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HAMAS was born 76 years today when Israel expelled 750,000 Palestinians from their homes to create the new state of Israel The policy behind NAKBA as it is known has continued to the present day as Israel continues to oppress ,occupy and ethnically cleanse Palestine

The 8-year obsession with Brexit and it’s fallout, backstops, protocols, oven-ready agreements, Johnston’s betrayal, withdrawal agreement, Windsor Framework must end, It is time to end this farce. It is time Jeffrey showed some leadership and changed DUP strategy. It has been disastrous for Unionism and the people of Northern Ireland. He has followed the road

The doorsteps of North Down have expressed the frustration with the political gridlock, the anger at the failure of the public services and a high level of apathy from voters who feel their votes will resolve nothing.It has been a long and uninspiring campaign with apathy winning and the turnout likely to be around 40%.

It is amazing how some politicians have managed to elevate the new administrative guidelines required by the Brexit protocol into a major constitutional crisis.  The threat that the Assembly cannot be restored until the protocol is abolished is a threat which cannot and will not be met as the protocol is fundamental to the withdrawal

DUP- ST Andrews own goal-Chickens coming home to roost Under the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement the DUP would have had the responsibility of appointing the First Minister. This responsibility was given to the largest party from the largest designation. This would have been the DUP as the largest unionist party. Despite all the media attention given

ON the basis of the opinion polls and recent elections I have predicted that SF will become the largest party with 25 seats(-2) followed by DUP23(-5).The UUP will gain 3 seats and Alliance 5  while the SDLP will lose 3.Former DUP MLA Alex Easton from North Down will retain his seat as an Independent Unionist.

My original post suggested that the DUP could be wiped out and revert to the 1998 Assembly when the party failed to win a seat in North Down. Based on the opinion polls this is still a possibility but not likely. The North Down campaign was unusually lively, and I was canvassed by all the

For the first time in almost 60 years, I will not be an active participant in a North Down election. Since the 1960’s I have been involved in over 40 North Down elections at many levels Council, Assembly, Forum, Westminster and Europe as a candidate, agent, organiser or merely a canvasser. So, I am now