Orangeism Is A Cult According To Tom Elliott

"A cult is part of a culture and if that's what Orangeism is then so be it. There are loads of other organisations that you could call a cult, like your local Mothers Union or Women's Institute, just the same as the GAA would be or any other organisation," so says Tom Elliott the Ulster Unionist party leader. He made his remarks after Facebook the Social Networking site closed down a page used by Fermanagh Orangemen for breaking the websites terms and conditions of use.

The Magnificent Seven

David Norris Refuses To Answer Journalists Questions

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Offaly County Council Backs Dana For Irish President

Dana also known as Rosemary Scallon the former MEP has now won the support of 4 County Councils enough to get her nominated as a candidate for Irish President.

Waterford City Council Backs David Norris For Irish President

Donegal County Council Back Dana For Irish President, Cork County Council Reject David Norris For Irish President

David Norris Fails By 12-11 Votes To Win South Dublin County Council Endorsement For Irish President

Limerick County Council Back Mary Davis For Irish President

Roscommon County Council Backs Dana For Irish President

David Norris Wins Support From Laois County Council,Dana Wins Support Of Carlow County Council

Odds On The Next Irish President From Paddy Power

Michael D Higgins 5/4
David Norris 9/4
Martin McGuinness 7/2
Gay Mitchell 7/1
Mary Davis 11/1
Dana/Rosemary Scallon 40/1
Sean Gallagher 40/1

David Cameron Treats Scotland Like Slovenia According To Jim Murphy

Jim Murphy the Shadow Defence Secretary has hit out at David Cameron he said“He’s got to engage a bit more in Scotland. He’s got to travel a few hundred miles north as well. He’s the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and he shouldn’t behave like a foreign visiting dignitary when he goes to Scotland, which is what the temptation is,” he said.
“He comes up and he stands in front of a British flag and a Scottish flag as if he is visiting Slovenia. Scotland is not bloody Slovenia.”

A spokesman for the First Minister said: “The Unionist parties are fighting each other like ferrets in a sack – no wonder support for independence is moving ahead in the polls.
“The Scottish government have no desire to intrude into the private grief of these London parties, who are losing the place and fast losing the constitutional debate in Scotland.”

New Opinion Poll On Next Irish President

Sunday Business Post Opinion Poll

David Norris 21%
Michael D Higgins 18%
Martin McGuinness 16%
Gay Mitchell 13%
Mary Davis 13%
Sean Gallagher 11%

RTE Online Poll Next Irish President

David Norris 27%
Michael D Higgins 18%
Martin McGuinness 15%
Mary Davis 15%
Sean Gallagher 11%
Gay Mitchell 10%
Dana 4%

Sarah Palin Had A One Night Stand With A Future NBA Star According To A New Book

According to a new book written by Joe McGinniss, Sarah Palin had a one night stand with Glen Rice the future NBA basketball star. The sexual encounter happened when he was a college basketball star and she was a Tv Sports anchor in Alaska. The book also says Sarah Palin once had a six month long sexual affair with her husband Todd's then business partner. And that Sarah Palin once snorted cocaine of a 55 gallon oil drum.

New Odds On The Next Irish President From Paddy Power Bookmakers

Michael D Higgins 5/4
Martin McGuinness 2/1
David Norris 3/1
Gay Mitchell 5/1
Mary Davis 16/1
Sean Gallagher 40/1
Dana/ Rosemary Scallon 40/1

The Latest Odds On The Next Irish President From Paddy Power

Michael D Higgins 6/5
Martin McGuinness 5/2
David Norris 7/2
Gay Mitchell 9/2
Mary Davis 16/1
Sean Gallagher 28/1
Rosemary Scallon/Dana 40/1

Splits In Scottish Unionism Start To Show

Jim Murphy the shadow defence secretary has said he will not be sharing any platform during a Scottish Independence Referendum campaign with David Cameron the Tory party leader. So the splits in Scottish Unionism start to show.Mr Murphy has also said that he “wasn’t born into a Union Jack-waving family” It makes you wonder how they will all get along when the actual campaign gets started?

