Colin Burrows

[Belfast Telegraph @BelTel]

Good morning readers. Here is the front page of the Belfast Telegraph. Stay with us for all your breaking news. https://t.co/t6xbMAAP4p

[The Christian Institute @christianorguk]

We have asked a KC to examine the legislation to determine how it will impact the ordinary work of churches.

[Belfast Telegraph @BelTel]

A Lisburn councillor has spoken of “sinister paramilitary intimidation” after giving a witness statement to the PSNI.

UUP councillor Nicholas Trimble - son of the late David - revealed a perceived “threat” made to him amid a council motion. https://t.co/NdPhunhSTA

[Belfast Telegraph @BelTel]

Jeffrey Donaldson listened to the stories of victims of historical abuse and then prayed over them, the Belfast Telegraph can reveal https://t.co/BZ7wpZ2lCg

✍️ @SuzyJourno

[Colin Burrows @ColinSBurrows]

@SJAMcBride @JamesMcNaney1 Perverse!

[Jon Burrows MLA @JonBurrowsMLA]

I have called for reforms of the pension schemes for parliamentarians to allow forfeiture for grave crimes such as rape. It is worth noting the survivor pension in this case could go to Eleanor Donaldson who abided & abbeted her husbands crimes. Perverse.

[Cllr. Pete Wray @PeteWray11]

At last night's Full Council Meeting we agreed to send letters of offer and release funds to groups covering the period July-Aug. This is in relation to all central government funded programmes (PCSP, EVAWG, Group Running Costs, Festivals, and Good Relations).
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[Robin Swann MP @RobinSwann_MP]

🚜 Decisions made by the Treasury have a realm impact on family farms in Northern Ireland. Even if Baroness Batters’ review of farming didn’t cover NI, it’s vital the government is engaging with our agricultural sector.

[Colin Burrows @ColinSBurrows]

@News_Letter I don’t know what sanctions if any can be imposed but some action should be taken. Disgraceful comments!

[Belfast News Letter @News_Letter]

Stormont 'b*****d' row: Charity witness 'respectfully declines' to come before committee https://t.co/zbGFYKe4hA

[Alex.Kane @AlexKane221b]

An interview with @JonBurrowsMLA in last Saturday’s IN

[Jon Burrows MLA @JonBurrowsMLA]

There is nothing meritorious about giving up what was inevitably being stripped from you.

[Alex.Kane @AlexKane221b]

Yet another damning example of how often and for how long so many people have been failed and harmed by elements and institutions of the state.

[Belfast News Letter @News_Letter]

ICRIR chief investigator gives evidence challenging 'toxic' finding culture from NIO report https://t.co/tOoYzQzIMg

[Jim Gamble @JimGamble_INEQE]

Let’s hope this is the beginning of the re-professionalisation of this office. At this stage the only way is up.

[Veterans Commissioner for Northern Ireland @niveteranscomm]

Just Doing Her Job
When deployed to Iraq, Gillian helped ensure fallen soldiers were treated with dignity. A question, whether a casualty sharing her surname was a relative, has stayed with her since.
🎙️ Full episode now live: https://t.co/gwIYcGtdFq⁠�

[Jon Burrows MLA @JonBurrowsMLA]

Excellent news for Northern Ireland & further proof that we excel in Fintech & aerospace manufacturing. If we create the conditions for thriving businesses & workforces - our economic future can be very bright. Do not let anyone tell you that Northern Ireland is a basket case.

[Murdered Colleagues @Absolutehero69]

23 June 1987
Guthrie, Robert (41)
Royal Ulster Constabulary
Shot as he waited to enter Antrim Road police station, Belfast.

[Ulster Unionist Party @uuponline]

Ulster Unionist Windsor Framework Spokesperson Dr Steve Aiken OBE MLA has called on both the UK Government and the European Union to suspend further implementation of the Windsor Framework following the postponement of anticipated EU-UK talks.

Commenting on the delay, Dr Steve Aiken said:

“Northern Ireland cannot continue to be the collateral damage of UK-EU negotiations. The EU and His Majesty’s Government should demonstrate good faith by suspending further Windsor Framework implementation until agreement is reached on the outstanding issues affecting our businesses, consumers and place within the United Kingdom.

“For months we have been told that some of the most significant problems associated with the Windsor Framework were going to be sorted out at July's EU-UK Summit. Now, with the latest round of the Labour Party's psychodrama, and with no certainty as to who will be sitting in the still barely warm Prime Minister's seat in July, the President of the European Council has delayed the summit.

“It has been delayed to a very uncertain date in the future.

“This is of considerable concern as the United Kingdom has continued to press ahead with its 'faithful implementation' of EU rules and regulations, regardless of the impact on Northern Ireland. In order not to upset negotiations and to demonstrate to the EU that the UK is a highly cooperative partner, expensive border checking facilities have been completed in Larne and Belfast. UK authorities are also pushing ahead with the implementation of increasingly onerous SPS checks and additional Maritime Emissions levies, bringing significant extra costs to our shipping sector, all to show 'good' neighbourliness.

“Lest we forget, the new 'Alliance tax' on parcels, with charges of up to €8 on online purchases from outside the EU and Great Britain, is due to come into effect at the start of next month. We also face a myriad of additional checks and added costs as various grace periods come to an end. All of this further hardens the Irish Sea Border and adds further to the myth of the so-called 'Best of Both Worlds'.

“Many stakeholders have been given months of reassuring words by HMG. Indeed, politicians have been directly encouraged not to 'rock the boat' because everything would supposedly be sorted out in the Narnia-like dreamland of a new EU-UK agreement.

“It is telling that some of our largest retailers, who are evidently being kept better informed than elected representatives, are now raising genuine concerns with HMG and seeking mitigations. Since we are specifically excluded from the negotiation 'tunnel', we have no idea what is or is not within scope. What we do know is that every day without a UK-EU agreement sees divergence, costs and difficulties in doing business continue to grow on either side of the United Kingdom's internal border in the Irish Sea.

“We have previously called for a halt to any further implementation of the EU acquis as it applies under the Protocol and Windsor Framework until the EU-UK talks have concluded. The pace of divergence is accelerating. Unless a pause is called, the damage to intra-UK trade will become irreparable, if it has not already reached that point.

“We are therefore once again calling on both the EU and the UK, as a demonstration of good faith towards the people of Northern Ireland, to suspend any further implementation measures until an agreement is reached.

“As we mark ten years since the Brexit referendum, it is extraordinary that Northern Ireland remains trapped in a cycle of uncertainty, continued implementation and ever-increasing divergence. Whatever position people took in that vote, few could have envisaged that a decade later businesses and consumers in Northern Ireland would still be facing new barriers to trade within their own country. Ten years on, the people of Northern Ireland deserve solutions, not more delays, more costs and more promises that everything will be sorted out at some future date.

“We deserve better, and while mushrooms may be included within any future SPS agreement, there is no excuse for either the British Government or the European Commission continuing to treat everyone in Northern Ireland like one.”

[Protecting the Union 🇬🇧 @NoBorderPoll]

Northern Ireland’s rightful
place in the Union should not be discounted @AndyBurnhamGM @hilarybennmp. We expect strong economic growth, respect on Legacy & and a safer border!! @NIOgov @Matthew_Patrick