Terry Wright

2 weeks ago | sluggerotoole.com | Terry Wright

A few weeks ago, nationalist parties who raised procedural issues regarding the decision to fund a sports pitch for a controlled college were accused by the DUP of being ‘sectarian.’ Now the DUP, on procedural and squandering money grounds relating to the decision to fund Irish Language signage in the new Belfast transport hub, is calling foul. Is it also, in its expression of limited cultural democracy, open to the charge of adopting a prejudicial position with regard to the language?

3 weeks ago | sluggerotoole.com | Terry Wright |David McCann

Selfies with the POTUS and his decisions spreading panic in Dublin, or so the DUP hopes, Northern Ireland gifted special status as the USA celebrates 250 years of the Declaration of Independence and the Deputy First Minister, Emma-Little Pengelly MLA, by all accounts scoring a ‘home run’ during the St Patrick’s Day jamboree in Washington and with President Trump’s tariff tactics judiciously ignored, the DUP did not hide a feeling of it being a good period for the party; an opportunity to...

2 months ago | sluggerotoole.com | Terry Wright

Whether or not the individual had been listening to the politicians or reading social media comments which flowed from the reports of funding for a sports pitch at Lisneal College, the sentiments expressed are not without justification. The continuous reference to the college as a Controlled school did infer bias in the decision-making; a point readily assumed by many commentators. The DUP claimed that scrutiny and calls for justification were fuelled by sectarian motives.

Jan 23, 2025 | sluggerotoole.com | Terry Wright

The decision made by Secretary of State Hilary Benn MP with regard to the Stormont Brake can be added to the litany of Unionist ‘tilting at the windmills’ strategies. Unionism has to understand that if you created it, you have to own it. Political Unionism in the shape of the DUP, TUV and to a lesser extent the UUP contributed to the situation that is the outworking of Brexit. The latter did not encourage a ‘yes’ vote but was not strong enough to hold to a robust line with members.

Jan 21, 2025 | medium.com | Terry Wright

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