tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45857505100468689472024-03-13T15:55:48.779+00:00Normal Northern IrelandBrian John Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17143967182793063989noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585750510046868947.post-15297555892202310422014-08-10T14:07:00.001+01:002014-08-18T12:03:33.017+01:00Dublin Orange Lodge (@dublin1313) - Peaceful 12th obviously very
effective in annoying our opponents<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9fx7iylxL3VEci7kAnUfHNDtusZEn_dPjLT0C1i5fMoqD119_WilUhKitpo8DF5DWhqXlTlMbsIHjYZOoDKaITuCQi3V7s7oyLdxBjg2F5t0pwOGcJ6KcedjcVWvvetrRmW6c-SmGR1NR/s640/blogger-image--863911654.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9fx7iylxL3VEci7kAnUfHNDtusZEn_dPjLT0C1i5fMoqD119_WilUhKitpo8DF5DWhqXlTlMbsIHjYZOoDKaITuCQi3V7s7oyLdxBjg2F5t0pwOGcJ6KcedjcVWvvetrRmW6c-SmGR1NR/s640/blogger-image--863911654.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; font-size: 16px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Previously the Martin McGuinness handshake had deprived loyalist hostility of its substance. </div><div style="font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; font-size: 16px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></div><div style="font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; font-size: 16px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Violence is utterly self-defeating. As the News Letter said:</div><div style="font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; font-size: 16px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></div><div style="font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; font-size: 16px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">"Loyalists have allowed Sinn Fein to depict themselves as the reasonable democrats" </div><div style="font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; font-size: 16px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></div><div style="font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; font-size: 16px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "> http://t.co/qTflFJLW</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>Brian John Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17143967182793063989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585750510046868947.post-84332971705789757682014-07-12T13:23:00.001+01:002014-07-12T13:23:49.919+01:00Alex Kane (@AlexKane221b) - The Mrs Lincoln argument<div>Alex Kane wrote in the News Letter in June 2014:</div><div><br></div><div>"At some point we’ll also hear someone deploy a variation of “the vast majority of [Orange Order/loyalist] parades pass off peacefully, it’s only a few that cause problems”. I call this the Mrs Lincoln argument, because it’s a bit like saying to the assassinated president’s wife, “but apart from that, how did you enjoy the play?"</div><div><br></div><div>And:</div><div><br></div><div>"People don’t remember, let alone notice, the parades that pass off peacefully. They notice and remember the ones that result in protests, violence, stand-offs and heightened tensions. They notice the ones that dominate the headlines and confirm their opinion that nothing is ever really going to change here."</div><div><br></div><div>In full here: http://m.newsletter.co.uk/news/put-blame-where-it-belongs-the-parties-1-6149534</div><div><br></div>Brian John Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17143967182793063989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585750510046868947.post-68954424550254778252014-07-03T13:27:00.001+01:002014-07-03T13:28:05.470+01:00Julian O'Neill - 'Image problem' may explain fall in NI visitor numbers<p class="introduction" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px 0px 0.3rem; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); ">An "image problem" may explain a fall in visitor numbers to Northern Ireland from across the border, according to a review of the tourism industry.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Overnight visitors from the Republic of Ireland declined by 7% in 2013.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A report for the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (DETI) said "social unrest over parades and flags" had potentially had an impact.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It also said the local tourism industry was worried about "continuing sectarianism and racial prejudice".