Articles

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.

Memories: My Timeline Has Highlighted the Green Party Election Broadcast of 2007 and the Reverend Billy video.

14 Years ago Reverend Billy (Stop Shopping) made this election video for the 2007 Assembly Election. I felt it may be too controversial and pulled it. This worked out well as we replaced it by a conventional Green Party Policy video. The media heard of the video and reported that it had been pulled. Mark …

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10 Reasons Why Brexit Will Not Happen

BREXIT: 10 Reasons Why it Will Not Happen (update)

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 …

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David Bleakley Obituary

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 …

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10 Reasons Why Brexit Will Not Happen

Brexit Still Will Not Happen

Trump increases Economic and Security Uncertainty in Europe Following the referendum last July I outlined 10 REASONS WHY BREXIT WILL NOT HAPPEN. The triggering of Article 50 would seem to be an appropriate time to review this prediction. The review confirms my previous conclusion that Brexit will not happen and the events of the past …

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