Let’s be clear, this shire of bastards are using everyone of us in some form of twisted medical experiment. Do you honestly believe the rest of Europe is wrong & this balloon and his ilk are right. If you are not angry it’s time to get angry, we are on the brink of disaster!
@lewis_goodall
And we didn’t spend 800 years under colonial rule, famine, genocide, exile, imprisonment, war, discrimination, partition more war and eventually the promise of peace and equality for it to be taken away by a want to be Tory and the Tories through Brexit!
My name is John O’Dowd I´m a MLA in Ireland. I’m appalled by the silence regarding the war crimes committed by the Israeli government. I and many with me, demand a ceasefire, open humanitarian corridors. Facilitate for water, food and medicine to Gaza now!
#politiciansforpeace
Tomorrow Mary Lou becomes the leader of the opposition, that’s the real story of tomorrow not the same old guard doing the same old thing over & over again !Change is coming !
A week which started with SF members being told our lives are in danger because we support policing ends with a leo & Micháel peddling the myth we are run by the RA. Micháel & Leo don’t have to check their cars, we do & neither threats or myth will stop the change, be the change!
I told the Assembly Jim Allister will have to learn the difference between speaking to loyalists off the back of a trailer and addressing those in the Assembly who represent citizens he shares this island with.
The DUP really know how to mess up a Parliament and bring Governments they are in to their knees. Now Orange Bands are marching & playing the sash in London, if it wasn’t so serious it would be bloody hilarious!
After spending last night dining in a castle with the DUP, rumor has it Theresa May is in North Antrim tonight watching a slide show of Ian Paisley's family holidays in Sri Lanka, while toasting marshmallows over a wood burner.
Delighted to have been appointed Chief Whip of the SF Assembly team. Look forward to working with our team and other parties as we face the challenges ahead.
Jeffrey tells anti protocol protestors he is not going back into the Executive.I wonder how that message would go down in a packed A&E instead of a packed Orange Hall ?
Comhghairdeas to Michelle on being elected Leas Uachtáran Sinn Féin. I look forward to working with you in the time ahead. Go raibh maith agaibh to all those who supported me over this last number of weeks & those who voted for me.
The British Empire has now retreated to the shores from which it was launched. I wish Britain well and look forward to the day Britain leaves these shores to the Irish & British people who live here to map out our own destiny and take back control.
No matter how many times Arlene Foster goes in and out of 10 Downing Street, today, tomorrow or the next day she & the DUP will not speak on behalf of the people of the North. The quicker Boris & co realise that the better for the people of Britain and Ireland.
Last week the PSNI admitted liability in a case fought by 2 journalists arrested for investigating RUC collusion into the murder of 6 catholics. Today the State refused a Public Inquiry into Pat Finucane’s murder.The State won’t investigate collusion but will arrest those who do!
Arlene Foster is in Brussels demanding to read the text of any Brexit deal. When asked at the RHI Inquiry if she had read the text of the RHI regulations before asking MLAs to vote for them she said “No. No, I didn’t.....I didn’t read the regulations.”
It must give the UDA some comfort that the DUPs partners in Westminster are so fond of their powdery product. It gives a whole new meaning to the Supply and Confidence deal.
The Orange Order receives millions of pounds of public money in one guise or another claiming to be a cultural body. I can think of no other ‘cultural body’ which is so heavily involved in politics & is still publicly funded. Funders must clarify It’s either one or the other ?
I am deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Christoper Stalford. He was a great character and despite our obvious political differences we were still able to have a good yarn together and a laugh. My deepest sympathies to his wife Laura and their 4 children.
I have tested positive for Covid 19 as have several members of my family. I am very thankful those of us who could be vaccinated were and hopefully the worst is behind us 🤞.Get vaccinated, get a booster, stay safe. Cinnigí slán.