</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The report said there needed to be "concerted action to promote a safe and secure image of Northern Ireland, including targeted marketing".</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The review was ordered by DETI minister Arlene Foster last year.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It calls for a need "to deepen the relationship" between the Northern Ireland Tourist Board (NITB) and Invest NI.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It rules out a merger, but suggests a shared office and renaming the Tourist Board either Visit NI or Discover NI.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The recommendations contained in the report have been put out to public consultation.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It calls for an updated strategy and says the Tourist Board needs to improve "partnership working".</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"NITB is at a crossroads," the report's author writes.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Given the board's achievements in recent years... I am confident that NITB will meet the challenge."</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Here: </span><a href="http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-28136326">http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-28136326</a></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Report here: </span><a href="http://www.detini.gov.uk/deti_tourism__14__review_doc_2-7.pdf">http://www.detini.gov.uk/deti_tourism__14__review_doc_2-7.pdf</a></p>Brian John Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17143967182793063989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585750510046868947.post-90237898706335631422014-06-29T18:38:00.001+01:002014-06-29T18:45:50.849+01:00Matt Bagott tacitly slams unionist politicians for their licensing and
indulgence of lawlessness<span style="font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Matt Bagott tacitly slams unionist politicians for their licensing and indulgence of lawlessness http://tmblr.co/ZTxVUt1K4JoTu</span><div><font face=".Helvetica NeueUI"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br></span></font></div><div><font face=".Helvetica NeueUI"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);">Also said: I </span></font><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">think there are times when politicians need to be less risk averse and actually more equivocal that, irrespective of if we like it or not the law is the law.</span><font face=".Helvetica NeueUI"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><br></span></font><div><span style="font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: '.Helvetica NeueUI'; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><div>Matt Bagott - In terms of ordinary crime Nothern Ireland is probably the safest place I have ever worked</div><div>Matt Bagott said to the Belfast Telegraph: </div><div>"In terms of ordinary crime, [Nothern Ireland] is not the most challenging. In fact, it is probably the safest place I have ever worked. Inner city crime in Peckham, where you have street gangs and hundreds of robberies every month, is much more challenging crime-wise."</div><div>In full here: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/matt-baggott-its-time-the-psni-stopped-dealing-with-past-30388114.html</div><div><br></div></span></div></div>Brian John Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17143967182793063989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585750510046868947.post-39190232285192609652014-06-23T14:23:00.001+01:002014-06-23T14:23:21.801+01:00Newton Emerson - Sinn Fein oppose integrated education and mixed
