If there are any lessons from
#NorthernIreland
for
#Israel
#Gaza
the first is you have to stop the killing. In whatever way, by whatever means.
#JohnHume
understood that, even when so many others did not. Everything else follows. But first, you stop the killing.
Woke up this morning to the sound of
@campbellclaret
expressing perfectly the horrendous political situation we are now in. At a time when a functioning opposition is desperately needed, it is absent. I’m not surprised real labour people like him are in despair
#brexit
This is shocking. Surely a polling station of all places should conform to the basic requirements of a ‘neutral venue’. Completely inappropriate - serious questions to be answered by
@eoni_official
‘Belfast polling station 'decked out like an Orange hall'
These are such sad days. We were lucky as a family to know
#JohnHume
& to have the privilege of talking of his life & work. Tonight we light a candle for peace. Our children who have grown up in
#HumesIreland
join us in tribute to the greatest of Irish patriots
#Johnslight
You dont have to watch much of the
#postofficeInquiry
to be struck by the absolute craven, self serving cowardice of highly paid 'executives' who had no interest or concern for their own actions or the consequences of those actions for others.
Unfortunately, I think
@SJAMcBride
is right on this. I’ve never experienced a time like it. Profoundly depressing & sinking into a level of dysfunction which will be hard to return from.
#NorthernIreland
There’s an end of days feel to Northern Ireland right now. A sort of half-hearted anarchy pervades as swathes of what society takes for granted are breaking down. The scale and nature of the crises now unfolding will have profound political consequences.
There were no security-related deaths in Northern Ireland in a calendar year for the first time since police records began in 1969, the Police Service of Northern Ireland has said
Hugely emotional article about domestic abuse and one women’s marathon inspiration. Well done
@isabelhardman
The 26 reasons why I ran the London Marathon
You’d like to bloody think so - what more could they need??
#horizon
#PostOfficeScandal
‘Post Office Horizon scandal: ‘sufficient evidence’ for police to investigate
“It is outrageous that those who oppose war must fight for the space to argue for peace.
The industry military complex is the most dangerous unaccountable organisation on the planet.”
And on students protesting Gaza “good luck to them.”
President Higgins at
@TressellFest
👏
So this amazing girl, who has had so much to deal with, now has offers for stage production from Central Royal, Guildhall and (omg!) RADA. We could not be more proud of her🎉🌟🍾
@clara_cc3
❤️
The saddest of sad days. Broken hearted for Pat and John’s family, beyond proud of what he achieved. I will forever treasure the time spent with him, the inspiration of his words and actions and the unparrelled legacy he leaves
#JohnHume
This is an incredibly powerful interview from a person who has demonstrated enormous bravery and
#leadership
for
#peace
. It’s also profoundly depressing. That people like
#AlanMcBride
feel so disillusioned, is a savage indictment on our politics. I wish him well.
🗣Shankill Bomb: 30 years on from the IRA attack, today marks a turning point in Alan McBride's life.
Alan lost his wife and father-in-law in the bomb.
Speaking to
@jamesgould23
, he says he has struggled mentally over the last two years & had a message for NI's politicians.
The absence of
#johnhume
in this picture is either a deliberate misrepresentation of history or utter ignorance and incompetence. Either way, it is a profound professional misjudgement. History will draw a different conclusion
#Hume
#GoodFriday2018
The very best of luck to the most amazing girl of all time
@clara_cc3
who is embarking on a whole new adventure in
@QUBelfast
We know you will do great things ❤️❤️❤️
“This avalanche of human suffering is unprecedented in modern times”
Dr Tanya Haj-Hassan, a pediatric intensive care doctor for Doctors Without Borders appeared on BBC News from Jordan to discuss the dire conditions in Gaza
Really delighted to have this published today - right on schedule despite
#Covid19
&
#Lockdown
Huge thanks to
@palgravebiz
& most importantly to all the colleagues who were endlessly patient when I was ‘writing’ & to
@BritishAcademy_
for invaluable funding that made it possible
Lighting a candle tonight for all the women & children who were incarcerated, abused & lost their lives in
#motherandbabyhomes
They should act as a constant reminder to us of the cruelty of exclusion & control in society then & now
So much regard for this guy who is one of the few to raise his voice against utter atrocities - ‘It’s not anti Semitic to say that what Israel is doing is wrong’ -
#Gaza
#RafahBombing
"I cry on a regular basis when I see certain images on social media"
Sports broadcaster Gary Lineker spoke with Mehdi Hasan about the atrocities committed against Palestinians in Gaza, saying that he couldn't recall witnessing anything worse in his lifetime
Feel incredibly fortunate to have been able to listen & speak to
#RobertFisk
at an event in Belfast before lockdown. His analysis was outstanding & my son declared him ‘terrific’. What a loss.
