Cameron Direct Belfast and Everywhere
I had the pleasure to introduce David Cameron when he did his first Cameron Direct event in Belfast back in November. In the latest election broadcast he shows just how effective he can be in this...
View ArticleDavid Cameron in Ballymena on Thursday
David Cameron will be running another of his Cameron Direct events – his second in Northern Ireland – on Thursday in Ballymena. If you’d like to attend I can pass on your details to the organisers. I...
View ArticleDavid Cameron and the Orange Order
I admire David Cameron. I re-joined the Conservative Party when David became leader. On every occasion I have met him he has shown a wonderful insight into Northern Ireland’s political problem –...
View ArticleA Tale of Destruction
Danny Kennedy MLA Carries the Orange Banner for David Cameron into the General Election On Friday evening I had a long conversation with one of the Conservative nominees who has failed to be selected...
View ArticleCameron, Northern Ireland and Public Sector Spending
Public sector employment: pondweed Although David Cameron’s comments about Northern Ireland’s over-dependence on the public sector have done nothing to help the ill-fated UCUNF project, they are...
View ArticleThe Shame of UCUNF
Some believe I am an idealist and that my opposition to the pact between the UUP and Conservative Party is ill-founded. Let me argue why I disagree. Tomorrow the people of Northern Ireland go to the...
View ArticleBizarre Parallels
There are strangely resonant similarities between the Conservative/Lib-Dem partnership and the ill-fated partnership between the Conservatives and the UUP. Obviously we have yet to hear about the...
View ArticleUUP Suck Local Tories Dry
I gather that Conservative Party central office has laid-off its 3 members of staff in Belfast following the disastrous Conservative/Ulster Unionist Party alliance that saw a decline in the combined...
View ArticleWall to Wall Populism now Complete
Image via Wikipedia With Ed Milband’s election as Labour leader we now have a full complement of political leaders in the UK that put populism much higher up the pecking order of political attributes...
View ArticleCameron, the G8 and the NI Conservatives
Arlene Foster – reflected glory for attracting the G8? (Photo credit: DUP Photos) I had a call from two different journalists today asking me if I knew if the Prime Minister had met with – or planned...
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