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1.
War and Words
(Shop/Books)
Price: £12.95 Now Only: £5.00 You Save: £7.95 Full Sized Image War And Words: The
Northern
Ireland
Media Reader. Edited by Bill Rolston and David Miller Paperback ...
2.
Commons apology over 1971 bomb disinformation
(News/Northern Ireland)
... the bombing on the people in the bar to show that they had killed themselves and their fellow citizens from the community. That is unforgivable. The debate was closed by
Northern
Ireland
Minister Paul ...
3.
Victory for the Raytheon 9
(Articles/Legal issues)
... went largely unreported in the local
Northern
Ireland
media, and in the Dublin and London media. The same is true of the verdict, even though it has sensational implications. The defence argued ...
4.
Exposed: the arms lobbyist in Parliament
(News/Arms Industry)
... Systems,
Northern
Defence Industries, UK Defence Forum, Boeing and Rolls-Royce, which has been criticised for its past links to the Burmese regime. Mr Ashby's name features on an official staff list ...
5.
Fortress Britain
(Articles/Terror Spin)
... only in
Northern
Ireland
during the Troubles. Reaper robot drones of the type being used in Afghanistan will also be in operation during the Olympics. Reign of the Terrorologist Riding ...
6.
David Camerons clean-up campaign crashes into new sleaze rows
(News/EU Politics)
... sport and
Northern
Ireland
minister, declares Lady Dulcie is currently paid £30,000-£40,000 for her secretarial services. Internal European parliamentary accounts for 2002 show she was paid ...
7.
Labour Friends of Israel
(Articles/British Politics)
... keynote address to an LFI meeting in London, the
Northern
Ireland
Secretary and New Labour luminary Peter Mandelson praised Thatcher's intolerance towards the siege of Murdoch's union-busting Wapping ...
8.
Long arm of police spin-doctors costs almost £40m a year
(News/PR Industry)
... The figures were collated by The Times after a freedom of information request submitted to all police forces in England, Scotland, Wales and
Northern
Ireland
. Four forces, including Strathclyde, the ...
9.
King leaves Tory think tank for lobbying role
(News/The Revolving Door)
... Hall, and Michael Gove, now in the shadow cabinet. Before joining Policy Exchange, King spent six years as an advisor to the former First Minister of
Northern
Ireland
David Trimble. King joins APCO ...
10.
Dean Godson Conrad Blacks favourite commissar
(Articles/Propaganda)
... In 1995, members of this group were involved in a high-level leak of the Anglo-Irish framework document on the future of
Northern
Ireland
43, a move which the Irish Government saw as calculated to undermine ...
11.
Just how expert are the expert witnesses?
(News/Terror Spin)
... Indeed, there were some academics who had been openly wondering whether the signing of the
Northern
Ireland
Good Friday agreement signalled the end of the age of terrorism. ...
12.
Good Friday 10 years on: Jonathan Powell on the peace process
(Reviews/Books)
Tom Griffin reviews Great Hatred, Little Room: Making Peace in
Northern
Ireland
by Jonathan Powell. 13 May 2008 Powell's book sheds light on the political manoeuvrings of the peace process and draws ...
13.
Open Stormont? Lobbying Transparency for Northern Ireland
(Blogs/David Miller - Unspun)
David Miller 21 April 2008 The lobbyists lobby group Lobbying in
Northern
Ireland
has not developed as rapidly as in Scotland in part because of the suspension of the assembly between 2002 and 2007. ...
14.
Paisley linked to son's lobbying
(News/Northern Ireland)
... Jim chooses to attack his unionist colleagues, the DUP will continue to work and deliver for
Northern
Ireland
." The other issues on the "shopping list" were funding for the North ...
15.
Top Blair aide: we must talk to al-Qaida
(News/War on Terror)
... chief of staff from 1995 to 2007 and is widely regarded as having been instrumental in negotiating a settlement in
Northern
Ireland
, said his experience in the province convinced him that it was essential ...
