I CONDEMN THE SIX MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS FROM NORTHERN IRELAND WHO SUPPORTED THE TORY BILL TO PRIVATISE THE NHS IN ENGLAND EVEN THOUGH THE LEGISLATION WILL NOT APPLY IN NORTHERN IRELAND. It is sickening to see peers from Northern Ireland lining up to support this legislation which will effectively spell the end …
I welcome the fact that this ban has finally become permanent. It was the first motion I introduced when elected to the Assembly in 2007. It has taken a long time and North Down representatives have played important roles in the campaign to ban this barbaric so called sport. 40 years the MP for Bangor …
BRIAN WELCOMES THE CONSULTATION ON THE PROPOSED PLASTIC BAG TAX AND ARGUES THAT IT MUST BE INTRODUCED AT A HIGH LEVEL AROUND 15P TO DISCOURAGE SHOPPERS FROM USING PLASTIC BAGS In light of the success of a similar levy in theIrishRepublicthe opposition from the NIIRTA would seem extremely short-sighted. Brian Wilson states as I pointed out at the …
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 …
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 …
AT the AGM the main parties have agreed to exclude me from the councils important finance and policy committees. Last term they argued that as I was a member of the Green party I was not entitled to a place, this excuse is no longer valid. As a councillor with 30 years experience and degrees …
In light of growing public concern at the proliferation of election posters and my concern for the environment I promised not to put up election posters. This decision would not seem to have had a negative effect as I again topped the poll and increased my share of the vote. I hope that this will …
For returning me at the top of the poll for the sixth successive election. I hope I can justify the confidence you have shown me. Having given up my other posts I intend to focus full time on Council issues and to serving the residents of Bangor West. I was therefore disappointed that despite my …
