Naomi Long MLA @naomi_long Twitter profile

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Naomi Long MLA

@naomi_long

5 years

1. It wasn't frictionless re-entry, hence the heat shields 2. It wasn't "hand-knitted" code, but complex, cutting-edge maths & computing 3. It wasn't achieved by "can do" spirit, but years of planning by experts 4. The solution to frictionless trade does exist: it's called the EU

Chris Mason

@ChrisMasonBBC

5 years

"If they could use hand-knitted computer code to make a frictionless re-entry to Earth’s atmosphere in 1969, we can solve the problem of frictionless trade at the Northern Irish border" -- Boris Johnson in Monday's @Telegraph

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6 years

I have a letter from a Nigerian Prince thanking me for my kindness and assuring me he has $10,000,000 which he will transfer to me if I send my bank account details.

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@naomi_long

4 years

How on earth can @DUPleader complain about the "pan-nationalist front" in North and South Belfast when they formed a pan-unionist coalition in North Belfast and Fermanagh South Tyrone? I mean, seriously? The total lack of self-awareness is astonishing.

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@naomi_long

1 year

In the last 72 hours, I've been called a c*nt, a hateful sh*t, a t*rd, told my dad "should have pulled out" and now this ⬇️ The relentlessness of this squalid and misogynistic abuse on Twitter is genuinely appalling. However, it will not silence or deter me. Get a life, lads.

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@naomi_long

1 year

"Nobody else has that." Well, you did, actually. Plus, the opt outs. But you binned it for Brexit. Go figure...

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@naomi_long

2 years

🧵So, having become accustomed to seeing my posters burned on bonfires, I honestly thought nothing could shock me anymore. However, late last night I received photos of effigies of me, @moneillsf and @MaryLouMcDonald hanged on the bonfire at Glenfield in Carrickfergus. >

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@naomi_long

1 year

Whenever the DUP are ready to apologise for Red Sky, NAMA, RHI, Brexit, overplaying their hand throughout the Withdrawal negotiations, trusting Boris, and collapsing the Assembly, we'll talk, Carla. Until then, focus on sorting the mess you created.

Belfast Telegraph

@BelTel

1 year

Carla Lockhart calls for apologies from Michelle O’Neill and Naomi Long over NI Protocol

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Naomi Long MLA

@naomi_long

6 years

Arlene Foster has no claim to speak on behalf of NI. She isn't First Minister & can only speak for the DUP. NI voters wanted to remain in the EU, including the customs union. I'd tag her in this but I don't want to bother the staffer who tweets for her. They've had a rough day.

The Independent

@Independent

6 years

Arlene Foster tells EU: 'Northern Ireland does not want to be part of the customs union'

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@naomi_long

4 years

No, Sammy. You're the one who needs to build a bridge...and get over it. It's a nonsense project. We need investment in health, education and infrastructure not this giant unionist umbilical cord.

James Rothwell

@JamesERothwell

4 years

Build a bridge from Northern Ireland to Scotland to bolster Union, DUP urges Boris Johnson via @Telegraph

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@naomi_long

3 years

These are "real law breakers", burning buses, terrorising passengers and attacking police. Let's focus on that and getting this stopped before someone loses their life.

Arlene Foster DBE PC #ProudofNI.

@ArleneFosterUK

3 years

This is not protest. This is vandalism and attempted murder. These actions do not represent unionism or loyalism. They are an embarrassment to Northern Ireland and only serve to take the focus off the real law breakers in Sinn Fein. My thoughts are with the bus driver.

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@naomi_long

3 years

NI Twitter: Sammy Wilson's sausage pics are the most embarrassing thing the DUP have done this week. Ian Paisley: Hold my beer....

Stephen Nolan

@StephenNolan

3 years

This is Extra ordinary .

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@naomi_long

7 months

A few years back, during COVID, Laurence Fox tweeted about my appearance on Twitter, kicking off a week-long troll-fest of misogynistic abuse and bullying on my account. Good to see him exposed for who and what he is. #LongRunsTheFox as they say.

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@naomi_long

2 years

Thread Thanks to all who expressed solidarity over the last few days. Your kindness is an antidote to the bile. I'm fortunate: I'm strong, with an amazing support network of people who love and respect me. Anyone who thinks bullying will break me clearly doesn't know me. >

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@naomi_long

2 years

I felt physically sick at those photos - not just at the effigies but at the festering hatred and sectarianism they represent; hatred that not only persists in our community but is being passed on to the next generation as normal. This has to stop. Our children deserve better.