RTE Liveline Mobile Telephone Text Poll

Who Should Be The Next President Of Ireland?
Sean Gallagher 1,290
Dana 1,424
Michael D Higgins 2,194
Mary Davis 2,314
Gay Mitchell 2,688
David Norris 5,732
Martin McGuinness 5,947

Betfair Odds On The Next Irish President

Michael D Higgins 11/10
Gay Mitchell 4/1
Martin McGuinness 4/1
Mary Davis 14/1

Jeremy Paxman Attacks SNP Over English Riots

Speaking about the recent English riots the BBC's Newsnight presenter wrote: "The BBC told its staff that henceforth they were to describe the disturbances not as 'British' but as 'English'. Anyone familiar with the corporation's nervous system will have instantly detected a response to Celtic whinges."

Kelvin MacKenzie Has Yet Another Anti-Scottish Rant

Kelvin MacKenzie wrote in his Daily Mail column "That great lump of Scottish lard Alex Salmond - he's put on 20lb in the past five years - was claiming on the BBC news that a minute fall in unemployment over the Border was down to his policies.
"Has he been on the Charles Kennedy lotion? The fact that anybody is in work in Scotland is due almost entirely to the wealth created by clever and resourceful people in England."

Paddy Power Latest Odds On The Next Irish President

Michael D Higgins 8/11
Gay Mitchell 3/1
Martin McGuinness 9/2
David Norris 8/1
Mary Davis 14/1
Sean Gallagher 16/1

Social Democrats Gain Power In Denmark

Near-complete official results showed a left-leaning bloc led by Social Democrat Helle Thorning-Schmidt would gain a narrow majority in the 179-seat Parliament, ousting liberal Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen's centre-right coalition. Helle Thorning-Schmidt is married to Stephen Kinnock the son of former British Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock.

Martin McGuinness To Be The Sinn Fein Candidate For Irish President

The Deputy First Minister is expected to be announced as the Sinn Fein candidate for Irish President on Sunday.

The SNP Invest 70 Million Pounds In Green Energy

Alex Salmond says "I'm pleased to welcome the renewables industry to Scotland because we are a nation with considerable natural and human resources and the political will needed to deliver a green energy revolution that can build sustainable economic recovery and reduce Europe's carbon emissions
"The Scottish Parliament has condemned the UK Government's refusal to give unrestricted access to Scotland's £191 million Fossil Fuel Levy funds. Together with industry, we must and we will continue to press the Treasury to release these funds now due to Scotland. They remain vital for the development of offshore wind and marine power, for heat networks and technology to deliver our renewable heat targets; and vital too for our communities, so they can invest in and benefit from the green economy
"However, the offshore wind industry is seeking leadership and immediate support from government and the Scottish Government is determined to provide that, as we have done for the last three years. Today I am delighted to announce - and open for business - Scotland's £70 million National Renewables Infrastructure Fund. The fund covers infrastructure relating to manufacturing and test demonstration facilities
"Our National Renewables Infrastructure Plan has already established the most immediate needs. Together with Scottish Enterprise and Highlands & Islands Enterprise, we are determined to stimulate the market and act decisively to trigger vital capital investment and launch the next phase of Scotland's renewables revolution."

Fugitive Fraudster Who Gave Liberal Democrats 2.4 Million Pounds Tracked Down

Convicted fraudster Michael Brown has been tracked down to the Dominican Republic. Brown was sentenced in his absence to seven years in prison after being convicted of fraud at Southwark crown court in 2008. One of his victims was Martin Edwards the former Manchester United Chairman who handed over 8 million to Mr Brown. Mr Brown donated 2.4 million pounds to the Liberal Democrats in 2005 the largest donation the party had ever recieved.He escaped justice using a fake passport supplied to him by a convicted drug smuggler.

Tories In The Pocket Of Property Developers

David and Simon Reuben, billionaires who own Millbank Tower in Westminster, have given almost £500,000 to the Conservative Party over the past decade, while Terence Cole, a London-based developer, donated almost £300,000. IM Properties, which is expanding Birch Coppice Business Park, near Tamworth, Staffs, has given around £1 million since 2009.

Ursula von der Leyen A United States Of Europe

German Minister of Labour, the Christian Democrat Ursula von der Leyen, believes that the crisis in the euro zone can only be overcome by developing the continent’s political union with the creation of a United States of Europe.
“My goal is the United States of Europe following the example of other federal states such as Switzerland, Germany or the U.S.,” she said.

