NEW Pivotal tracker report reviews two years of the restored Northern Ireland Executive
Read the report here
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NEW Pivotal tracker report reviews two years of the restored Northern Ireland Executive
Read the report here
www.pivotalpolicy.org/assets/files...
NEW Pivotal Briefing looks at the challenges and opportunities facing the Northern Ireland Executive as it considers its upcoming multi-year budget
Read the Briefing here pivotalpolicy.org/assets/files...
NEW Pivotal report - Policy delivery in Northern Ireland
How do we make sure policy goals are achieved in practice? We asked 30 former senior civil servants, ministers, business and voluntary sector leaders to tell us about their experiences and ideas.
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Read Pivotal's statement on yesterday's UK Spending Review.
"The Spending Review gives Northern Ireland a 3-year funding settlement but means difficult choices ahead. The money will have to be spent wisely, with strong emphasis on public service transformation"
www.pivotalpolicy.org/our-work/new...
🚨 New Pivotal report - 'Achieving greater integration in Northern Ireland: young people's voices'.
Published today. Read the report here - www.pivotalppf.org/our-work/pub...
Irony central and also the lunatic left - customers - are apparently illegaly boycotting Tesla. Maybe Trump’s next move is compulsory purchace orders for US customers?https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/14/tesla-trump-trade-war-harm-car-companies-elon-musk-tariffs
Peter Mandelson swears at reporter after question on Epstein relationship - The Guardian Quare bit of brown nosing here from the Prince of Darkness “What they will discover is I’m not an uber-liberal, I’m not a wokey-cokey sort of person, and I’m pro-market and pro-business.” Labour man?
The Prince of Darkness Peter Mandelson says he was wrong to call Donald Trump a danger to the world. Let astray by the interviewer. Good one.
🚨New Pivotal report published today
Our new tracker report looks at the Northern Ireland Executive’s actions since its return a year ago, and suggests priorities for 2025
Read the report here pivotalppf.org/cmsfiles/Pub...
Forty years ago I joined @nicva returning to Belfast from Strathclyde. One of my first tasks was to welcome SoS(NI) Douglas Hurd to open our offices - we later became opponents over the ‘Hurd Principles’ on political vetting.
Canada’s fight with Trump isn’t just economic — it’s existential | Opinion if you try to suck up to the bully he’s going to eat you up. Has Canada got a backbone?
Project Lincoln showcasing the Real Vice President Trump.
Must watch 🔥🔥🔥 #cdnpoli #peipoli
So, is closing the embassy to the Vatican next? Close to holocaust denial? Any potential criticism seems to attract a hyperbolic response.
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Whatever you might think of Peter Mandelson he’s hardy a moron. The Prince of Darkness doesn’t look like he’ll have soft landing in DC. As a former SoS in Northern Ireland will it stand him in good stead? apple.news/ASGKuIq90SRC...
Bullying on a grand scale.
Two men have been charged with murder over the death of children's nurse Karen Cummings.
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Good on you.
But i was getting a lot of unsolicited Elon Musk tweets!
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Israel Is Accelerating Its Plans for the Complete Annexation of the Palestinian West Bank - Byline Times. Yet slogans like ‘from the river to the sea’ are alleged antisemitic? Are Palestinians to be annihilated. Is it ‘to hell or Connaught’?
Opinion - “The Greeks do not have a moral right to the Elgin Marbles and if we "loan" them, they will never come back” - The Standard. The benefits of an imperial past, aka known as looting the world. With ‘legal’ documents to back it up. Immoral I’d say.
A card reads: "CEO of UnitedHealthcare Is Killed in Manhattan: Brian Thompson was fatally shot in the chest in what people briefed on the investigations said appeared to be a targeted attack."
The chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, one of the nation’s largest health insurers, was fatally shot in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, according to a police report and people familiar with the matter. Follow live updates. www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...
It’s 25 years today since powers were devolved from UK Govt to the Northern Ireland Assembly. How has it gone and what have we learnt?
The Belfast Good Friday Agreement has been a success in bring cross-community government and peace, but has it brought effective government? 🧵 1/
So, if you have a special relationship, why would you threaten your ally over a commitment to international law? A bit abusive? Donald Trump ally warns Keir Starmer the US will ‘crush’ the UK economy if it helps arrest Benjamin Netanyahu - The Independent
They’re very flat and we have more hills. Would that give you a better return?
We have heard of CREEP before!
