Articles and journals by Councillor Brian Wilson. showing life and politics in Bangor, North Down and Northern Ireland including his time on North Down Borough Council and as an MLA at Northern Ireland Assembly.
This weekend four hundred Friends of Saint Columbanus will be visiting Bangor to celebrate the life and works of Columbanus. This important event caused me to reflect on my interrail tour in the steps of Saint Columbanus which I undertook some years ago. I was first introduced to Saint Columbanus more than 50 years ago […]
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Articles, Columbanus
It is difficult to predict what Northern Ireland will look like in 2021. Although I do not see any political change I have serious concerns about the economic future. The Green Party supports the Good Friday Agreement and in the principle of consent. We are therefore concerned by the present stalemate at the Assembly and
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Articles, Political
I first met Oliver Napier in 1975 when carrying out an interview for my Msc dissertation on the Alliance Party. Despite his busy schedule he was very generous with his time and talked in depth about his early years in politics from the creation of New Ulster Movement to the Sunningdale Agreement and the power-sharing
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Articles, Obituaries
I find it hard to believe that it is 4 years since we gathered in Ards Leisure centre to hear the returning officer announce that I had been returned as a Green Party MLA for North Down. Although this historic breakthrough came as a shock to the media I was always reasonably confident that we
Green Living – Assembly Review Read More »
Articles
IT IS UNDEMOCRATIC CREATES SECOND CLASS MLA’S AND REINFORCES SECTARIANISM Brian Wilson MLA has written to the Secretary of State calling for a review the requirement of MLA’s to designate either unionist or nationalist. The requirement to designate can no longer be justified as it is undemocratic, creates second class MLA’s and reinforces the sectarian