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@naomi_long

2 years

No, Jeffrey. I think now is the moment when the vast majority of people in Northern Ireland say "Enough is enough" to the DUP.

DUP

@duponline

2 years

Enough is enough. 👇🏻

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@naomi_long

5 years

Those of us who live here know how the border works. We know there actually was a hard border for over 80 years. We also fully appreciate the sensitivities of this issue. Don't peddle lies about something so serious. Unlike you, we'll have to live with the consequences of it.

Ben Habib

@benhabib6

5 years

I am on the border between NI and ROI. Travelling in a straight line, one enters and exits the RoI a number of times. There could never be a hard border here. The UK has declared it would never seek to impose one. The whole thing is a red herring.

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@naomi_long

3 years

I get trolled a lot, falsely accused of hating loyalists and unionists. Nothing could be further from the truth. I'd love to know what those people make of loyalists burning my image in an act of intimidation and blatant hatred. Burning people's images isn't culture, folks.

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@naomi_long

5 years

A better man wouldn't have done it. A greater man would have resigned.

Belfast Telegraph

@BelTel

5 years

'A lesser man than me would have crumbled' - Ian Paisley on his return to Westminster

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@naomi_long

5 years

@DUPleader You ignored the business community, farmers, civic society and the majority of NI voters, instead propping up a now imploding Tory Party run by Brexit fanatics. You had real influence. You could have delivered the deal NI so needed. You didn't. That's your record. #GE19

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Naomi Long MLA

@naomi_long

3 years

Spoiler: You told people worried about the impact of Brexit on food supply chains they could "go to the chippy".

Sammy Wilson MP 🇺🇦🇬🇧

@eastantrimmp

3 years

Spoiler: It is a ban on sausages.

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@naomi_long

3 years

It's a heavily edited version of his story. McElwee was sentenced to 20 years for possession of explosives and the murder of Yvonne Dunlop, a 26-year-old mum burnt alive when one of the firebombs destroyed her clothes shop. Her story matters: it must not be erased.

Sinn Féin

@sinnfeinireland

3 years

40 years ago today, at 11am, Óglach Thomas McElwee from Bellaghy died after 62 days on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh. He was a political prisoner; unbowed and unbroken. This is his story.

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@naomi_long

5 years

It must be awful to be DUP. Full stop. 🙄

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@naomi_long

3 years

You know what would help as we face into a tough 6-week lockdown? If the DUP and SF would quit the recriminations and blame game. Both have made serious mistakes: neither have been perfect. Let's focus on getting it right from here on in for the sake of the entire community.

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@naomi_long

5 years

1. With a weak pound these savings won't exist. 2. The 40000 people projected to lose their jobs in NI won't be going abroad. 3. The cost of non-luxury goods will actually rise. It's like chopping off our heads and telling us we'll save money on hats. Utterly pathetic.

HM Treasury

@hmtreasury

5 years

Duty-free shopping with the EU is coming back, if we leave without a deal. People travelling to EU countries will be able to buy beer, spirits, wine and tobacco without duty being applied in the UK. 🍺🍷Read more👇

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4 years

Delighted & v honoured to be able to fulfil the role of Minister of Justice in the new Executive. Challenging days ahead but also reasons for hope & optimism. Look forward to working with stakeholders & DoJ staff to continue to deliver on ambitious programme for justice in NI.

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@naomi_long

4 years

For a party that likes a good Bible quote: For whatever a man sows, that shall he also reap. You chose this. Take responsibility.

DUP

@duponline

4 years

. @eastantrimmp asks the Prime Minister to explain, “how Northern Ireland can remain a full part of the United Kingdom if people coming from the rest of the UK into Northern Ireland have to pass through a border control post?”.

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@naomi_long

5 years

So we need abortion laws "tailored to the needs" of NI but we can't have a Brexit deal similarly tailored to address NI particular needs? Am I the only one sick and tired of the double standards that say we have to be exactly like the rest of the UK except when it suits the DUP?

Northern Ireland Office

@NIOgov

5 years

Secretary of State @JulianSmithUK urges politicians to come together and #GetStormontUpAndRunning . “There has never been a greater need.”

