Gerard McDonald
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"Can you imagine the shape Lough Neagh would be in if we had a DUP minister sitting in the Department of Agriculture, Environment & Rural Affairs?" Deputy leader @EoinTennyson says Alliance's Executive ministers are making a difference. #SundayPolitics @MarkCarruthers7


The state was designed to keep a nationalist from becoming First Minister. History changed in 2024 when Michelle O’Neill took office. The SDLP’s proposal to abolish the First Minister title aligns them with extreme voices in loyalism and unionism.


This state was designed so a nationalist could never hold the office of First Minister. History changed in 2024 when Michelle O’Neill became First Minister. The SDLP proposal today to abolish the First Minister title brings them alongside some of the most extreme voices in loyalism and unionism, who want to ensure no nationalist holds the position again. Incredible!




Several injured as plain-clothed PSNI counter-terror team ram car carrying child during ‘stop and search’ in west Belfast belfasttelegraph.co.uk/local/west-bel…







The problem with the past is not wholly of the PSNI’s making, but it continues to impact confidence amongst Catholics in the PSNI. The PSNI are not the RUC. Policing is needed for a better today & for a stable future before, during & after any process of constitutional change.


A lesson for the Chair of the Communities Committee. If you ask a question you shouldn't just pretend that the answer doesn't exist. @PamCameronDUP








