next Leader of the SDLP.
Claire’s politics is rooted in hope, ambition and bringing people together.
This is an exciting time to get involved in our mission to build something new. We hope you’ll join us!
Stormont can't keep going from one crisis to the next.
Our new paper, Politics for the Common Good, sets out practical changes to end political deadlock and make the Executive work better.
Better politics now. Towards a New Ireland.
Read more at sdlp.ie
ALT Title of policy paper 'Beyond Constant Crisis: Politics for the Common Good'
ALT Image: Stormont is stuck: We have an Executive who still can't agree a Budget, public services struggling to cope and political parties spending more time arguing with each other than working together. Ordinary people are dealing with everyday problems while Stormont struggles to get anything done.
ALT Image: No one party should be able to shut down Stormont: We've seen what happens when one party refuses to take part. Stormont stops working and everyone pays the price. We want to change that. If a party refuses to nominate a First Minister, the next eligible party should get the chance. And we'll change how the Assembly Speaker is elected, so one party can't stop the Assembly doing its job.
ALT Image: Two Equal Leaders = Two Equal Titles: The First Minister and deputy First Minister have exactly the same powers. They should be called Joint First Ministers
The SDLP retweeted
Its time to abandon Stormont.
Not abandoning devolved Government as some want, but moving it away from the absurd, inaccessible mauseleoum at Stormont to somewhere more fitting and more accessible.
Its part of an SDLP plan to build politics for the common good
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SDLP want to move the Assembly to Belfast city centre and get rid of Stormont
irishnews.com/news/politics/…
The SDLP retweeted
I'll be honest: I don't care. And I'm not alone.
This place has no Budget and my constituents are fed up being told that DUP psychodrama is more important than their public services.
Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart has left the Democratic Unionist Party. bbc.in/4AtLxkL
The SDLP retweeted
Is there anything more to life than post-Drumcree meltdown?
Because you wouldn’t know it if you tuned into a lot of our media - notifications today from just one outlet (before you even turn on the radio).
The SDLP retweeted
Teachers, nurses and other public sector workers still don't have a pay deal for this year thanks to the Budget fiasco.
And if the Executive can't agree a Budget they won't get one in time for Christmas wages and their winter fuel bills.
This should be our focus - not parades.
Daniel McCrossan had a few things to say to Jim Allister on the BBC last night.
People are sick and tired of the shouting, division and constant threats to bring down Stormont.
There are real problems facing our communities. Surely it’s time we started focusing on fixing them?
“Big daddy Jim Allister”, “Reverend Gaston” and Jamie Bryson, Daniel McCrossan had a few home truths for the DUP at Stormont yesterday.
But beyond the exchanges, Daniel’s message was clear: It’s time to move beyond division and focus on issues affecting people’s everyday lives.
The SDLP retweeted
An incredibly tough, but exceptionally rewarding career and helping to make a real difference in your community. I would urge people from all backgrounds and especially under-represented groups to apply. A successful service will be a representative one @SDLPlive
The SDLP retweeted
After the toxicity, today the SDLP Opposition gets the focus back to what matters: people's lives and services.
And in a first, I've an op-ed in the @News_Letter explaining how we build together rather collapse into divison.
Delighted to be there 👇
newsletter.co.uk/news/politi…
The SDLP retweeted
The absolute right decision. Now let those people live in peace, they’ve been through far too much.
Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant is to ban the #Drumcree parade.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw23…
The SDLP retweeted
Both relief for ordinary people on the Garvaghy Road and sadness that our politics got dragged into this fiasco for weeks.
The work of tackling division becomes more urgent - but most urgently, setting a Budget and offering people some sense of leadership.
Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant is to ban the Drumcree parade.
bbc.in/3TKop1C
The SDLP retweeted
Pleased that Drumcree march can’t & won’t take place. It should never have got permission + it must never do again.
This has been a deliberate & wasteful problem, creating tensions & resource issues for the sheer hell of it.
Time to get back on track & to drown out the wreckers
The SDLP retweeted
DUP have been smearing our party for 5 decades - we’ve been on the right side of the argument then and now.
Claire Hanna MP (BSc LLM 😇)
The SDLP retweeted
The SDLP has stood for civil rights, non violence & dialogue for 5 decades and counting.
The SDLP retweeted
I’m at the Garvaghy Road and I know people all over the place are worried about the moment we’re in.
SDLP Leader @ClaireHanna is on the Garvaghy Road, standing in solidarity with local residents.
She has spoken to the Chief Constable and Secretary of State to make clear: allowing this parade to proceed violates the rights of people who live here. They must see sense and stop it
