Politicians Will Never Give Up This Power Willingly – “It will never, strictly speaking, be “safe” to lift all restrictions” – Paula Bradshaw

“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own…

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Chatter Episode 13 – Matthew Fulton and Scott Moore On Progressive Politics Northern Ireland

The co-founders of Progressive Politics Northern Ireland, Matthew Fulton and Scott Moore, were our joint guests on the latest episode of Chatter. They founded the movement in the wake of the RHI scandal (Renewable Heating Incentive) in order to promote progressive ideals in Northern Ireland and fight to ensure Northern Ireland gets equal marriage rights, the…

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Chatter Episode 6 – Kellie Armstrong on Transport, Healthcare, and The Assembly Crisis

On today’s show, we are talking to Alliance MLA for Strangford, Kellie Armstrong. We wanted to get an inside look at the issues that are facing our transport infrastructure and public transport and how we could go about addressing these issues. We also spent some time discussing the integrated transport proposals, the NI Department of…

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