In any other place in these islands or in Western Europe, if police had been found to be sitting on evidence about 30 murders, the senior management of that force would be asked to consider their positions not asked to consider promotion!
listening to the Education Minister the decision to keep schools open is a workforce plan & not a health plan. The idea, keep children at school & keep health staff at work.The flaw, Covid 19 spreads, children bring it home health workers etc fall ill & are lost to public service
My daughter Molly turned 14 today, she has an opinion on all subjects, an answer when not asked and questions for everything else. Add all that to being as stubborn as a mule. I am at loss as to where she gets it from but I hope she never changes 😎
I assume we will see the Queens and UU branches of the DUP, UUP & Alliance party demanding to be allowed onto campus and into lectures etc, as I am not aware of the ‘experts’ calling for Universities to close. If Universities need to close & they do so should schools !
Over a number of years I have grown to respect Simon Covney as a person & a politician. He has spent a considerable amount of personal & political capital on the North. But his stance on SF & Govt is nonsensical & I think he knows it !
Be under no doubt if Gerry Adams didn’t exist the IRA still would have. The question is would there have been a ceasefire and Peace Process without Gerry Adams. I for one doubt it !
After 16 of my posters were ripped down in Portadown town centre tonight, police stopped a group of people and will be conducting further inquiries. SF message of real change will not be stopped!
These well known Provo sympathising propaganda sheets questioning the British Government’s Covid-19 strategy. Oh hold on, this is the Tory media calling out Tory incompetence & downright arrogance ! Now can we cut the Orange Green divide nonsense!
The DUP failed to recognise the objective of Brexiteers is English independence, they care nothing of the ‘precious Union’. The only honest partner the DUP ever had was Martin McGuinness, it’s not too late to rebuild on a foundation of equality & mutual respect.Time to come home.
When the media challenge unionist politicians over advocating for the Union with Britain, I will take their challenge to Republicans for advocating for Irish unity seriously!
The British Government’s ‘Covid19 modelling has changed’ that is Govt speak for we got it wrong. They now realise under the previous model 250,000 people would die! Herd immunity now known not to work! Rest of Europe were right to close down. Now we must get it right!
No one in Ireland Catholic, Protestant or Dissenter should have any confidence in whoever the occupant of this house is. We, the people of Ireland, can have confidence in ourselves to build an inclusive country for our British & Irish citizens. It is time for a Unity Referendum.
It’s not the Russians you need to worry about.The UDA the largest terrorist organisation in Western Europe is threatening anyone who puts the DUPs Nigel Dodds seat at risk of being lost ! Given the DUPs role in the last Govt the UDA not Putin could decide your next PM.
Downing Street has been accused of telling "whopping untruths" over the publication of a report into the threat posed by Russia to the UK's democratic processes
As the DUP accuse Farming & Buisness Group’s of not reading or understanding the Brexit deal, it is worth noting Arlene’s evidence to the RHI Inquiry. When asked if she read the RHI Bill before asking MLAs to support it she said “No No, I didn’t, I didn’t read the regulations.”
Remembering with pride, Sheena Campbell, a mother, daughter, sister and revolutionary. Killed by agents of the state on this day in 1992. You may kill the revolutionary but never the revolution.
I can confirm I will be seeking nominations for Leas Uachtarán of Sinn Féin as we approach the Ard Fheis and the annual election of party leadership. I look forward to the debate across the party and island.
What I learnt on my staycation. Daytime tv for over 50s is depressing as most ads tell you that you are about to die and when you do die there will be no money to bury you😳.
At the end of this terrible journey we are now on there will be a need for a public inquiry if not criminal investigations into why the warnings were not heeded. We can still save lives but the British Govt has failed us all regardless of allegiance.
Revelations and allegations about the past prove we had a past. Martin McGuinness and Ian Paisley proved we can have a future together despite the past.
When the jolly nice chaps in the BBC talk about ‘grassroots loyalists ‘are they talking about the UVF and UDA ? I’m asking for a friend who wonders why the jolly nice chaps in the BBC just can’t say what they mean!