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@naomi_long

4 years

. #10YearChallenge In 09/10, I was Cllr, Lord Mayor, MLA & plus Deputy Leader. Since then, been MP & now MEP & Leader. Ups & downs incl. surgery for endometriosis & cancer plus a death threat or two 🤨 But, still standing 😎 And excited for the #New20s Thank you & HNY! 🥳

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@naomi_long

4 years

Opened Twitter this evening to see quite a few men saying I lack courage as I have no testicles. The two aren't linked, lads. Some of the most courageous people I know are women. Some of us are even brave enough not to hide behind anonymity when expressing our views online.

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@naomi_long

5 years

The withdrawal agreement was only necessary because you campaigned to leave. It was not a bad deal for NI: it hss the overwhelming support of NI business & community. As for how to negotiate? Please. No Executive for 2.5 years? You're in no position to offer advice.

BBC Politics

@BBCPolitics

5 years

"It is important that all options are on the table" DUP leader Arlene Foster says she wonders if people who call for a no-deal #Brexit to be taken off the table have "ever been engaged in negotiating"

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@naomi_long

6 years

To everyone who helped search for @davidaalliance Thank you. He has been found, is with me and getting the help he needs. All of you have proven how powerful Twitter can be and I am forever grateful.

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@naomi_long

7 months

Instead of lighting up buildings in solidarity with either 'side' in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, maybe we should instead light a candle for peace in the darkness of war, and in memory of all those whose lives have been lost. My prayer is for peace and justice for all x

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@naomi_long

6 years

The DUP seem to be having a collective meltdown over the last 24 hours at the "shock" revelation that Ireland fully intends to protect its national interest in EU Brexit talks. What did they expect? That Ireland would meekly follow the UK lemming-like over the cliff?

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@naomi_long

2 years

If the DUP don't want to do the job, they could not sign in and forfeit their salaries. But they won't, of course. They'll just stop every other MLA from doing all of the job they were elected to do. I told the SOS, anyone blocking election of Speaker should lose their salary.

Amanda Ferguson

@AmandaFBelfast

2 years

I can’t find the tweet asking me this but the answer is yes. If the newly elected MLAs sign the roll but don’t elect the Speaker they will still get their wages. #stormont #onthehill

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@naomi_long

4 years

State of that. Terrible spelling, shocking layout, bad punctuation. And that's before you start on the rubbish content. A pigeon locked in a room for an hour with a keyboard could have produced better, tbh. I know I'm meant to be hurt or offended but all I feel is pity...

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@naomi_long

2 years

These were not last minute additions. There are photos of a children's "fun day" taking place at this fire while our effigies were hanging on it. Some local businesses even sponsored it. What kind of parent would see that and think it's acceptable for their child to see? >

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Naomi Long MLA

@naomi_long

5 years

No Anne. Just no. You can't talk about the oppressed rising up against their oppressor, like you are the oppressed. You can't talk about colonies rising up against the Empire, like you are the colonised. You can't compare fishing to slavery. You were a Tory: you have no clue.

James Felton

@JimMFelton

5 years

This is just pure batshit. She’s gone full Widdecombe.

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@naomi_long

5 years

This is beyond careless. He is being deliberately dishonest.

BBC Reality Check

@BBCRealityCheck

5 years

. @BorisJohnson says that the Irish border can be sorted out during the implementation period after Brexit. #ITVdebate

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@naomi_long

2 years

I'm not sharing the images due to risk of distressing families who have lost loved ones by suicide. And because they are utterly sick. I will, however, be sharing them and the pictures of the bonfire builders standing proudly in front of their creation with with the police.

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@naomi_long

5 years

Go Sylvia! 👏👏👏 Absolutely nailing @BorisJohnson 's delusion. And a lone voice for the majority of people in NI.

The Independent

@Independent

5 years

MP Lady Hermon blasts Boris Johnson's Brexit plan, saying he "does not understand Northern Ireland."

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@naomi_long

4 years

People shouldn't believe everything they hear on TV? I'm struggling to believe that someone who was worried about his eyesight would test it on a public road for 60 miles, with his wife in child in the car and *still* be advising the government. Unbelievable, indeed.

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@naomi_long

6 years

If you wonder how the Irish Language Act ended up a key issue after years of SF & DUP being in govt together without it, you need look no further than the antics of Campbell, Givan and others who persistently mock the language and disrespect those who speak it. Shameful.

