It is clear from the negotiations with the USA that in his determination to achieve a free trade deal Boris is willing to sell out British agriculture and allow the US free access to the UK food market. This import of poor quality, low welfare meat will destroy British agriculture(including Northern Ireland) as cheap chlorinated …
Clues for the Bangor Treasure Hunt 2: The Coastal Path If you missed Bangor Treasure Hunt 1: Bangor Town Centre you can find it here. Clue 1: (Former) Kingsland Toilets? When was the camera club set up in this building? The Camera club was founded in 1961 and was very popular but lacked permanent premises and …
Brexit will not happen (update) The events of past weeks reinforce my prediction that Brexit will not happen even Boris recognises that the “Brexit dream is dying”. Indeed many commentators are now suggesting that we will now have BRINO. (Brexit in Name Only). A Brexit so coated in fudge and compromise that it would be …
Leaving Darwin- Day 61 On to Asia We left Darwin on the 4th of March and set sail for Asia. Our first stop was the Indonesian Island of Komodo the home of the notorious Komodo dragon the largest living lizard in the world. On leaving Indonesia the character of the cruise changed. The long periods …
Panama Canal to Polynesia Crossing Equator 31st January On leaving Panama we headed south-west to French Polynesia. This was the longest single section of our cruise a distance of 5000 miles and nine days at sea. This time was probably the most relaxed period of my entire life. We had no contact with the outside …
Around The World In 120 Days (Part 2) Panama to Asia Read More »
I don’t fly. So when in February 2017 my daughter sent me an Email with details of a round-the-world cruise the following January I was quite excited. The cruise would visit 5 continents and 40 plus countries or territories most of which I had never visited. I booked it immediately and on a cold Friday …
Around the world in 120 Days. Pt 1 London – Panama Read More »
Wednesday night’s vote along with last week’s “Agreement” reinforces my prediction made following the referendum that Brexit will never happen. See http://www.northdownindependent.com/10-reasons-why-brexit-will-not-happen/ The events of the past week highlight many of the points I made in my original article. In particular I pointed out that the final decision could not be taken by the government …
BREXIT: 10 Reasons Why it Will Not Happen (update) Read More »
I was sorry to hear of the passing of David Bleakley at the age of 92. David served the people of Northern Ireland for many years as an MP in the old Stormont parliament, the 1973 Assembly, the NI convention (1975) and as Minister of Community Relations 1971. I have known David for almost 50 …