There is 1 problem to solve over the next 6-12 weeks & that’s how we save as many lives as possible & stop the spread of the Virus. In terms of the economy we need to get money into the hands of businesses & workers, save the roofs over their heads & put food on the table
Michelle O’Neill is correct both her and I sat on the Executive when Jim Wells made the unilateral decision to end pay parity. There was no Executive decision or role in ending pay parity for nurses, it was Jim Wells decision alone !
Beware of some politicians & business representatives arguing to open up the economy because they claim to be worried about low paid workers. They didn’t speak up for low paid workers before Covid 19 & they aren’t worried about them now! Solve low pay by paying decent wages!
It’s has been a difficult time with a lot of division between different nationalities & political beliefs but I think there is one thing that can unite us all & it is the hope South Africa beat England in the rugby World Cup tomorrow. Let’s unite we deserve better🏉🏉🏉🙏🙏🙏😁😁
The Orange Order say the deaths of 335 of it members during the conflict is 335 reasons not to talk to SF. How many people died as a result of the Orange Order's words and deeds during the conflict? There are always reasons not to talk but for all our futures we must.
Officially signed in as the Infrastructure Minister.
Sinn Féin is ready to form an Executive today, to work with others, and get on with the job of delivering for people on cost of living and the health service.
The DUP’s boycott of the Executive must end.
Events of the last few days has undoubtedly been humiliating for the DUP & wider political unionism & while it would be easy to mock we must redouble our efforts to show our unionist neighbours that power sharing in Ireland trumps chaos in Britain. Time for the DUP to come home !
The burning of symbols of a football club and flags which are important to the Unionist communitty is wrong and a hate crime. It is unjustifiable and anti republican.
@ArmaghI
@LurganMailnews
@BBCNewsNI
Boris Johnson is currently looking MPs to a pass a law to outlaw a law he previously asked them to make law after he negotiated and won an election on it.He then wants to negotiate more laws with the people he negotiated the first law with that he now wants MPs to outlaw.
Hardly a day goes by without Sheena Campbell’s name being mentioned with great pride and fondness. Sheena was a mother, daughter, sister, leader revolutionary & our friend. Killed on this day in 1992 by agents of the State.
Take note
@BBCNewsNI
and
@UTVNews
& all other local news agencies. Sammy Wilson has just been pulled up on CH4 news about his untrue claims that in the absence of a deal the UK enters into a trade deal with EU similar to EU US trading. It is not true. It is WTO with full tariffs
Diane Dodds the minister who is responsible for paying out the grants to the businesses closed for the last 4 weeks has failed to get the money out. This is not good enough. Would she wait 4 weeks on what she in entitled too. I think not.
It never ceases to amaze me how many pacifists there are when the weak turn on the powerful but when the powerful attack the weak, these very same pacifists are cheer leading the charge.
The never, never, never politics of Leo Varadkar and Micheál Martin in regards Sinn Féin harks back to politics of the last century. Ian Paisley the promoter of that message & politics ended up as Joint First Minister with Martin McGuinness.
With loyalist violence again being threatened against the south, their ability to carry out such attacks will depend on one thing. Whether or not British Military Intelligence arms & resources loyalists. Without such aid history has shown the threat is less if not non existent.
The reality is, Nigel Dodds being appointed to Seanad Éirean would have had a greater positive impact for unionists than his retirement plan in the House of Lords!
Attempts by the DUP to distance themselves from the chaos at the heart of the British Parliament and Govt is fooling no one. The DUP are the touch paper that lit the bonfire of chaos which is consuming all in its path!
Who are these two shadowy unelected figures from Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael in the RTE studio telling the electorate who should or shouldn’t be in government?
My thoughts are with the two Craigavon Area Hospital nurses who have tested positive for Covid 19. Another reminder why we all need to keep each other safe, follow guidance and wise up!
The only jobs the DUP and the Tories are interested is their own. Teresa wants to keep her job, Boris wants Teresa’s job. Arlene wants to keep her job and Sammy wants Arlene’s job. And all of them couldn’t give a rats rear end about your job!