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@naomi_long

5 years

John Bercow is the Speaker that not just Parliament but the UK needs right now. He has just schooled Rees Mogg on Erskine May and parliamentary procedure. He is defending not just the primacy of Parliament but the fundamentals of our parliamentary democracy.

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@naomi_long

5 years

It really is needed. This banner is not just profoundly stupid (England is not now and never has been or could be in Ireland) but it sends out a hostile and offensive message to anyone English or of English extraction on this island. Respect, Equality, Integrity anyone? 🙄

Sinn Féin

@sinnfeinireland

5 years

No explanation needed. @MaryLouMcDonald #StPatrickDay Parade #NYC

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@naomi_long

5 years

If you, like me, have a DUP MP this is the utter contempt in which they hold you. Right up there with "Let them eat cake". If you voted for them? Think hard before trusting them with your vote again. They're not in politics to serve you: they're in it to serve themselves.

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@naomi_long

5 years

Commas matter. They're the difference between supporting UK food produce and cannibalism.

HENRY MORRIS

@mrhenrymorris

5 years

Just had a fantastic @tobycarvery all you can eat breakfast with James May and Melanie Philips. Eat British people. #eatbritish #britishfood #foodporn

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@naomi_long

2 years

Unwanted touching/groping is sexual assault. Sexual assault is a crime. The perceived "charm" of the perpetrator is totally irrelevant. I really despair that we still need to have these conversations with other women in 2021.

Isabel Oakeshott

@IsabelOakeshott

2 years

The charming Stanley Johnson can be a little over-friendly -indeed handsy - but I don’t believe this is one for the police. Officers should focus their limited resources on investigating real crimes.

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@naomi_long

3 years

In 2019 Jeffrey said he could live with himself if Brexit cost NI 40k jobs, yet a single poll suggesting some job losses for DUP MLAs next year, gets this reaction. If your job is at risk, think about that. You aren't the DUP's priority and neither is our economy: The DUP is.

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@naomi_long

2 years

Having seen the utterly vile and depraved video of those revelling in the murder of Michaela McAreevy, I feel sick. This gratuitous sectarian hatred is a cancer in our society that needs rooted out. I've raised it with @ChiefConPSNI and will also be raising it with #GOLI . #shame

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@naomi_long

5 years

Well, I guess if anyone can advise on the "dos" and "don'ts" when abroad... 🙄

Belfast Telegraph

@BelTel

5 years

Paisley hits out at Simon Coveney: 'If he wants to make inflammatory statements, he should do so in his own country

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@naomi_long

5 years

Sadly, science has yet to provide a cure for bigotry, homophobia or, indeed, stupidity. If we could cure those, LGBTQ+ people would be much less likely to be unhappy and much more likely to be accepted and treated as equals.

'Science may produce cure' for homosexuality, Ann Widdecome claims

The former Tory minister has claimed that science may produce a way for people to 'switch sexuality'

inews.co.uk

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@naomi_long

4 years

By driving in that state 200 miles to his elderly parents' home, placing them at risk, too? You advised anyone who had the virus not to go out for ANY reason, not even food or medicine. You're the Health Minister: stop defending his reckless, selfish behaviour. He should go.

Matt Hancock

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I know how ill coronavirus makes you. It was entirely right for Dom Cummings to find childcare for his toddler, when both he and his wife were getting ill.

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@naomi_long

2 years

People hating on drag queens reading stories to kids have little to do. As a kid, I recall annual panto where the principal boy was a girl and the panto dame was a man and no-one felt the need to hold an exorcism at the theatre. #NoPlaceForHate

Brendan Harkin 💀

@brendanjharkin

2 years

Jolene is outside the MAC for her latest hate campaign today. There are folks here making it clear she doesn't speak for them.

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@naomi_long

4 years

What, like Brexit, perchance? 🤷🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

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@naomi_long

5 years

Does he feel the same way about @duponline refusing to declare the size and source of large political donations going back to Jan 2014?

BBC News NI

@BBCNewsNI

5 years

. @eastantrimmp Sammy Wilson says the government's decision to withhold its #Brexit legal advice "confirms in people's minds it has something to hide".

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@naomi_long

2 years

I have no words...

Belfast Telegraph

@BelTel

2 years

The DUP, Ulster Unionists and the TUV all released statements questioning why there seemed to be a lack of royal paraphernalia on offer in a particular Tesco store in Northern Ireland. ✍️ @AllanPreston

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@naomi_long

5 years

Amazing result for @allianceparty and a watershed moment for NI politics. So grateful to everyone who voted to make the #AllianceSurge a tsunami! This can be the beginning of a new politics and a new future for all of us: #JoinUs and be part of it.

