OPINION: Will progressive views come out in the polling booth?
BY BEN FINCH FULL STORY
Something interesting is happening in North Down; people are saying they would vote Sinn Féin, but feel they can’t. This is because of the role that its members may (or may not) have played during the Troubles. Nevertheless, in a constituency that in its history has always returned Unionists to Westminster (at one point a single candidate got 98% of the vote), this is a fascinating turn of events.
May 4th, 2011 | Comment (1)
OPINION: Vote Green
BY ADAM MCGIBBON FULL STORY
Hot on the heels of resounding Green Party victories last year in Westminster and Australia (and of breakthroughs this year in Germany and Canada), the Green movement is undergoing a global resurgence.
May 4th, 2011 | Comments (9)
OPINION: Vote TUV
Northern Ireland is 90 years old this week. It is worth remembering that the forefathers of Unionism stood for “defending, for ourselves and our children, our cherished position of equal citizenship in the United Kingdom” as the Ulster Covenant, often referred to as the birthright of Northern Ireland, put it. BY SAMMY MORRISON
May 4th, 2011 | Comments (19)
OPINION: Vote Sinn Féin
In the upcoming election I am positive that it will be a very successful one for Sinn Féin. Sinn Féin are determined to keep making politics work, to keep defending the political institutions and keep delivering for ordinary people and demonstrating what true republicanism is about. The party’s successes in the last Dáil election showed that the Irish people responded to its calls for equality, fairness and national unity when 14 Sinn Féin TD’s and 3 Sinn Féin Senators were elected. BY GRACE LYNCH
May 4th, 2011 | Comments (4)
OPINION: Bin Laden’s death wasn’t justice – A Retort
BY DANIEL GILLEN
In his most recent article in The Gown, Alex Redpath argues a point that is mirrored throughout much of the world’s media and at its roots, is nothing more than an unprincipled anti-Americanism. FULL STORY
May 3rd, 2011 | Comments (9)
OPINION:Bin Laden’s Death wasn’t justice
BY ALEX REDPATH FULL STORY
US President Barack Obama announced that Bin Laden’s death at the hands of US military personnel meant that “Justice is done”. If this is true then America has a strange definition of justice.
May 3rd, 2011 | Comments (9)
NEWS: Eddie Izzard wants NI to vote Yes to AV
BY BEN FINCH
Eddie Izzard began a whistlestop tour of the UK in Belfast today in an attempt to garner support for the Yes to AV campaign. The comedian met local campaigners and explained to the gathered press why he believes that the people should vote yes to the alternative vote system on Thursday, May 5.
May 1st, 2011 | Comment (1)
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