EV Fegan Commentator

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[EV Fegan Commentator @EVFegan]

#fuelprotests #NorthernIreland

We are in this position with fuel prices, because so many people across the pond were hoodwinked by a charlatan.

Fight together like this of course. But fight the real enemy.

Not the innocent people going about their lives around you..

[EV Fegan Commentator @EVFegan]

#fuelprotests #NorthernIreland
Today, Someone will miss the last precious moments with a loved one.
Someone will miss an essential diagnostic appointment.

Someone's child will swallow something they shouldn't have and they will get no help.

And the someone could be You.

[EV Fegan Commentator @EVFegan]

For everyone's sake, learn how to lobby effectively, in places where change can actually be made.
Stormont does not have the power to change fuel DUTY or VAT. It's not a devolved power.

You have been hoodwinked by movements not operating in Your interests.

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@HRHLadyJ TLDR, but from the tone of the first few paragraphs, youd think this son of a monarch had just done a BBC interview defending the world's most prolific paedophile. And brushed off a credible accuser of participating in his crimes. And later, getting the monarch to pay her £12m!

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@Simy_78 And Pippa Middletons sister in law. That's all the 'celebrity' there is to her position on #ImACeleb.

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It should not affect the way faith based schools teach - as in 'this is our faith'. But they cannot lawfully claim their faith is the only or the superior faith.
I expect a big challenge to the decision.

[EV Fegan Commentator @EVFegan]

#Supremecourt
#ReligiousEducationNI
Quite a development.
Unless appealed successfully to the European Court of Human Rights, it would mean the need to revise all RE curricula. And retrain teachers
They can teach about Christianity, but not enforce it as 'truth'.

[BBC News NI @BBCNewsNI]

The Christian religious education taught in schools in Northern Ireland is unlawful, the UK Supreme Court rules.
https://t.co/31YPgCqq5l

[EV Fegan Commentator @EVFegan]

Given that the Supreme Court already takes its cue on interpretation of rights from the ECHR, an appeal is unlikely to succeed.

[EV Fegan Commentator @EVFegan]

The right invoked was that of Children to freedom of conscience, thought and religion.

[BBC News NI @BBCNewsNI]

The Christian religious education taught in schools in Northern Ireland is unlawful, the UK Supreme Court rules.
https://t.co/31YPgCqq5l

[EV Fegan Commentator @EVFegan]

@Berlinnaeus #annlovett @rte
Ann going to the grotto to give birth on a freezing February day, was due to the lack of mercy in a
supposedly religious country.
As if she was seeking mercy from the statue. She should have been shown care and compassion in her home, her village and her country.

[AJ-Paddystinian🇮🇪🇵🇸 @AJLyoons]

Anyone harkening back to the good old days of Éire should be made look at the film of Ann Lovett and not turn away. It's brutal but the stark reality of Ireland in the 80s.
Ireland's shame.

[EV Fegan Commentator @EVFegan]

@RayKelleherCork @rte One of the country's greatest tragedies. The church and state bore a huge responsibility for it. Ann's story played a key role in the activism that brought down that unholy alliance.

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Thank you @KellieArmstrong for the insight: 'using 'abortion' language on the face of this bill, when it already covers all forms of loss is more about political point scoring and harming women than it is anything about actually making good legislation.”

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I have written about how political figures often use various, underhand means to undermine a law they don't agree with. Here's an example:

Alliance hits out at 'callous’ wording as TUV amendment to baby loss bill discussed at Stormont https://t.co/VYjaXsTROB

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@Tea94852859 @cavakaggyreborn Have you heard of the Royal family and their history?

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@carolsmythopal @purdypols Well said. No one should be spoken to in that condescending manner

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@nwl88444048 I'm talking about #KathrynThomas programmes on #Skinnyjabs. The flippant title alone gives you an insight on the approach.

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@nwl88444048 I found her to be remarkably lacking in empathy and understanding of obesity as a chronic condition. Listen to the Mel Robbins podcast instead