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@naomi_long

4 years

So, not the Silver Wedding anniversary we planned. Not even the back up plan, given new Covid rules. But...we're here, we're well, we're together and, after 25 years, we're raising a glass of bubbly to the next 25 🍾🥂 @CllrMichaelLong

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@naomi_long

3 years

You over-played your hand, undermined Theresa May's much better deal and then trusted Boris and the ERG to care about NI. They never loved you, Ian. They just used you. And now we're all paying for it.

Jayne McCormack

@BBCJayneMcC

3 years

DUP MP Ian Paisley points across the chamber at Conservative benches and says: "What did we do to members on those benches over there to be screwed over by this protocol, ask your hearts, what did we do? It's an insult to our intelligence to say it's a teething problem"

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@naomi_long

4 years

The Secretary of State for NI has just conceded in Parliament that Govt are about to break international law. His defence seems to be that "it's only in a very limited way". I'm not sure you can be a little bit illegal. It's a bit like being a little bit pregnant.

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@naomi_long

4 years

Us: Stay at home. Protect the NHS. Save Lives. Them: Well, you're a special case. You're savvy. You can use your judgement. You do what suits you best. Rules are for the rest, not for us.

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@naomi_long

6 years

5 years ago I was diagnosed with malignant melanoma. Now I have an almost invisible scar under my watch. I never forget it's there. What it represents. How lucky I am to be here. I look at my watch & remember: Time is precious, spend it wisely. #cancer #5YearsClear #survivor

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@naomi_long

4 years

The phrase you were looking for is 'I'm genuinely sorry and will do better in future". And maybe leave out the whole East Germany/Stasi/blame the public thing. It was your fault and wearing a mask really isn't comparable to that level of oppression. You're welcome.

Rebecca Black

@RBlackPA

4 years

DUP MP Sammy Wilson told me he "didn't have a mask on, should have had it on and am offering no excuse" re the train pic, he added: "it is sad that we have now become like east Germany under the Stasi where members of the public think it is acceptable to act as snoops".

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@naomi_long

4 years

Thank you to all who came out in the cold, rain & dark today to vote. It matters that we all participate. If you #VotedAlliance , a special thank you for supporting for our campaign. And if you #VotedAlliance in #EastBelfast , a very personal, very sincere thank you from me. 💛

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@naomi_long

5 years

Thank you to @ConorMcGinn @LaylaMoran and all those who voted in @HouseofCommons to finally deliver equality for LGBTQ+ people in Northern Ireland. And thank you to @TRPNI @AmnestyNI and @Love_EqualityNI and all those individuals who never gave up. #equalmarriage 🏳️‍🌈 #LoveIsLove

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@naomi_long

4 years

Peanuts compared to what the Brexit shambles you also walked us into will cost us, Sammy. Not to mention the Tory cuts you enabled while propping them up only to be dumped when no longer required. If you can be easily bought, you can also be sold...

Sammy Wilson MP 🇺🇦🇬🇧

@eastantrimmp

4 years

We delivered hundreds of millions for health, education & infrastructure in the last 2 years. You didn’t deliver a penny.

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@naomi_long

5 years

. @ianknoxcartoon and the @irish_news nailing the political cartoon again! 👌 @ClareBaileyGPNI

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@naomi_long

1 year

This is weapons-grade gaslighting from a man who never supported the GFA and championed the hardest possible Brexit.

Belfast Telegraph

@BelTel

1 year

DUP MP Sammy Wilson has claimed “all evidence shows” the EU is responsible for the political crisis in Northern Ireland, which has seen “the collapse of the Good Friday Agreement”.

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Naomi Long MLA

@naomi_long

2 years

Today, I was called a baby killer, Nazi, genocidal and told I'd roast in hell by people who clearly hoped I would. Many pro-choice activists receive this daily. Many pregnant women face worse to access medical care. It won't deflect me from supporting a woman's right to choose.

