DLSC Politics Department 🌟

De La Salle College, Belfast.

This account is for the sole purpose of Post-16 current affairs.
Moderated by Mr C.McCashin
RTs not endorsements.

[DLSC Politics Department 🌟 @PoliticsDLS]

Congratulations to past pupil Christopher Tumelty after a trophy laden evening at prize-giving. Chris picked up top A-level pupil award and highest achiever in History and Politics ⭐️

Here he is pictured with a proud Mum and Dad.

A true Lasallian ⭐️

#TrueToOurSchool

[BBC Newsline @bbcnewsline]

The leader of the Ulster Unionist Party has said there is "no planned cull" of its assembly members amid claims that senior figures could face deselection. Jon Burrows said candidates for next year's Northern Ireland Assembly election would be chosen "fairly and transparently".

[DLSC Politics Department 🌟 @PoliticsDLS]

UUP doubling down on losing the seat. Or a masterstroke #dlsp2

[Suzanne Breen @SuzyJourno]

EXCLUSIVE: Doug Beattie is on course to be reselected to run in next year's Assembly election. At a crunch meeting last night, the Upper Bann UUP association decided to run 2 candidates after the party centrally asked it to revisit its original decision.
https://t.co/m9gv6YGHHw

[teresa smith @treesey]

“You *are* modern politics.
You went to Cambridge University and worked in a couple of think tanks. You became a Special Adviser. And now you want to become PM. What *more* insider beltway Westminster politician could there be??!”

2015

[Suzanne Breen @SuzyJourno]

Andy Burnham's easy charm & 'outsider' image is likely to take him to Downing St. Unlike Keir Starmer, he's not instinctively unionist. He addressed Alliance's annual conference & met the SDLP on a recent trip here. So what would PM Burnham mean for NI?
https://t.co/X6MLbnpGWh

[BBC The View @bbctheview]

"The DUP has form."
@CArchibald_SF tells @MarkCarruthers7 she hopes the DUP will not halt progress of her Good Jobs Bill through the Executive...

[BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking]

Labour MP Josh Simons says he will stand down to allow Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham the chance to run for Parliament

Follow live: https://t.co/TWjMewWgEG

[Alex Wickham @alexwickham]

BREAKING: Supporters of Wes Streeting claim he has the numbers

BUT they say “things are shifting”

They claim MPs who signed the loyalty letter told the PM last night he has to go

They claim cabinet ministers are going in to Downing Street today tell Starmer to go

They claim Darren Jones is telling MPs the PM is going to go

[GB News @GBNEWS]

'The whole day in Parliament was one long humiliation ritual for Keir Starmer!'

@PatrickChristys discusses a turbulent day in Westminster as signs point to an imminent leadership challenge against Keir Starmer as soon as tomorrow.

[Mick Caul @caulmick]

30 v 85
Abstain 36

The Social Democrats’ Reproductive Rights (Amendment) Bill 2026 has been defeated.

#vote #ReproductiveRightsBill

[DLSC Politics Department 🌟 @PoliticsDLS]

Exec weakness etc #dlsp1

[Belfast Live @BelfastLive]

An Irish language strategy will not be implemented during the current Stormont Executive’s lifetime, the High Court heard today.

https://t.co/tRk2CGA8hU

[Mick Caul @caulmick]

What on earth was the Department doing sanctioning this? Did the Minister sign-off on this?
@paulmurphy_TD

#OTB #Israel @thecurrency

[DLSC Politics Department 🌟 @PoliticsDLS]

#dlsp2

[Tim Cairns @timcairns]

Kemi has become a devastatingly good performer at the dispatch box. Today was a masterclass in the art

[DLSC Politics Department 🌟 @PoliticsDLS]

#dlsp4. Excellent example.

[Patrick McLaughlin @patrickmcl07]

#dlsp4 Evidence of Thomas Ferguson’s idea of Investment Theory in US Politics.

“There is one party, the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans” - Noam Chomsky

[Slugger O'Toole @SluggerOToole]

The Union’s Wildcard: Maybe Farage Can Succeed Where Unionism Has Failed?

David McNarry, former advisor to FM David Trimble and a former Strangford MLA for UUP/UKIP argues Unionism’s fractured political landscape may have found its wildcard — but will N
https://t.co/4cJ7sTNcAo

[David McCann @dmcbfs]

Five years ago today, the leadership of Arlene Foster unravelled, and the DUP entered months of leadership crisis.

[Suzanne Breen @SuzyJourno]

From the H-Blocks to City Hall. As the 45th anniversary of his death approaches, the Bobby Sands' statue story is about much more than metal, masonry & planning permission. It raises key questions about who in NI decide what history looks like in public.
https://t.co/5oDl05obJB

[View From Stormont @ViewFrmStormont]

Leader of the Opposition Matthew O'Toole responds to the findings that funding given to Stormont departments has not yet been spent.

See more at 11.15pm on UTV.

[Wokerati Marty @WokeratiMarty]

Jeremy Corbyn in Parliament just now:

“Most of the supporters and bankrollers of Labour Together had nothing whatsoever to do with the traditions of the Labour movement. It was just using a name to try and move Labour away from its traditional socialist objectives.” 🎯

[Alliance Party @allianceparty]

"I hope the Chancellor's lack of knowledge does not reflect the importance of NI to the UK Government in its plans to tackle the cost of living crisis."

@SorchaEastwood correcting the record on their claim about support with electricity bills ⬇️