A huge thank you to the doctors, nurses and all the staff at Craigavon hospital’s Emergency Dept. Yesterday I had to be assessed in the Dept as a result of Covid 19. Their care, professionalism & courtesy was outstanding. I’m back home hoping to be on the mend🤞. Stay safe.
I note DUP MLA Paul Frew praising the benefits of his ‘precious union’ as he talks about the financial injection from the British Treasury to tackle Covid 19. No doubt sections of the media will spend days debating the political opportunistic nature of it. Oh wait they won’t !
Dolores Kelly on
@StephenNolan
claiming the SDLP introduced the plastic bag levy, which of course was introduced by then SF MLA Daithí McKay. Dolores also forgot to mention she ran a campaign in Upper Bann against the plastic bag levy!
Every single person who dies from the Coronavirus will have picked the virus up from another person, either directly or indirectly. Don’t be the person who passes it on. We can all save lives!
Speaking this evening in the Assembly I spoke in support of Bobby Storey’s family and reminded MLAs that many of them have also stepped forward to offer sympathy to grieving families during the Covid 19 Crisis.
Racism has no place in our society.
The people of the Garvaghy road area of Portadown have stood up to sectarianism and hate in the past and they won’t let a small minority attack any family.
Look folks if we were relying on Leo Varadkar and Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil to lead the charge for a United Ireland we would have to first rewrite history! Leo & Micháel will catch up. Keep on the road we are on and don’t be distracted by what’s happening in the rear view mirror.
@columeastwood
@williamcrawley
I have dealt with the SDLP at all levels for many years and in my experience I have never found their views on the internal workings of Sinn Féin to be credible .
A powerful message could have been sent out yesterday, if the DUP led by Arlene Foster had joined with the women in East Belfast who were marching against murder & intimidation by the UVF & UDA. Instead we get DUP members shouting abuse towards those attending an election rally!
I stand with
@moneillsf
and
@GerryKellyMLA
they attended the PSNI event on our behalf, they were right to do so . Those who threaten them offer no vision, no hope they offer only failure and despair. I stand with Michelle & Gerry.
For those who wonder why Talks have not led to the restoration of the Power Sharing Executive, look no further than the DUP Tory alliance today. The DUP have been seduced by the bright lights of London. Wined & dined on dark money, oblivous to the hangover about to consume us all
UDA and UVF etc should disband !
Yesterday in the Assembly I asked the Justice Minister should political parties meet the LCC who represent the UDA and UVF for any reason other than to call on them to disband ! She agreed they should not.
It’s time for the DUP to come home and share power with your neighbours. The bright lights of London and popping of champagne corks has not served your or your neighbours interests! Fáilte abhaile.
Channel 4 turns away a Tory rep from a leaders debate because he is not the leader of the party and the BBC complains when the leader of Sinn Féin turns up for a leaders debate. Confused ? Me too !
@cjhumanrights
A modern expression of not wanting a Catholic about the place. Effectively a call for the exclusion of nationalists from key professions & underscores the sectarianism on which this state was built & is a dangerous targeting of nationalists. Kate Hoey should withdraw her remarks
Dominic Cummings blindly walked Britain into Brexit and now he drives on the public road to make sure he’s not blind. This guy & his ilk are focused on one thing, power and is completely blind to the hopes and fears of others! We all deserve better!
Sinn Féin is ready to form an Executive now.
To work to fix the health service by investing an extra £1 billion.
To put money in people’s pockets to deal with the cost-of-living crisis.
The DUP and Boris Johnson are blocking real change. It must stop.
This week DUP tried and failed to block public health measures and then to roll back modern health care for women. DUP is out of step with society. Their days of blocking rights, equality and science-based public policy are over and they are not coming back.
Jacob Rees Mogg understand this and then you will understand the Irish ! And when you understand us you will understand Ireland is no longer your colony.
Edwin Poots needs to stop playing silly party politics. The vast majority of people don’t care if he stands in Sth Down or Lagan Valley but they do care that he does his job.
@sinnfeinireland