Gareth Gordon

BBC Northern Ireland Political Correspondent.

[Gareth Gordon @BBCGarethG]

Free electric car charging for MLAs despite travel pay. Story by @brendanhughes64 https://t.co/6XbiYv2Qjm

[Jayne McCormack @BBCJayneMcC]

Beattie was aggressive at meeting, Ulster Unionist group says https://t.co/SLYVnCw4H7

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Sir Keir attends Belfast funeral of Sir Desmond Rea https://t.co/x7XEnGoxEf

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@brendanbelfast Never in doubt 🤣

[Gareth Gordon @BBCGarethG]

Did he not announce this on Good Morning Ulster the other morning

[David McCann @dmcbfs]

Paul Doherty to run as an independent for the Assembly next year.

[Gareth Gordon @BBCGarethG]

@brendanbelfast No it was clearly Assembly

[Doug Beattie @BeattieDoug]

Today I wrote to the leader of @uuponline to resign from the party with immediate effect.

I wish the party well for the future.

[Gareth Gordon @BBCGarethG]

@Choyaa13 Thank you

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Doug Beattie quits UUP as clear his membership no longer 'tenable'. https://t.co/XLdaT14y88

[Choyaa @Choyaa13]

@BBCGarethG Your assessment on Thursday was absolutely spot on.

[Alex.Kane @AlexKane221b]

As @BBCGarethG noted on Thursday, this issue would come to a head pretty quickly.

[Darran Marshall @DarranMarshall]

'No cull' of Ulster Unionist MLAs, says party leader @JonBurrowsMLA

Watch his interview with @BBCGarethG on @BBCTheView tonight

"I am not trying to get rid of MLAs."

https://t.co/QfOjUjo9hz

[Gareth Gordon @BBCGarethG]

Prof Rea was a learned, softly spoken gentleman. Got to know him well from bumping into him as we separately pounded the streets of S Belfast especially during Covid. He always had something to say worth hearing. Will be much missed……

[Mark Adair @adair_mark]

Sad news about Sir Desmond Rea’s death. It was my privilege to serve with him on the BBC’s local Broadcasting Council. This book (from half a lifetime ago) set me thinking in new and interesting ways…

[Juan Lozano @juanlozano70]

After nearly 27 years as a reporter for the Associated Press, my time with the company has abruptly come to an end. I was part of a group of AP employees around the country who were laid off today. I was hoping I could survive layoffs after buyouts but it was not to be. (1/ 7)

[Gareth Gordon @BBCGarethG]

@paddyccc @BaronoftheMaine There’s a great song by Lynryd Skynryd called Tuesday’s Gone

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@BaronoftheMaine I didn’t write the headline but can stand over every single word in the piece. Glad you read, and enjoyed it, so much.

[Gareth Gordon @BBCGarethG]

@BaronoftheMaine Well I can’t prove for a fact that next Tuesday will happen either but as things stand the headline is not misleading. And as you seem close to the UUP you’ll have access to plenty of people who can confirm it

[Gareth Gordon @BBCGarethG]

Former UUP leader to be deselected by party https://t.co/47quNg1bUH

[BBC News NI @BBCNewsNI]

Former UUP leader Doug Beattie is expected to be deselected when his Upper Bann constituency association meets in June. https://t.co/Sbkh5XyacF