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[JJLowry @jjlowry]

@PolitlcsUK @StefanRousseau As if those poor people have not suffered enough

[Merryn Somerset Webb @MerrynSW]

Things that matter - and are hard to change. 53% of people in the U.K. take out more in cash that they put in. 37% in 1977.

[JJLowry @jjlowry]

@C_Fitz_ @BelfastTrust @NHSCTrust We are so fortunate to have our NHS, something that wouldn’t be available to us in the occupied 26 counties. One of many reasons to stay in our union. Wishing a speedy recovery

[Guy Walters 🇺🇦 🇻🇪 🇮🇷🇧🇾 @guywalters]

Killer line from @tompeck, and so, so true.

[Máiría Cahill @cahillbooks]

A note to BBC Good Morning Ulster for reading out an Irish republicans text about Jeffrey Donaldson and media reporting.

The difference with reporting on what Sinn Féin figures knew about cases linked to republicans was that the party had covered up the abuse. The DUP did not.

Gerry Adams covered up his father's abuse by giving him a full republican funeral.
He then covered up his brother's abuse of his niece for years.
He knew about my case and when it hit the public domain, he denied ever speaking about the abuse and lied through his teeth.
He knew about Paudi McGahon's case because he received a letter from his TD years before it went public.
When Michael McMonagle was arrested for abuse, Sinn Féin press officers gave him a glowing job reference.
When Niall O'Donnghaile was sending inappropriate pictures of himself to a child, the party lied about the child's age and Mary Lou Mc Donald gave him a glowing public reference.

And that does not even begin to scratch the surface of the IRA "investigations" into over 60 cases of child abuse which they ensured didn't make it to a criminal court, by covering up for the perpetrators by moving them around.

And still Sinn Féin back those who covered for perpetrators instead of standing with victims.

[JJLowry @jjlowry]

They have no interest in justice in the occupied 26 counties. It has a dark and murky past and this must be exposed.

[Katy @katy_scarletta]

Sir Declan said: "The present position is that Ireland is not providing us with information in relation to investigations.

"What we want, in order to make this work, is what we have with other agencies… a disclosure protocol."

Sir Declan said he had already raised the matter previously with the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee at Westminster.

[Capt Terence O’Neill @BaronoftheMaine]

15% threshold for Irish language street signs - ✅

33% threshold for a Petition of Concern protecting victims of crime? - ❌

The Alliance position makes no sense.

[JJLowry @jjlowry]

@zarahsultana Stop trolling a 12 year old. What is wrong with you?

[JJLowry @jjlowry]

@ChrisHazzardSF Is your office named after two IRA terrorists? You have no credibility on this issue. Give it a rest and continue to accept your British paycheck.

[JJLowry @jjlowry]

@columeastwood You have no credibility on the issue Colum. You carried the coffin of a terrorist. Come back to us when you apologise for that.

[JJLowry @jjlowry]

@columeastwood Much honour carrying terrorists in coffins, Colum? Quieten down.

[Mike Graham 🇬🇧 @Iromg]

The IRA invented balaclava funerals

[Northern Ireland Border Solution @BorderSolution_]

Foreign Office:
Don't travel anywhere in Sudan, there are Sudanese paramilitary terrorists operating and can't be sure who or where they are.

Home Office:
5 year visas for random Sudanese men to come to UK. Sure how many do you want?

🥴

[JPCampbellBiz @JP_Biz]

The review concludes that the NI public sector employs relatively many more people than in England. It draws on analysis by the Fiscal Council for that conclusion. It suggests that if the civil service was cut back to the equivalent size in England it would save almost £400m p/a

[Belfast Telegraph @BelTel]

The CEO of Microsoft Ireland has said Northern Ireland could become “an AI innovation hub globally” as new research found businesses here are adopting artificial intelligence faster and with greater confidence than organisations in the Republic of Ireland.
https://t.co/ouuevpGLQh

[Simon Calder @SimonCalder]

Heathrow airport cut off by rail.
Elizabeth line & Heathrow Express currently closed: "Flooding caused by a burst water main near Heathrow Airport closing all lines running to/from Heathrow Terminals"
No Tube option available on Piccadilly line trains due to planned engineering.

[JJLowry @jjlowry]

@HeathrowAirport The airline has said it’s a Heathrow bus problem. I have contacted the airline. Instead of being a keyboard warrior, why don’t you jump into one of the buses and come and get us? Appalling

[JJLowry @jjlowry]

Arr at @HeathrowAirport on BA1411 this morning. We are taken to a stand away from the airport and apparently there are not enough bus drivers. So far 20 mins wait. It’s as if this wasn’t a scheduled flight. I’ve been through Kabul airport and it was better organised than this.

[JJLowry @jjlowry]

@HeathrowAirport Sorry ain’t good enough. Why does this happen repeatedly with Belfast flights? Also why constant delays on this route leaving Heathrow. Are we 2nd class citizens? Have you considered trying to run a tighter ship?

[Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot]

Thoughts from a Labour MP:

“We have to face up to the fact every single one of them is fucking useless. Andy’s strategy has been a disaster. Angela bottled it. Ed clearly a hiding to nothing. Wes AWOL. God knows what Catherine West is doing. Not quite sure how we ended up here.”