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@naomi_long

6 years

My mum was a ropeworker 'til I was born, my dad shipyard man 'til he died when I was 11. Mum raised me on p-t work, in 2up-2down with an outside toilet off Dee Street for the first half of my life. Middle class, socially privileged, insulated by money? Yeah. That's me. 🙄

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@naomi_long

5 years

"Unionism has very much been ignored in these negotiations..." Eh? DUP MPs who represent a minority view on Brexit in NI, far from being ignored, have had unparalleled access to two successive PMs. If deals keep getting worse for unionists (and they do), own it. You did this.

BBC The View

@bbctheview

5 years

The British Government has 'abjectly failed' to speak up for unionism in the Brexit process, says @timcairns ...

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@naomi_long

5 years

I'd appeal to any Conservative MP who knows a no deal Brexit will be catastrophic for the UK, to put country before party, cross the floor and stop this reckless government destroying our economy, stability and future prospects. #StopBrexitSaveDemocracy

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Naomi Long MLA

@naomi_long

5 years

A lesser man would crumble under the pressure of all these free trips from abusive regimes...

BBC Spotlight NI

@BBCSpotlightNI

5 years

Spotlight travels to the Indian Ocean to investigate another luxury holiday taken by the North Antrim MP Ian Paisley. Lyndsey Telford reports. #SpotlightNI

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@naomi_long

2 years

Five men and one woman in the photo. Look who gets selected to serve them tea...😖🤦‍♀️

William Wragg MP

@William_Wragg

2 years

🫖Results to be announced at tea time🫖

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@naomi_long

5 years

To save some people a lot of tweets & faux outrage, take it as read that I unreservedly condemn: 1. All flags on lampposts 2. All bigotry and sectarianism 3. All glorification of terrorism 4. All illegality and criminality Attempts to insinuate I don't will be ignored/mocked.

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@naomi_long

4 years

Love these photos of my Mum & Dad before they were married and then just after I was born. They married late, so I was a bit of a surprise 🙂 Miss them both every day but particularly on anniversaries. Dad passed away 37 years ago today and mum 11 years ago on 2nd March. 💔😢

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@naomi_long

3 years

The smears, lies and abuse I have seen directed at @ErvineLinda tonight and over recent weeks has been nothing short of scandalous. It is bullying of the worst kind. Linda has served the people of East Belfast for years, and does not deserve anything but respect and support.

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@naomi_long

4 months

Not the "NI Parties", @chhcalling . The DUP. Stop blaming everyone else for a problem they created. @NIOgov

Northern Ireland Office

@NIOgov

4 months

Secretary of State @chhcalling 's full statement on public sector strikes ⬇️

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@naomi_long

5 years

This kind of comment from MPs like Priti Patel demonstrate not only profound ignorance of and insensitivity about our history but also reckless indifference to the impact on relations today. Truly grim.

Richard Chambers

@newschambers

5 years

A leading Tory Brexiteer says UK should threaten Ireland with food shortages to get it to capitulate on the Backstop. Someone will be needing the history books out over in Whitehall.

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@naomi_long

4 years

To everyone who contributed to Alliance's largest ever vote, thank you from the bottom of my heart. ☺️💛 You ensured the #AllianceSurge continues: we're now 3rd largest party in NI, 2nd in Gtr Belfast; have reps at every level of govt; Cont...

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@naomi_long

2 years

Tomorrow, I'll be doing my job as always. I will not be deflected. I will not be bullied. I will not give anyone that power over me. In the words of one of my favourite poets...

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@naomi_long

2 years

These daily threats, via statements from terrorists or their spokespersons, is completely unacceptable. They represent no-one: they aren't stakeholders or commentators, but criminals and abusers. The only statement I want to hear from them is that they've disbanded.

Belfast Telegraph

@BelTel

2 years

The UVF is reviewing the “basis” for its ceasefire amid concerns “talk of joint authority has pushed the organisation to the edge”. Elements of the UDA are understood to be following suit.

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@naomi_long

3 years

Easter Sunday is a celebration of the Christian gospel of love triumphant over hate, hope over despair, reconciliation over brokenness. The images from across Northern Ireland today instead are of property destroyed, lives endangered. Stop this now, before lives are lost.

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@naomi_long

5 years

People waiting years on surgery, parents donating toilet roll to schools, people's benefits stripped away, no Exec for 2 years and Brexit looming yet people are anmoyed by a poster for Britain's Got Talent & rhyming "Derry" with "Merry"? We are better than this, surely?

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@naomi_long

5 years

Cowards hiding behind weasel words. This was no accident. A gun was picked up deliberately, fired indiscriminately and murder committed intentionally. A young woman died. Whether she was your target or not, her murder was no accident. Own the shame of what you have done.