If you have 5 minutes today please read this wonderful piece by
@pauljmullan01
about his remarkable and much missed son Lorcan. Heartfelt & heartbreaking in equal measure and infused with love
A 19 years old girl, terminally ill with cancer, died the day of
#BorisJohnson
wine & cheese in the garden. She hadn’t seen her friends, or her family. Her mother speaks about it on
#Panorama
Dear god
#RIP
All indications are that today will be a very difficult day for Northern Ireland. My heart goes out to the
#Ballymurphy
families & I am filled with anger & despair at the actions of this British government in the Queens speech - today of all days.
#Shameful
Just a little plug for my virtual
#booklaunch
on Wednesday 18th of November via zoom. Not the type of event I was hoping for but feel free to bring your own wine & cheese. Thanks to the lovely people in
@QUBelfast
@LeadershipQUB
for facilitating!
Horrendous & the funnest thing I’ve read in ages. Still have a mental picture of the dog 😂🙈🐶🚂
@caitlinmoran
My train journey from hell — from London to Birmingham
A bad place for policing in Northern Ireland. Caught in the mix of toxic politics, blame game and whataboutary. Far away from the promise of Patten & failed by politicians never truly on board with
#GoodfridayAgreement
from the start. A complete mess.
#Leadership
required now
#OnthisDay
1979: Frank Prentice, an assistant purser on the Titanic, described how he survived the sinking of the ship. For more archive on the Titanic, you can visit -
What a truly despairing day. Israeli & Palestinians can talk about their human rights & with good reason. But the first right is the right to life. There has to be a serious political process put in place, people have to speak to those these despise. It’s the only way forward.
#CoronaVirus
Dr Michael Ryan, WHO Executive Director:
“The greatest error is not to move. The greatest error is to be paralysed by the fear of failure”
This has been one on the most depressing weeks I can remember on
#NITwitter
Having grown up in the Troubles, this is what I remember. Leadership matters. Bravery matters. People & human life matter. People not Territory. Always.
Delighted to have signed book contract with
@PalgraveBiz
for ‘Management in conflict & transition: the organisational dimensions of building peace’ 2020
#managingpostconflict
#2020
"What’s unfolding in Gaza right now is a humanitarian and health catastrophe...the situation is beyond belief."
The
@WHO
's Dr Michael Ryan has called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza so that "unhindered, unfettered humanitarian relief" can enter.
@rtenews
|
#rtept
I think I’m about done with
#NorthernIreland
Twitter. All sorts of toxic stuff coming from all sorts of angles. Hard to be anything but despairing sometimes. Going to focus on sun being out
#IRL
☀️🌤🔆
So this amazing girl, who has had so much to deal with, now has offers for stage production from Central Royal, Guildhall and (omg!) RADA. We could not be more proud of her🎉🌟🍾
@clara_cc3
❤️
Lovely that the
#BBC
covers
#BallymurphyMassacre
one minute and then forgets to mention the introduction of legislation to provide an amnesty for those that carried it out the next. I would expect nothing better
@carolynboardman
@ArtyBagger
I imagine she was protesting. Obviously her mistake was to be attending a demonstration for a murdered women & not one which was about wearing masks.
Still one of the best pieces of writing I’ve ever come across. I used this in my PhD thesis & I still think about it all the time
@MargaretAtwood
#RobberBride
#Events
Absolutely dreadful news today of the death of Brendan McAllister. A wonderful man who has done so much good in (NI) & further afield. I owe him a huge amount personally for his help with my PhD. So shocking. His calm compassion with be so missed. RIP
I am an academic and I support justice and freedom in Palestine. I call for an end to Israeli settler-colonialism. This is integral to both my moral world view and my scholarship. Pass it on.
I am an academic and I support justice and freedom in Palestine. I call for an end to Israeli settler-colonialism. This is integral to both my moral world view and my scholarship. Pass it on.
The banality of evil - "Those figures who drift upwards and make themselves amenable to powerful people are around." God knows, we’ve all seen it
#Succession
“I will also always have profound respect for the
#UK
[...] That is why at the beginning of this new chapter of European history, I would really like to wish the UK well.”
It was a pleasure to speak
@QUBelfast
this evening:
#Brexit
I’m glad the message has got through, shame it didn’t resonant the first time around. Can I also suggest ‘you can’t eat a flag’ & "I never thought in terms of being a leader. I thought very simply in terms of helping people."
#johnhume
You’d like to bloody think so - what more could they need??
#horizon
#PostOfficeScandal
‘Post Office Horizon scandal: ‘sufficient evidence’ for police to investigate
The past is always with us -
@CHANGERESEARCH
Dr Joanne Murphy speaking to me for a report on
@ViewFrmStormont
later. 20 years PSNI - 'the new beginning'.
It is impossible not to listen to
@GordonBrown
on the radio and not bemoan the absolute idiotic shisters we are subjected to generally. Moral, erudite, elegant and compelling.
@BBCr4today
#childpoverty
My daughter has type 1 diabetes. The insulin that keeps her alive is made in the EU. I've added a black spot to my name to show that the government has decided to put her life at risk from brexit
#BrexitChaos