housing because it normalises Northern Ireland<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjPc3clQMjdPYPW-GLRwisVM2JTOxsvKeJEfrVy1wuyGqlHLdy4fZHdwi6SpdsWCkbXq5tQ-AmOLiud8C0_a96UmmoXa12YjXDCmNahjhl9UJvJWsckbM15vrWkpIhaBhjKGv4tu4cnbgL/s640/blogger-image--1963929195.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjPc3clQMjdPYPW-GLRwisVM2JTOxsvKeJEfrVy1wuyGqlHLdy4fZHdwi6SpdsWCkbXq5tQ-AmOLiud8C0_a96UmmoXa12YjXDCmNahjhl9UJvJWsckbM15vrWkpIhaBhjKGv4tu4cnbgL/s640/blogger-image--1963929195.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Newton Emerson wrote in the Irish News:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">"As with integrated education, Sinn Fein sees mixed housing as a plot to "normalise" Northern Ireland and therefor partition."</div>Brian John Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17143967182793063989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585750510046868947.post-89977391171487630742014-06-13T11:45:00.003+01:002014-06-25T22:58:48.712+01:00John Tongue - Racist attacks damage loyalism<div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Jonathan Tongue, author of ‘The Democratic Unionist Party: From Protest to Power’ said:</span></div><div><br></div><div>“They [loyalists] don’t see how much damage these attacks are doing to their own image, their own communities even if, to be completely fair, loyalist leaders on the ground see this… There is a bit of a Millwall mentality within working-class loyalist communities – the perception that ‘no one likes us, we don’t care’.”</div></div><div><br></div><div>And then:</div><div><br></div><div>“These people [loyalists] are used to having a united identity and they are not used to outsiders in their midst. Catholics were driven from their areas decades ago so they are stunned by this recent wave of immigrants coming into their communities.”</div><div><br></div><div>http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/jun/12/racism-northern-ireland-couple-tell-abuse-belfast)</div><div><br></div>Brian John Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17143967182793063989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585750510046868947.post-60288196398131435872014-06-04T23:54:00.001+01:002014-06-04T23:54:52.583+01:00Kyle Paisley criticism of Peter Robinson<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcGmO0ruLXtgF-5aBRZ6T2BhPxk3vRa2nR9ihdsOE7PbSf6A-NrNfJaS3qwCORNVRju0UFTjCVDrg6nvY514Ri802ZLE1aH1bB9ZwYcPvXWW21DXG1IeuE-wzlq9gi1FQ2W2k5bLcRg7rG/s640/blogger-image-1963186664.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcGmO0ruLXtgF-5aBRZ6T2BhPxk3vRa2nR9ihdsOE7PbSf6A-NrNfJaS3qwCORNVRju0UFTjCVDrg6nvY514Ri802ZLE1aH1bB9ZwYcPvXWW21DXG1IeuE-wzlq9gi1FQ2W2k5bLcRg7rG/s640/blogger-image-1963186664.jpg"></a></div>Brian John Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17143967182793063989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585750510046868947.post-87720776590963278352014-06-03T10:55:00.001+01:002014-06-03T10:55:02.890+01:00Loyalist paramilitaries and racist attacks<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Gerard Stewart, writing for the Institute for Race Relations said:</span><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; "><br></em></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><em style="box-sizing: border-box; ">"There is a high correlation between racist attacks and areas which are a traditional heartland for affiliation to prominent Loyalist paramilitary groups."</em></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.irr.org.uk/" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-transition: color 0.1s ease-in, background 0.1s ease-in; ">www.irr.org.uk</a></span></div>Brian John Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17143967182793063989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585750510046868947.post-70396641064859083632014-05-29T19:07:00.001+01:002014-05-29T19:07:05.131+01:00Newton Emerson - The Sinn Fein game is to let Unionism drive itself mad
then pick up the pieces<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIrwPWwhsPRVLosO_0TJk6ZsRSQRac633y8X6cwWcHKe7wI7GhT_wgfnox7DOumtQjiq_SZPfzMkNa8OAullLzs2UwwA8bQ6OFEswsUaM-q8kLEfyhIE5Z7Qx6-J6O8TkiOJLErKmBaF-1/s640/blogger-image--528817484.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIrwPWwhsPRVLosO_0TJk6ZsRSQRac633y8X6cwWcHKe7wI7GhT_wgfnox7DOumtQjiq_SZPfzMkNa8OAullLzs2UwwA8bQ6OFEswsUaM-q8kLEfyhIE5Z7Qx6-J6O8TkiOJLErKmBaF-1/s640/blogger-image--528817484.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">"In Northern Ireland... letting unionism drive itself mad then picking up the pieces has been the only game Gerry Adams has ever played."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Newton Emerson, The Irish News, May 29 2014. </div>Brian John Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17143967182793063989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585750510046868947.post-55030497065618447002014-05-29T01:31:00.001+01:002014-05-29T01:31:46.739+01:00#Pastorgate<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBF5f8EfF2wTim_tjb-gEk2if4GDoTm33kbi01hrZYbT-nsb2KwH0pSjI3yfil2ABWQ5dCPz4LyuhVOtATuyy7DFk5CGmt01GYZLP4NPfpOgwO7ya4Bc7Vnpv_rtSNnvWo5AJoK9igsrNo/s640/blogger-image-431994686.