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@naomi_long

2 years

The lack of any compassion, of ordinary human kindness and decency, of even a cursory recognition of the seriousness of what people are facing in both the question and the reply is deeply shameful and morally repugnant. At times I despair.

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@naomi_long

3 years

@ArleneFosterUK @DeanesAtQueens I know you always hated Twitter, Arlene, but I have to say, you're a natural at it 😉 😂 Enjoy a well earned break. 🙂

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@naomi_long

6 years

. @itvnews Please don't say NI doesn't want this deal. The DUP might not, but they do not represent a majority. They're the largest party, but still only represent a minority.

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@naomi_long

5 years

🔸️ @allianceparty 's best election in 42 years. 🔸️11.6% of the vote. 🔸️Fifty three seats. 🔸️Representation on 10 out of 11 Councils. You demanded better. Help us deliver it. Be part of the #AllianceSurge #JoinAlliance

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@naomi_long

1 year

Nothing shows a lack of confidence in your own position more than launching a personal attack on your opponent and then turning off replies.

Emma Little-Pengelly BL

@little_pengelly

1 year

The ONLY reason there are changes to damaging Protocol is because DUP took difficult decisions, pushed hard for change, bore demeaning and scoffing from other parties including Sorcha Smirking, condescending, insulting - misplaced, nasty arrogance dripping off Alliance tonight..

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@naomi_long

5 years

No surprise to see Jamie throwing his toys out of the pram because I'm doing exactly what I was elected to do with an inclusive mandate. Maybe he'll tweet about Diane Dodds who was invited to attend by Michel Barnier (who arranged the meeting) but didn't turn up to put her case.

Jamie Bryson

@JamieBrysonCPNI

5 years

No surprise to see Alliance saddled up with SF in Brussels seeking to enforce the backstop, which would mutilate the constitutional position of the UK

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@naomi_long

5 years

"My idea of being a liberal means never being afraid to be in a minority in order to stand up for what you believe." Paddy Ashdown 1941-2018

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@naomi_long

1 year

A grown-ass man treating the future of NI, its devolved institutions, and its people as one big joke. Nothing new, but I wonder if those struggling to pay their bills, to see a doctor, to deliver our public services, or save their businesses are laughing? I doubt it. #Shameless

Christopher Hope📝

@christopherhope

1 year

NEW DUP MP Ian Paisley Jnr is sporting specially-made stickers saying that the "Northern Ireland Windsor Framework Protocol Doesn't Cut The Mustard", echoing his verdict a few weeks ago.

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Naomi Long MLA

@naomi_long

4 years

Sisters, a friendly reminder for elections: 🔸️How you vote is private 🔸️Voter intimidation is illegal 🔸️Women died to get the vote 🔸️Coercive control is abuse Fixed this for you, Jesse. 🗳 💚💜

Jesse Sumpter

@jesse_sumpter

4 years

A friendly reminder

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@naomi_long

5 years

It's bad enough that Farage has an almost permanent place on the @bbcquestiontime panel, but allowing him to shout over every single panelist is completely unacceptable. Both Anna Soubry and Amber Rudd were shouted down without any intervention by the chair. Utter Shambles.

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@naomi_long

5 years

@Jacob_Rees_Mogg You know full well that filming and photography is heavily restricted in Westminster. You also know that it is for security reasons so why the deceit?

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@naomi_long

2 years

@adampayne26 I know at this stage this isn't news, but the govt source is lying. We were not consulted throughout. We've seen no draft legislation whereas the DUP have not only seen it but been involved in drafting it. We're also capable of reading it when published without any govt spin.

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@naomi_long

4 years

. @SorchaEastwood What a result! You absolute star!!! 29%??? As we say in East Belfast.... Yeeeeoooowwwww!!!!!

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@naomi_long

5 years

Day 1 Brussels: done. ✅ New pass issued ✅ Paperwork completed 😎 And, just in case I was feeling home sick: ✅ Lots of flags ✅ Irish Language guides 😄 #HomeFromHome #EuropeanParliament

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@naomi_long

5 years

The people of Creggan estate who did this are the heroes we need right now. We need to celebrate what is positive, vibrant and shared more. Diversity is not a weakness, but a strength. We should embrace it. We are stronger, better together. #UnityinDiversity #BetterTogether

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