Alex Salmond Supports Wind Turbines In Scotland

The Scottish First Minister said “I believe this is a chance to re-industrialise this country, using technology in which we lead the world.
“What I would say to people is that (our policy) was not a secret at the election, it was one of the key points that I was putting forward.
“I understand and know that many people are so opposed to wind turbines but I hope that they understand that there is a body of opinion that these technologies hold one of the absolute keys for the future of this country, which is why we are passionately committed to it.”

Margaret Ritchie To Stand Down As SDLP Leader

Red C Opinion Poll For Paddy Power

Who Should Be The Next Irish President?

Michael D Higgins 36%
Gay Mitchell 24%
Sean Gallagher 21%
Mary Davis 19%

Alex Salmond Sets Out His Plans To Holyrood Today

Alex Salmond is expected today to lay out his plans for a minimum price for spirits, wines, beers and ciders. He has the support of doctors,police chiefs and those groups that deal with alcohol addiction. It is one of a dozen bills due to be presented before the Holyrood Parliament this afternoon by the Scottish First Minister. Including setting up a single police service for Scotland.

New Opinion Poll On Scottish Independence

The latest TNS-BMRB poll, published today by The Herald, shows those who would vote Yes for independence ahead by 39% to 38% who would vote No. With 23% saying they are unsure both sides can claim everything is to play for in any upcoming Independence Referendum.

New IPSOS/MORI Opinion Poll Shows SNP Miles Ahead In Scotland

Holyrood constituency: CON 13%, LAB 28%, LDEM 7%, SNP 49%
Westminster: CON 15%, LAB 33%, LDEM 6%, SNP 42%

Is Murdo Fraser The Last Leader of The Scottish Tories?

Murdo Fraser plans to disband the Scottish Conservative Party should he become its leader next month.And to set up a new right wing party to replace it.The former Tory Scottish Secretary, Sir Malcolm Rifkind, described Mr Fraser's plans as "healthy" and "refreshing" and said his ideas should be given "serious consideration".
He said: "What is very, very healthy is that Murdo Fraser is not just raising this after he has been elected. He is saying if you want me as your leader this is the kind of way in which I wish to lead the centre-right cause in Scotland.
"He is saying this is not about one individual, this is an opportunity for the people who are Conservatives in Scotland to decide what is the future of the union and of centre-right politics.
"He is offering a very refreshing new start."
A separate party for a separate country is the conclusion that some will draw. Michael Forsyth, who served as Scottish Secretary from 1995 to 1997, argued: "I think the strategy is one of appeasement of the nationalists and I think it is one that will fail. Any policy which appeases nationalists is damaging to the union by definition."

John Cleese claims London is "no longer an English city"

The Comedian John Cleese claims London is no longer a English City. He made the comments during an Australian TV interview with ABC's Chris Uhlmann for the 7.30 show. "That's how they got the Olympics, they said 'we're the most cosmopolitan city on Earth'. But it doesn't feel English.

"I had a Californian friend come over two months ago, walk down the King's Road and said to me, 'Well, where are all the English people?'

"I love having different cultures around but when the parent culture kind of dissipates you are left thinking, 'well, what's going on?'" Mr Cleese is a well known supporter of the Liberal Democrats in Britain and has even made party political broadcasts for them in the past. He also claims he could not afford to live in England due to high taxes.

Paddy Power New Odds On The Next Irish President

Michael D Higgins 8/13
Gay Mitchell 11/4
Mary Davis 10/1
Sean Gallagher 10/1
Martin McGuinness 25/1
Eamon O'Cuiv 25/1
Martin McAleese 33/1
Dana/Rosemary Scallon 40/1

The Republican Party In Arizona's Idea Of A Raffle Prize

In January this year Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords survived a attack from a man armed with a similar type of weapon. Six other people were not so lucky. Including a federal Judge John Rolls. Yet the Republican Party in Congresswoman Giffords district consider this gun a worthy prize in a raffle. Yes for $10 you can purchase a ticket in this prize draw. The GOP in Giffords' home district is "showing a shocking lack of judgment and sensitivity," Jeff Rogers, chairman of the Pima County Democratic Party, said Thursday. "The wounds are still healing (from the shooting), and this is like pulling a scab off a wound."