@alanburnside

semi-retired PR/Public Affairs consultant... now free to comment on local and national political issues.

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Joined May 2009
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Surely for transparency and maximising stakeholders' contributions CCNI website should also have a link to the 'future of charity regulation' panel, and to issue news release that an online questionnaire launched today can be completed? Try harder to reach your stakeholders!
Sharron Russell@SRJFleming2 Apr 2021
Replying to @CommunitiesNI @NICVA @CO3updates @CharityLawAssoc @ChartAccsUlster @ACIEuk @irishchurches @NCVO
A great opportunity to be involved in shaping the future of charity regulation here. @The_Wheel_IRL @Carmichael_IRL @benefacts_ie @CharteredAccIrl @scvotweet @Charities_Reg @ScotCharityReg @CharityCommNI @ChtyCommission @LawSociety_NI @LawSocIreland
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Dublin understands that “re-unification” without reconciliation won’t work, so how do we ‘engage’? disq.us/t/3vjq8ir
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If the rules don’t apply to Cummings they don’t apply to anyone.
Duncan Morrow@duncan_morrow23 May 2020
Basically if Catherine Calderwood and Neil Ferguson had to go for being scientists who broke the rules then Cummings will have to go for being a key politico who did the same. Otherwise the UK govt and Boris will lose control of the message. It’s the rules. Time to stay alert!
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“Being a CNC officer is about more than simple policing. Not every shift will be busy. But each one is of national importance.” cnc.jobs/police-officers/ #JobLikeNoOther
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Another big day for #standingupforjournalism in Northern Ireland. Thanks to all involved for the support so ably led by our union and please add your support too!
NUJ
@NUJofficial19 May 2020
Media industry, trade unions & politicians all stand up for journalism in Northern Ireland and challenge the increasing violent threats to press freedom - nuj.org.uk/news/northern-ire… #standupforjournalism #NUJ #media #NorthernIreland
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Can we not just wait until this is all over and we can have the ‘mother and father’ of an inquiry when heads can roll (hopefully) and lessons are learnt (even less likely)?
Eamonn Mallie@EamonnMallie7 May 2020
#Covid19.. #CareHomes .. a @niassembly cross party committee ought to demand that Health Minister @RobinSwannMoH immediately sets up a public inquiry into the Home Care scandal. The people dying are mothers, fathers, brothers & sisters who gave a life’s service. @StephenNolan
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Hey Ards&NorthDown Council, any chance of recycling centres opening putting an end to fly tipping, householders accumulating waste to crisis proportions and growing need to furlough Council workers? Distancing at Centres can’t be hard to set up- they are already one way!
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The death of trivia absorbed newspapers marches closer. May well be a casualty of Covid-19.
Peter Geoghegan@PeterKGeoghegan6 May 2020
I can see the public interest in naming Niall Ferguson's lover. I can't for life of me see the public interest in splashing her photo (alongside story that does what Tele op-ed pages have been trying to do for two months, discredit Imperial and lockdown).
Must have been difficult for him, flying Aer Lingus rather than British Airways.
Stephen Conlon@gudgieconlon6 May 2020
Replying to @StephenNolan
Ian Paisley took this flight to go to Westminster, he can’t give out about it now?
I will. Wear a mask. If queuing or sitting with strangers on public transport follow what you have seen every night on TV, pics of medical staff wearing masks and more sophisticated equipment then that's good enough visual advice to me. Does everyone need spoonfed?
Stephen Nolan
@StephenNolan6 May 2020
Brian Ambrose , Chief Exec Belfast City Airport, tells Nolan Show government has provided no clarity as to whether giving plane passengers masks would make them safer . Who will answer this question ?
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Andrew Neil
@afneil4 May 2020
Academia today. One step away from book burning.
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Congratulations Ann. I have always thought that the arrival of grandchild(ren) gives you a satisfying sense of family continuity.
Ann McGregor@annmcgregor3 May 2020
My first grandchild Cora Marie Dugdale born 16/4/20. Looking forward to holding her. Being very disciplined even though she lives just 5 minutes away. #granny #NHSThankYou
A bishop who confronted the IRA and Martin McGuinness... irishpeaceprocess.blog/2020/…
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I prefer the definition that “news is what someone doesn’t want you hear; everything else is advertising.”
Mike Philpott@mikephilpott3 May 2020
Yet another day of the media obsessing about Boris Johnson’s stay in hospital. Your regular reminder that THIS IS NOT NEWS. News is something new, different, excessive or interesting. Preferably all four.
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“a shocking/gruesome discovery” (or similar).
Tim Brannigan@tim_brannigan1 May 2020
Watching a documentary. Won’t even tell you what it’s about but if you can finish this journalistic cliché, you’ll probably guess: “On the edge of Epping Forest a man walking his dog made...” (answer is 3 words)
Patronising. Suppose it’s better than scattering pennies from the royal coach.
CNN
@CNN2 May 2020
The UK royal family has released new photos of Princess Charlotte, the daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, delivering food to the vulnerable during the coronavirus pandemic to mark her fifth birthday. cnn.it/3bSwExg
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Given that so few people go to church he’s probably right.
Paul Givan
@paulgivan29 Apr 2020
Consideration should be given for the controlled opening of Church buildings. Private prayer is deeply personal. Social distancing is being followed in supermarkets, off-licences, takeaways, etc. I am confident this can be achieved in places of worship too.
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Problem is if hundreds of unionists want to leave their house prices would fall making it difficult to have a comparable home in GB. For an all Ireland we want integrated secular education, an NHS, a fair relocation of Govt Depts, including IDA and Senate to NI. PSNI i/c of Garda
Ruth Dudley Edwards
@RuthDE29 Apr 2020
Professor Henry Patterson: "I'd share Foster's impulse to leave a united Ireland: here's why" newsletter.co.uk/news/id-sha…
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Not my round.
Allison Pearson
@AllisonPearson28 Apr 2020
They all lived.
I also have had enough of experts.
Sam McBride@SJAMcBride28 Apr 2020
In non-pandemic news: Economy Minister Diane Dodds has announced a review of the RHI tariffs - & in doing so has revealed that an independent review of her civil servants' work has said that the subsidy should be increased from the ultra-low level to which they cut it last year.
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