Andrew McCormick
@AGMcCormick
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Retired Northern Ireland Civil Service Permanent Secretary. Chair of European Christian Mission Ireland. Enjoys Bach, granite and tourism as an extreme sport.
Bangor Northern Ireland
Joined May 2011
Stunning photos John. View from Division to snowy Mournes was great today.
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⬇️ After the recent reserve claim loan, in cash terms there is less funding available next year than has been spent this year. This is unprecedented - an overspend is inevitable without big changes to spending plans. Read/watch the evidence session here
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Pivotal has provided written evidence to the NI Assembly Finance Committee about the proposed draft multi-year budget. The amount of day-to-day funding available to the Northern Ireland Executive in...
Just catching up on last week’s Stormont Finance Ctte. The boss of the @pivotalpolicy think tank estimates that when you look at the 26/27 budget, plus pay pressures, there is a £800m - £1bn overspend baked in for next year unless something changes.
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My response to today's announcement of Sir Chris Wormald's departure as Cabinet Secretary.
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Important letter. Principles and civil service impartiality matter.
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I am a Ukrainian Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. I have a question. Why has Trump's year of negotiations been the deadliest for civilians in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion? The number of deaths and injuries has increased by 31 percent compared to the previous year. Why did
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impossible to manage - not because of the risk of violence, but because of the consequences for trade, security and society. There was no reason for Ireland's interests to be damaged by what the UK wanted to do. (3/3)
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UK exceptionalism and its very complacent failure to see in time that the border was a really difficult issue. Eventually, both May and Johnson came to realise that the consequences of a No Deal outcome were not difficult but... (2/3)
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I agree with all that @DanMulhall says and I don’t buy the Bassett/Emerson line. Ireland played a difficult Brexit hand with skill. It could not be seen to side with the UK, even though its self-interest needed as soft a Brexit as possible. The root problem was... (1/3)
@Michael08483429 @NewtonEmerson @PatLeahyIT The idea that Ireland was a fault for #Brexit is preposterous. Once UK decided to leave, it was a matter for the EU & UK to sort out. The idea that Ireland should have weighed in on UK’s side is nonsensical. The problem is that UK thought it could have its cake & eat it, but the
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The message of Trump’s letter to the prime minister of Norway signals that the president “genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him,” @anneapplebaum argues. https://t.co/hNLMZ7JYQ9
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Citizen of Greenland here. Will not happen. Never ever. The future of Greenland is determined solely by the Greenlandic 🇬🇱 people and not by the United States. The territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark must be respected. #StandwithGreenland 🇬🇱
Thank you @realDonaldTrump! It’s an honor to serve you in this volunteer position to make Greenland a part of the U.S. This in no way affects my position as Governor of Louisiana!
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Hmm. Sad to see this kind of naivety from the US administration. When it comes to assessing Putin's interest in peacemaking, the stark analyses by the Chief of M16, the Chief of the Defence Staff & the Secretary General of NATO are a lot more compelling.
Over the last two days in Florida, the Russian Special Envoy Kirill Dmitriev held productive and constructive meetings with the American delegation to advance President Trump’s peace plan on Ukraine. The American delegation included Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner,
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I've just shut the laptop for the final time this year. I envisage more of the same 2026 - making the case for the value of the welfare state. Wealth redistribution. Critically analysing poor policy - an honourable mention goes to the draft Anti-Poverty Strategy.
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@AGMcCormick was spot on, as usual, this morning on @BBCgmu 1. NI is not underfunded, our Exec is wasterful 2. When @paulgivan agreed his budget it was his duty to meet it 3. Multi year budgets (committed to) are essential His phrase is “doom-loop”,mine is #TitanicExecutive
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Budget pressure tensions at Stormont - Dr Andrew McCormick, a former Civil Service Permanent Secretary, says issues are more serious than anything he ever encountered @AGMcCormick | @BBCSounds
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A privilege to visit the Srebrenica Memorial Center in this 30th anniversary year. Important to remember and learn. Reconciliation matters. @SrebrenicaMC @RemSrebNI
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Poachers not happy with gamekeeper.
🚨BREAKING: A vote of no confidence in the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has been unanimously passed by the @UFUHQ.
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@AGMcCormick explains the political and historical reasons why the European Convention on Human Rights is so integral to the peace settlement in Northern Ireland
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🚨 USEFUL EXPLAINER 🚨 @JoelleGrogan and @alicedonald explain the role the ECHR plays in the Belfast / Good Friday Agreement and what UK withdrawal would mean for Northern Ireland https://t.co/wy6oGCbOQz
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Joelle Grogan and Alice Donald explain the relationship between the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and the European Convention on Human Rights.
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Polish Deputy Foreign Minister of Fox News: "We were supposed to have sanctions but we got Alaska".
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