Cullybackey College Politics

Cullybackey College Politics Twitter Account for AS1 Northern Ireland and AS2 British Political Process.

[Cullybackey College Politics @CullybackeyP]

Big thanks to Austin, Tom and the Somme Museum for making our visit a very worthwhile experience. The students benefitted immensely from the workshops and trench experience.

[Somme Association @SommeAssoc]

Today the Somme Museum received a visit from @CullybackeyColl The students were taken around the trench experience by Austin and Tom, followed by an interactive hands on session.

#educatingfuturegenerations

[Cullybackey College Politics @CullybackeyP]

Folks, a great podcast featuring @SuzyJourno looking at the recent @LucidTalk opinion polls on the parties and politics of NI. Well worth a listen.
https://t.co/YoIT3yw0bl

[Cullybackey College @CullybackeyColl]

Our Student Council, Mental Health and Well-being Ambassadors in conjunction with some 6th formers are undertaking an initiative to provide free breakfasts for students in school as a response to the cost of living crisis.

[Cullybackey College Politics @CullybackeyP]

#CCAS1 Folks, keep your eye on this tomorrow in the Belfast Telegraph. 👇🏻

[Suzanne Breen @SuzyJourno]

Final @LucidTalk poll of 2022. Is the DUP's boycott of the political institutions finally backfiring on the party as the cost-of-living crisis bites? Is SF eating further into SDLP support? Is Alliance reaping the rewards of Stormont stalemate? All revealed in Saturday's @Beltel

[Cullybackey College Politics @CullybackeyP]

#CCAS1

[Jayne McCormack @BBCJayneMcC]

Breaking: Understand @chhcalling set to cut MLA pay by almost 1/3 - in line with how it was cut back in 2018.

And the election deadline is set to be extended initially for six weeks taking us to start of March, with option to extend again for a further six weeks

[Cullybackey College Politics @CullybackeyP]

#CCAS1 Since Northern Ireland's devolved institutions were established, they have not functioned for 40% of the time.

[FactCheckNI @FactCheckNI]

There have been several recent claims that, since it was first established a year and a half after the Good Friday Agreement, Northern Ireland's devolved institutions have not functioned for 40% of the time.

This is accurate.

Read more here: https://t.co/KmIp83Kisk

[Sarra Jenkins @LGS_Politics]

Y13 - the is really helpful data for the mid-terms this week, great for elections and parties topics.

[Cullybackey College Politics @CullybackeyP]

#CCAS1 Irish Taoiseach, Michael Martin believes Northern Ireland's power sharing model is "not fit for purpose". 👇🏻

[Cullybackey College Politics @CullybackeyP]

#CCAS1

[David McCann @dmcbfs]

At 168 days this could be the 7th @niassembly is the shortest serving since 1998 (From first meeting to tomorrow)

Previous shortest serving was the 5th assembly at 257 days.

In fact, looking back this would even beat anything seen in the old NI Parliament days.

[Cullybackey College Politics @CullybackeyP]

#CCAS1 👇🏻

[BBC The View @bbctheview]

Coming up on @bbctheview with @MarkCarruthers7 this evening...
📌@BBCGarethG reminds us how we got to this latest Stormont precipice.
📌We ask @johnfinucane @PhillipBrett21 and @NualaMcAllister if they are ready for a potential election.
📌@StephenGrimason gives us his analysis.

[Cullybackey College Politics @CullybackeyP]

#CCAS1 Worth tuning into The View this evening, folks. BBC1 NI at 10.40pm. Discussing joint authority and the potential of an up and coming Assembly election.

[BBC The View @bbctheview]

Coming up on @bbctheview with @MarkCarruthers7 tomorrow evening...

[Cullybackey College Politics @CullybackeyP]

#CCAS1 Well worth a listen, folks.

[Mark Carruthers @MarkCarruthers7]

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On this week's #BBCRedLines we're discussing the prospect - real likelihood? - of another Assembly election in mid December - with @BBCJayneMcC @PronouncedAlva & @SJAMcBride. Hostages to fortune left, right and centre...

https://t.co/udPBQ5CIz8

[Politics Dept. @PoliticsBA]

Yr13: note this may have settled one the major causes of division between the NI Parties.

[Cullybackey College Politics @CullybackeyP]

#CCAS1 Year 14 - some of you may get the chance to vote for the first time if a December election is confirmed.

[BBC News NI @BBCNewsNI]

Northern Ireland politicians fail in efforts to avoid an election - all eyes now fall on NI Secretary @chhcalling ahead of a midnight deadline https://t.co/5kWQjxuy49

[Cullybackey College Politics @CullybackeyP]

#CCAS2 Great graphic of private versus state education in government and its effect on representation.

[Matt Goodwin @GoodwinMJ]

% of UK cabinet members who went to private schools 1945-2022

[Jon Tonge @JonTonge]

The most recent five years - at 46% of the time suspended - have been almost as bad as the first five years of devolved power-sharing (Dec 1999 to Dec 2004) - at 49% missing in inaction, when instability might fully have been expected given what NI was emerging from.

[Cullybackey College Politics @CullybackeyP]

#CCAS1 Overview of today, folks. Recall petition from SF & Alliance led to Assembly meeting before tonight's crucial deadline. There was an attempt to election a speaker. It failed. Therefore Assembly business could not be conducted. Will we see a sitting of the Assembly again?

[Cullybackey College Politics @CullybackeyP]

@_Noah_White_ I'd say all the party's will be worrying. None of them will want an election, particularly a December election. DUP focus will be to try and win lost seats back. North Antrim, in particular, will be interesting. Alliance and SF will be trying to hold on to what they have.

[Cullybackey College Politics @CullybackeyP]

#CCAS1 Looks very likely we heading to election territory, folks. But as we said in class the other day, what will it achieve?

[Darran Marshall @DarranMarshall]

The shutters have come down on the NI Assembly.

The next time MLAs enter the chamber will be after a fresh election.

[Cullybackey College Politics @CullybackeyP]

#CCAS1 Really interesting stat, folks.

[Jon Tonge @JonTonge]

Since the transfer of powers to N. Ireland in Dec 1999, the devolved power-sharing institutions have been down for 3,048 of the 8,365 subsequent days: nearly 37% of the time.

[Cullybackey College Politics @CullybackeyP]

#CCAS1 From midnight, we have no local ministers in Northern Ireland. We revert to direct rule. We've looked at this in class and what this potentially means for Northern Ireland.

[Kellie Armstrong @Kelmba]

Today the Assembly collapses. Ministers leave office at midnight. NI will be governed directly by the Conservatives.
Morally, I am disgusted at politics and the politicians who are using you as leverage. I am ready to work to deliver solutions. The DUP are stopping solutions