Conal Browne

Lefty, rugby enthusiast, avid reader

[John Barry @ProfJohnBarry]

Energy giant BP sees record profits of $28bn… nothing to see here… nothing to do with the #costoflivingcrisis … nothing to do with #climatebreakdown … https://t.co/qNkfJ35JjY

[Robert Peston @Peston]

Wow. @trussliz has now over-ruled @Jeremy_Hunt and pre-committed that the state pension will rise in line with 10.1% inflation. This really is a car crash. “I’ve been clear we are protecting the triple lock” she says. Opposite of what Hunt told me on Monday

[Conal Browne @ConalBrowne]

@HumbleRuairi Is that an "undeveloped" listed building you have there. Be a shame if something was to happen to it...

[Jim Pickard 🐋 @PickardJE]

this is an absolutely staggering chart, take a second to look at it closely

[Cllr. Séamas de Faoite @SeamasBelfast]

Can we stop taking lectures from the DUP about reconciliation and get back to tackling waiting lists, getting a serious Climate Act, eradicating period poverty and finding a way to stop the Universal Credit cut in NI?

[Conal Browne @ConalBrowne]

We should not be allowing the care for the most vulnerable to be run for profit. Driving down standards & wages so a profit can be extracted from social care is plainly wrong.

[PES 🌹🇪🇺 @PES_PSE]

10 years ago today, we saw the face of horror with the far-right terrorist attack in Oslo and on the youth of the Norwegian Labour Party - @aufnorge - on Utøya island.
As we honour the victims, we redouble our fight for our values of diversity and moral decency. @Arbeiderpartiet

[SDLP Youth @SDLPyouth]

Today, we remember and honour the 77 lives lost in a horrific series of far-right terrorist attacks in Norway ten years ago today.

[Sarah Creighton 🍂 @Saraita101]

Colum Eastwood talks about the case of Patsy Gillespie. He asked whether the SOS will come with him to explain to his widow why he wants to protect his killers from prosecution.

[Claire Hanna @ClaireHanna]

Today the possibility of justice ends for 1000s of victims of state & paramilitary violence, as their needs are put second behind those with rotten secrets to hide. Victim makers have never volunteered truth or aided reconciliation - families have to fight for every scrap of info

[Cllr. Séamas de Faoite @SeamasBelfast]

By far one of the biggest impacts on working class communities across the North has been Universal Credit. Designed by the Tories. Delivered by the DUP and Sinn Féin.

[Trades Union Congress @The_TUC]

BREAKING 🚨🚛: Lorry drivers delivering Unilever products from Merseyside have secured, through their union Unite, a 12% pay rise.

[Conal Browne @ConalBrowne]

You'll struggle to find a harder working councilor in Belfast! Maith thú @CllrHeadingSDLP

[Carl Whyte @CarlJWhyte]

Brian Heading’s proposal that the City sends an All-Party delegation to meet @capitaplc following the damning report from NI Public Services Ombudsman this week is accepted. 👏🏻

[Conal Browne @ConalBrowne]

@AlexKane221b @csbuckler @J_Donaldson_MP @BBCgmu @duponline @uuponline @BeattieDoug Notable that no specific policy could be drawn out in the interview? Saying that approach to economic investment helped defined the parties seemed vague.

Surely more policy debate within Unionisim is good for wider politics here

[Conal Browne @ConalBrowne]

@BBCTalkback @timcairns misrepresentation of the court case yesterday is something shocking. There was no judicial review the case was rejected on all grounds.

Pushing the protocol as an existential threat to the union doesn't benefit anyone interested in making here work

[Cllr. Pat Catney @PatCatney]

Capita has degraded and dehumanised too many people. I got into politics to help people but PIP assessments are designed to make them feel worthless or worse - like cheats.

I joined the protest at the Department for Communities today with a clear message - Kick Capita Out.

[Heather Henry-Wilson @hevwilson_e]

I totally appreciate parents wanting the best educational opportunities for their kids, but we need to challenge the unfair perceptions of secondary schools. We've much work to do to make every school a good school, that should be the ambition. Not this continued elitism.

[Mary McManus @Mary_BMac]

Very grateful to the Capita whistle-blower on @StephenNolan for telling the ugly truth about how disabled and chronically ill people are being treated. The PIP assessments need brought in house. They are not fit to assess victims.

[Leah Rachel 🌹 @MissTwice]

Today, remember Sen Paddy Wilson and Irene Andrews.

On 25 June 1973, they were abducted and murdered in a sickening sectarian attack by the UFF.

Sen Wilson was 39 years old, and was recently elected to Belfast City Council.

Irene was just 29, and a noted ballroom dancer.