tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021881758028552806.post6615038073307791089..comments2023-08-22T13:27:09.015+01:00Comments on Endgame In Ulster: Spending cutsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021881758028552806.post-37304206642521886102011-01-27T14:32:17.688+00:002011-01-27T14:32:17.688+00:00http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0...http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0127/1224288401083.htmlhoboroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01474379737795624096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021881758028552806.post-54446654805025065912011-01-27T14:24:57.745+00:002011-01-27T14:24:57.745+00:00http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1350781/Ne...http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1350781/News-World-phone-hacking-going-LAST-YEAR.htmlhoboroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01474379737795624096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021881758028552806.post-28951098400398883262011-01-21T17:35:50.375+00:002011-01-21T17:35:50.375+00:00Additional police officers may be drafted into nor...Additional police officers may be drafted into north Belfast over the weekend following an incident yesterday involving rival factions of the UDA.<br />PSNI officers were called to the York Road area before 1pm yesterday afternoon after receiving a report of a disturbance involving the man regarded as the UDA leader in the area and a friend of Andre Shoukri.<br />Loyalist sources in the area say words were exchanged between the two men outside the home of the mother of one of them before a brief physical confrontation took place.<br />“Something was said and then there was a response and then they squared up and a tussle developed,” one local source said<br />Within minutes four police Land Rovers arrived into the area.<br />It’s understood that John Bunting, who is linked with the ‘inner council’ faction of the UDA, later made a complaint to police that he was assaulted and officers arrested a man for questioning.<br />In a statement yesterday, a PSNI spokesman said: “Police in north Belfast have arrested a 49-year-old man on suspicion of criminal damage, assault and making threats.”hoboroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01474379737795624096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021881758028552806.post-65642840393519815562011-01-20T15:07:56.314+00:002011-01-20T15:07:56.314+00:00A General Election has been called in the Republic...A General Election has been called in the Republic of Ireland it's on March 11th 2011.hoboroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01474379737795624096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021881758028552806.post-66335210782988272102010-12-16T15:33:06.493+00:002010-12-16T15:33:06.493+00:00I see the Ulster Unionist Party have selected Bobb...I see the Ulster Unionist Party have selected Bobby McConnell a convicted double murderer as a candidate for Belfast City Council. According to the Sunday Life newspaper.hoboroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01474379737795624096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021881758028552806.post-32849525359171956572010-12-07T19:31:15.143+00:002010-12-07T19:31:15.143+00:00Is it not about time to post something new to this...Is it not about time to post something new to this blog?<br /><br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-politics-11937621<br /><br />There's material out there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021881758028552806.post-13066835936208369242010-10-27T13:57:05.616+01:002010-10-27T13:57:05.616+01:00http://www.transparency.org/content/download/55725...http://www.transparency.org/content/download/55725/890310hoboroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01474379737795624096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021881758028552806.post-54025545452480495832010-10-24T19:43:50.561+01:002010-10-24T19:43:50.561+01:00Britain's new Nobel prize- winning economist t...Britain's new Nobel prize- winning economist today blasts George Osborne for taking needless risks with his huge cuts and exaggerating the chances of the nation going bust.<br /><br />Professor Christopher Pissarides warns that the Chancellor’s £81billion package of cuts threatens to send the jobless total spiralling.<br /><br />In his first newspaper article since winning the Nobel Prize this month, Prof Pissarides says Mr Osborne is putting Britain’s “fragile” recovery in grave danger.<br /><br />Writing exclusively in the Sunday Mirror, he says: “No one doubts that the Chancellor is taking risks with the economic recovery. These risks were not necessary at this point.”<br /><br />Prof Pissarides, who received the award for his work analysing the jobs market, called for more gradual cuts to avoid the risk of plunging Britain into a double-dip recession. He highlights rising unemployment, a lack of job vacancies and uncertainty in the housing market as particularly worrying.<br /><br />He adds: “By taking the action that the Chancellor outlined in his statement, this situation might well become worse.”<br /><br />The 62-year-old professor delivers another blow to Mr Osborne and PM David Cameron by joining the growing chorus of alarm over the impact of the Government’s proposed 490,000 job cuts in the public sector.<br /><br />He accuses the Government of “exaggerating” the chance that Britain will go broke and questions moves by the Chancellor to cut major building and roads projects which help create badly-needed jobs.hoboroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01474379737795624096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021881758028552806.post-8161242094615705632010-10-24T17:51:01.199+01:002010-10-24T17:51:01.199+01:00A leading Professor of Economics, Andrew Hughes Ha...A leading Professor of Economics, Andrew Hughes Hallett, has today [Saturday] confirmed that Scotland subsidises the UK treasury in London and that the unionist parties Calman recommendations are unworkable. <br /><br />Professor Hughes Hallett made the remarks whilst appearing on Radio Scotland’s ‘Newsweek’ show this morning. When questioned by presenter Derek Batemen on the economics of independence, the Professor confirmed John Swinney’s case that Scotland would be better off financially with economic independence. <br /><br />The comments come just weeks after Nobel Prize winning economist Josef Stiglitz confirmed that the UK Government had ‘squandered’ Scotland’s oil wealth and the SNP’s plans for oil fund must be carried out as soon as possible. <br /><br />Commenting on the remarks, Dundee West MSP Joe FitzPatrick, who is a member of the Parliament’s finance committee, said: <br /><br />“Professor Hughes Hallet has confirmed what John Swinney and the SNP have been saying for years. It’s economically unviable for Scotland to remain part of the union and subsidise the rest of the UK. For years Scotland has more than paid its own way, only for unionist parties in Scotland to peddle the myth that it is the other way around. <br /><br />“An Independent Scotland will be able to build the better and fairer Scotland we all want to see. With the cuts from ConDem coalition about to bite, the importance of the economic powers of independence has never been more important to Scotland. <br /><br />“The SNP will be working hard over the next year to promote a better Scotland, a Scotland free from the financial ties of the union and a Scotland free from the Tories - and their cuts agenda. For too long Scotland has been held back by the union and held back by a Labour party who prefer Tory rule to home rule – it’s time to end that. It’s time to stand up for Scotland, let her flourish, and show that we’ve got what it takes to make Scotland better.”hoboroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01474379737795624096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2021881758028552806.post-34568414552075794102010-10-22T20:13:04.741+01:002010-10-22T20:13:04.741+01:00http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/22/opinion/22krugma...http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/22/opinion/22krugman.html?_r=1&ref=opinionhoboroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01474379737795624096noreply@blogger.com