ThisUnion @Union_This

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Henry Hill @HCH_Hill

3 months ago

A very familiar problem of British foreign policy rears its head again.

Foreign Policy @ForeignPolicy

4 months ago

Ireland has outsourced its military procurement, including legal, administrative, and logistical control, almost entirely to France. foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/18/ire…

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1. Transfer the tens of billions earmarked for net zero to defence and supply chain resilience, to create a major industrial/defence sector, thereby creating skilled jobs in UK, rather than China (as net zero does) 2. Radical tough love welfare reform to get 1m people of working age into work, thereby cutting the welfare bill and increasing the tax base. Coupled with massive expansion of German-class STEM skill apprenticeships. 3. Radical reform of planning laws to stop nimbys/greens from thwarting every major infrastructure development. Put judges/courts in their place when it comes to such matters. 4. Put rocket boosters under high-speed rail link between Leeds-Manchester-Liverpool. Brook no opposition/delay. 5. Unleash North Sea oil/gas + slash energy bills by removing all green levies. New breed of gas-fired and smaller nuke generating stations. Much more to suggest. But this should be good for starters.

John Welsh @Welsh18John

3 months ago

@afneil Have you anything positive to offer at all? What would you do Andrew? Set out your 5 most important policies in order that everyone can pull them apart.

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Andrew @McKinleyAn

4 months ago

Sinn Fein concedes a ‘United ireland’ isn’t going to happen

Belfast News Letter @News_Letter

4 months ago

Mary Lou McDonald warns issue of Irish unity is ‘not going away, you know’ trib.al/2cvbnYu

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Andrew @McKinleyAn

5 months ago

Professor of Human Rights Harvey refused to condemn the provisional IRA as human rights abusers

The Irish News @irish_news

5 months ago

“Growing up in Derry gave me a very acute sense of poverty, of exclusion, of what discrimination meant." The Queen’s University professor and prominent member of Ireland’s Future speaks to Denzil McDaniel about his Derry upbringing, the campaign of vilification he has faced, and

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Owen Polley @3000Versts

5 months ago

If 'moderate unionism' is equivalent to progressive-cliche bingo, as you would think listening to some of Burrows' critics, then it may not be worth saving. What NI needs is assertive, persuasive unionist leadership. app.newsletter.co.uk/story/8663190/…

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Julian Jessop @julianHjessop

6 months ago

Meanwhile, in a country where energy policy is not made by halfwits...

FT Energy @ftenergy

6 months ago

Norway to reopen three gasfields closed down last century ft.trib.al/p7LrW7e

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Andrew Neil @afneil

6 months ago

Jaw dropping indeed. The SNP has been in power since 2007. You’d think by now it would be able attract at least some people of intelligence and knowledge. Clearly not.

Sam Taylor @staylorish

6 months ago

“I’m sorry, there are absolutely no fiscal requirements for joining the EU. What you are talking about is the Exchange Rate Mechanism.” Jaw-dropping ignorance from Màiri McAllan.

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Owen Polley @3000Versts

7 months ago

'The pathetic so-called ‘progressive’ parties in Northern Ireland... insist on maintaining the idea that an unprecedented influx of people can only be an unalloyed good.' Starmer has had to be more frank on immigration, but he's weak & wavering. newsletter.co.uk/news/opinion/c…

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Brian Monteith @TheBluetrot

8 months ago

Keir Starmer as Zippy – a great call by Gail MacDonald! Zippy should zip it!

The Reformer Scotland @TheScotReformer

8 months ago

Parliamentary sketch: Zippy at the despatch box "What Keir lacks in voice he makes up for with volume and lists. The man speaks in bullet points when riled. Which is as disconcerting as meeting Zippy from Rainbow when he’s raging" ...writes Gail MacDonald bit.ly/3OKHXQo

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Owen Polley @3000Versts

8 months ago

The PSNI is now an impressively representative force. If there's still a disparity with Northern Ireland's population, this is because of hostility to the police from Irish republicans. @TheCriticMag thecritic.co.uk/republicans-in…

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ThinkScotland @Think_Scotland

8 months ago

A new home for those who want real change. thereformer.scot #StayTuned #ScotlandNews

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Mark Littlewood @MarkJLittlewood

8 months ago

A major issue for the @Conservatives is how they were completely outmanoeuvred by @Nigel_Farage and @reformparty_uk over the cancelled elections. The victory in overturning this denial of democracy belongs to Farage alone.

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Owen Polley @3000Versts

9 months ago

Reform's courtship of separatist voters in Scotland, on the basis that they would make the country stronger for independence, casts further doubt on the party's commitment to the Union. thecritic.co.uk/is-reform-comm…

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Brian Monteith @TheBluetrot

9 months ago

Why SNP's Scottish Budget really doesn't matter "The Budget is nothing other than a pantomime, a performative show conjured up to make a particular audience feel good for a brief moment in time" My latest column in @TheScotsman bit.ly/3Z9Y77T

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Murdo Fraser MSP @murdo_fraser

9 months ago

This poll highlighted in today’s @TheScotsman says it all - Scots aren’t buying the SNP message of higher taxes

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Lord Ashcroft @LordAshcroft

12 months ago

This betrayal of our veterans…

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Dominic Cummings @Dominic2306

12 months ago

Interview with former Regimental Sergeant Major of 22 SAS, George Simm - on the lawfare campaign conducted by Tories, Labour and Whitehall against Special Forces. This disgrace must end. Serving officers must stop leaving this to retired officers and General Roly Walker -- YOU need to get into the PM's office and support your old unit against the disgraceful Hermer who has worked with Britain's enemies for decades. No more arresting SAS as they get off the helicopters in Syria after missions they were ordered to do (as has happened again just weeks ago), no more sending the cops to trick soldiers into talking without realising their words will be used by the Cabinet Office to arrest *for murder*, all this bullshit must end before even more damage is done. SF soldiers are leaving because of the lawfare and telling others not to join and *the MoD is lying about it* Cabinet Office style, straight up bare faced lying. Link below

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Johnny Mercer @JohnnyMercerUK

12 months ago

Absolutely extraordinary. I’m pretty sure those who voted Labour at the last General Election are not in favour of platforming convicted IRA psychopaths. The UK Government needs to wake up on this issue fast.

Alex Burghart @alexburghart

12 months ago

The Minister for Veterans this morning repeatedly refused to rule out former members of the IRA sitting on Labour’s proposed Legacy Commission Should have been a fairly straightforward question to answer (Excellent questioning from ⁦@KateEMcCann⁩)

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Owen Polley @3000Versts

12 months ago

'If anything, many of the recent rows (at Stormont) have been caused by a lack of tolerance for any argument that upsets the nationalist/‘progressive’ view currently dominating the assembly.' newsletter.co.uk/news/opinion/o…

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Brian Monteith @TheBluetrot

12 months ago

Why John Swinney must go over trans women in female prisons and grooming gangs "Swinney is the problem, for he gives greater moral support and taxpayer help to male criminals self-defining as women than to grooming gang victims." My latest in @TheScotsman bit.ly/3LFBYe9