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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"><a href="https://twitter.com/alexkane221b/status/471571112464498688" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">https://twitter.com/alexkane221b/status/471571112464498688</font></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; "><a href="https://twitter.com/alexkane221b/status/470836402692046848" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">https://twitter.com/alexkane221b/status/470836402692046848</font></a></div></div>Brian John Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17143967182793063989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585750510046868947.post-66891846044123903482014-05-25T10:33:00.001+01:002014-05-25T10:33:54.228+01:00Newton Emerson - Large number of unionist parties increases unionism's
overall share<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0s3S7Qex-Ty0my_cP3Zl7GLK61n_vtGdITZAq5dKYYuYyACbo0UDaRg0ZdPJPKnxL8BJ-W4t5rOnfved5G1OiMBOm56bVsAqmIbs1vL9rSjXooyS1l0Nlk5ob_uduz7H6ZRwtyGq-gI64/s640/blogger-image-2042558151.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0s3S7Qex-Ty0my_cP3Zl7GLK61n_vtGdITZAq5dKYYuYyACbo0UDaRg0ZdPJPKnxL8BJ-W4t5rOnfved5G1OiMBOm56bVsAqmIbs1vL9rSjXooyS1l0Nlk5ob_uduz7H6ZRwtyGq-gI64/s640/blogger-image-2042558151.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">In the Sunday Times of May 25 2014, Newton Emerson wrote of unionism:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">"Unionism's overall share of the vote increased from 46.1% to 49.5%, boosted by the large number of unionist parties an their advice to transfer to all other unionists on the ballot."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Of nationalism:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">"Nationalism lost out as a result, with Sinn Fein down to 24.1% of the first-preference vote from 24.8%, and the SDLP down to 13.6% from 15%."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And more:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">"This continues the general trend in nationalism, where Sinn Fein has reached a plateau and is not benefitting from the SDLP's decline."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>Brian John Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17143967182793063989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585750510046868947.post-18342624443547502312014-05-24T15:35:00.001+01:002014-05-24T15:35:21.710+01:00Allison Morris - Sectarian politics chasing young generation away'<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiudoMEPb-I4-oh8rXD0zxsa1Zt-xQgZ2Ox2JyuCsB70v7JkuOarb2YJa6-h9uN070eHRbI0pPHVmQ92cFIxK-mkHUVDAaNwysAgloEvHQ7Sa3PA-WIcD8W-peFVz6G4L_3Y2YwmGvJOMIi/s640/blogger-image-1875773073.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiudoMEPb-I4-oh8rXD0zxsa1Zt-xQgZ2Ox2JyuCsB70v7JkuOarb2YJa6-h9uN070eHRbI0pPHVmQ92cFIxK-mkHUVDAaNwysAgloEvHQ7Sa3PA-WIcD8W-peFVz6G4L_3Y2YwmGvJOMIi/s640/blogger-image-1875773073.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>Brian John Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17143967182793063989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585750510046868947.post-2005789596691306602014-05-24T00:18:00.001+01:002014-05-24T00:18:42.584+01:00Newton Emerson - "Suburban horror at fleggerism"<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNLCdJJo7o_NBK1KQFvodYM09a3vzmS-0JZHIDx_5WU_hyphenhyphenSwupd77rbR-Dk0FKu893DiFtZE4z55kXcAisnqh8s4gkyLs3F4EFISvQuMCh3oj_Dd3d5WxQ6m03oYSoB5zt8_qwbTvzGO-b/s640/blogger-image-1667659475.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNLCdJJo7o_NBK1KQFvodYM09a3vzmS-0JZHIDx_5WU_hyphenhyphenSwupd77rbR-Dk0FKu893DiFtZE4z55kXcAisnqh8s4gkyLs3F4EFISvQuMCh3oj_Dd3d5WxQ6m03oYSoB5zt8_qwbTvzGO-b/s640/blogger-image-1667659475.jpg"></a></div>Brian John Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17143967182793063989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585750510046868947.post-41198701625774859512014-05-23T22:17:00.001+01:002014-05-23T22:18:04.649+01:00Survey of Fermanagh Orangemen<h6 style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; "><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-weight: normal;">A first professional survey of Orangemen in Fermanagh found the following:</span></p></h6><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- Almost 50% of respondents believe the rule barring Orangemen from attending Mass should be changed. Just</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "> 25% believe it should stay.