News from the Unionist community
Editor@UnionistVoice.com @JamieBrysonCPNI Let us begin by dissecting Belfast City Council’s (BCC) own statement. In the first paragraph the statement says that following the emergency change to permit 30 persons to gather outside that this permitted the Council to “offer this as an option for mourners”. Belfast City Council did not offer this option for mourners, […]
A statement has been issued by JWB Consultancy who represented the complainants in the case, Mr David English and two local businessmen. Statement on behalf of Mr David English and two other local businessmen following Sunday World clarification “On 7 June 2020 the Sunday World published a malicious, exploitative and entirely inappropriate interview with an […]
Statement by Lower North Belfast Concerned Residents In the recent week’s residents living in the communities that border the Grove Playing Fields have been subjected to recurrent spates of sectarian abuse which has conveniently been downplayed by those who seek to disregard this. There have been several false accusations made by several Social Media […]
Editor@UnionistVoice.com @JamieBrysonCPNI From 2013-2019 Sarah Finnegan, a qualified Barrister, was legal advisor to the Charity Commission. In this period the Commission was operating unlawfully, with their statutory powers delegated to senior members of staff, none of whom were legally qualified. This led to an incredible situation whereby draconian powers were being arbitrarily deployed by commission […]
Editor@UnionistVoice.com @JamieBrysonCPNI Let me preface this article by making clear that I support the necessary regulations put in place as part of our collective effort to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. We all need to collectively do what we can to save lives and help the NHS. All sensible and reasonable people are onboard with that […]
Friends, During this difficult time there will be many issues which affect the lives of people right across our community. This brief information leaflet tries to succinctly provide some information and/or signposting in relation to some of the most prevalent issues. If anyone requires further help with social security issues, problems with HMRC, debt collection […]
Editor@Unionistvoice.com @JamieBrysonCPNI On the 19th February the Court of Appeal, upholding an earlier decision of the lower court, delivered one of the most scathing judgements rendered in recent times. The Northern Ireland Charity Commission was found to have been unlawfully delegating their decision making to members of staff. This had allowed an environment to thrive […]
For over 8 years I have been subjected to relentless abuse, trolling and targeted harassment. Some of this has been in the form of random individuals hurling the most vile abuse imaginable, other times it has been part of a clearly orchestrated campaign to spread malicious rumours- which the perpetrators hope will take on the […]
Editor@UnionistVoice.com @JamieBrysonCPNI Let me begin this piece by drawing attention to the fact that whilst the recent Matthews IPSO judgement is significant, not only due to the precedent set but also the scathing conclusion of the panel, at the heart of all of this is a grieving family who were subjected to perhaps the most […]
An open letter to First Minister Arlene Foster MLA Dear Ms Foster, As you will be aware there is in my view deep and significant concern within all sections of unionism in relation to the content of the deal you have agreed in order to pave the way for re-entering the Executive with Sinn Fein. […]