I have been involved mainly as a foot soldier in all the main political events of the past forty years from the civil rights movement to the Atkins Talks, the Good Friday Agreement and now the powersharing Assembly.

My first election was 45 years ago in 1965 when I recall canvassing for my friend David Bleakley the NILP MP for Victoria (later Minister for Community Relations) against Roy Bradford.

Since then I have been involved in dozens of elections from local council to European but I feel it is now time to wind down, bin my canvas leaflets and pursue some more creative interests. Continue reading “Farewell to Stormont” »

BRIAN HAS SLAMMED THE GOVERNMENT’S VAT INCREASE, SAYING IT WILL HURT THE MOST VULNERABLE IN SOCIETY.

The rise to 20 per cent will be a disaster for workers in both the public and private sectors many of whom are currently facing a pay freeze.

The rise is going to make so many day-to-day essentials more expensive and for people on fixed incomes such as pensioners the burden will be even greater.

At a time when the Northern Ireland economy is still in recession it is a reckless gamble by the Government to make the majority of goods and services more expensive. Continue reading “VAT Increase Will Hurt the Most Vulnerable in Society” »

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