</span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">(</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">The Mass finding may be influenced by the overwhelmingly Church of Ireland make-up of Fermanagh Orangemen, with 77 per cent coming from an Anglican background.)</span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- 43% believe shared education should be encouraged, with 30% opposed </span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- 33% of Fermanagh Orangemen do not think the Order is doing enough to promote good relations.</span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- Only 44% believe the wider Protestant/unionist community understand them.</span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">One member told researchers: </span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">"No matter how we create good relations in Fermanagh we will always be let down by the hooligans in Belfast who tarnish our reputation."</span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The information-gathering exercise was run by consultancy firm Green Hat and partly funded by Fermanagh District Council. The survey was sent to all the county’s roughly 1,800 Orangemen. The survey was run with the aim of improving relations in the Fermanagh area. A large percentage – almost a third – responded, and the results were published as a 166-page report last night.</span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; "><a href="http://m.newsletter.co.uk/news/regional/drop-mass-ban-say-rural-orangemen-1-5992486">http://m.newsletter.co.uk/news/regional/drop-mass-ban-say-rural-orangemen-1-5992486</a></p>Brian John Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17143967182793063989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585750510046868947.post-6884278755318321302014-05-21T14:33:00.001+01:002014-05-21T14:33:18.418+01:00Alex Kane on what's wrong with Unionism<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheIcTW-fIDAJSnHVIW0At1kivYea_fFqYL_RVdq8PXMd7CyiaSRMp09NyyETup5wJKGhTeSJWHYKysYV7ZDzs8iw8wYau4neEWYSOJYz7j3TF89OIMz0d6qG_sTqDPIrjHHrL2ucYTpiAE/s640/blogger-image-105174734.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Castlederg would have breached any code of conduct many times over and unionism could have sold a code to its voters on that basis."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Then:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">"Instead, it appears that the DUP's priority is to continue humouring the worst excesses of the loyal orders, whatever the wider cost."</div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1UsLtO0EBLfWRnR0YhaZXVJi3_R3_v1a-kYhPbO7j7LiCQ4vZTYyvxVQT-e0XGGPL1rpF9I7vSQuX7zr0KtR5a7Mt8NKXOB8UBymGdIsIVFG53SPUSmSNsxwWl62nJBh0wGsTVyJ7O7fN/s640/blogger-image-1898265606.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1UsLtO0EBLfWRnR0YhaZXVJi3_R3_v1a-kYhPbO7j7LiCQ4vZTYyvxVQT-e0XGGPL1rpF9I7vSQuX7zr0KtR5a7Mt8NKXOB8UBymGdIsIVFG53SPUSmSNsxwWl62nJBh0wGsTVyJ7O7fN/s640/blogger-image-1898265606.jpg"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWyWIoaYjL86AblGnEUpQwLU74Nw58ZzHcfhiTxneBZAgvACWhK3HrVtihORAS23IluIPdBrMWiVlb0SFVi4DHTGTBSszujuFswtzY3fMuuglYHgAc0faVvJZ6-P69Fy1FQfIfgxt0MzmD/s640/blogger-image-373807467.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWyWIoaYjL86AblGnEUpQwLU74Nw58ZzHcfhiTxneBZAgvACWhK3HrVtihORAS23IluIPdBrMWiVlb0SFVi4DHTGTBSszujuFswtzY3fMuuglYHgAc0faVvJZ6-P69Fy1FQfIfgxt0MzmD/s640/blogger-image-373807467.jpg"></a></div>Brian John Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17143967182793063989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585750510046868947.post-72405043020232611242014-04-25T16:38:00.000+01:002014-04-25T16:38:03.022+01:00Alex Kane - Damaging the cause they claim to promote<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
Flag protesters are making a key error: they are now damaging the cause and brand they seek to promote. Get off the streets and into talks.<br />
— Alex.Kane (@AlexKane221b) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexKane221b/statuses/282194732350849024">December 21, 2012</a></blockquote>
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