16.
Investigating the Investigators
(Articles/Media spin)
... print underground publications in Poland, buying materials for an opposition newspaper in Nicaragua, bolstering the opposition in South Korea, aiding a party in
Northern
Ireland
that is a member of the ...
17.
Ian Paisleys son is forced to stand down
(News/Lobbying)
The Times: David Sharrock, 19 February 2008 Ian Paisley Jr Ian Paisley’s grip on power weakened yesterday when his son, his right-hand man, was forced to resign from the
Northern
Ireland
...
18.
Taxpayers' body slams PR spend
(News/PR Industry)
February 8, 2008, News Letter THE number of
Northern
Ireland
Office Press officers has remained unchanged since devolution – despite many of the department's responsibilities now being devolved. ...
19.
Paisley lobbying causes DUP concern
(News/Irish Politics and Public Affairs)
... Act it emerged last night Tony Blair referred six constituency issues Mr Paisley raised during the October 2006 St Andrews talks to
Northern
Ireland
Office ministers. These included issues affecting the ...
20.
Spin doctors are costing taxpayers £438,000!
(News/Political Spin)
... part-time spin doctors, officially known as special advisers, costing about £438,000. However, it still has fewer advisers than either the Scottish government or the
Northern
Ireland
Executive. ...
21.
Newsnight on the Godson Approach to Political Warfare
(News/Media)
... to political warfare: Part 2 - Blocking the Back Channels from
Ireland
to the Middle East The Godson Approach to Political Warfare: Part 3 - The IRD in
Northern
Ireland
The Green Ribbon: PC Spooks? ...
22.
DUP keeps distance from issue
(News/Northern Ireland)
Belfast Telegraph , 17, October 2007 By David Gordon The DUP has distanced itself from speculation about the lobbying of the
Northern
...
23.
The Godson Approach to Political Warfare: Part 3
(Articles/Propaganda)
The IRD in
Northern
Ireland
By Tom Griffin 9 October 2007 In his June 2006 obituary for Fr Dennis Faul, Dean Godson suggested that the life of the Irish human rights campaigner ‘offers profound ...
24.
The Godson approach to political warfare: Part 2
(Articles/Propaganda)
... role in the history of
Northern
Ireland
. It was the pre-eminent intelligence service in the North from 1970 until 1973, when it lost its position to MI5 in a bureaucratic power struggle. Smear: The Wilson ...
25.
Leaders trade sharp exchanges in TV debate
(News/Irish Politics and Public Affairs)
... test for carers and help young people to buy a home. Mr Adams said that the economy should serve the people and not property speculators. Unable to resist a reference to the
Northern
Ireland
peace process, ...
26.
Can Murdoch save the planet?
(News/Climate Change)
Rupert Murdoch has promised to make his media empire carbon-neutral by 2010. He's not the first tycoon to boast about his green plans - but will it actually make any difference? Mark Lynas investigates ...
27.
City runs rings round taxpayers in PFI refinancings
(News/British Politics)
... and even build new schools. But in
Northern
Ireland
, the newly built Balmoral High School is to close next year because of a fall in pupil numbers, which was predicted before the project began. The
Northern
...
28.
Spinning out of control
(News/Irish Politics and Public Affairs)
... accept their role in the Irish economy. Parties such as the PDs that used to be sceptical of social partnership now sing its praises.
Northern
Ireland
is no longer a passionately divisive issue, ...
29.
Quango pays £200k to PR companies
(News/Northern Ireland)
... regarded as one of the most influential official bodies in
Northern
Ireland
. A Government-owned company, its remit involves encouraging private sector involvement in public sector projects ...
30.
How the key players in the Kelly scandal were rewarded
(News/British Government)
... in an Establishment whitewash, has slipped back into obscure retirement in his native
Northern
Ireland
and has said little on the affair. Last month he defended his report in an article for a legal journal. ...
31.
Promotions, pay rises honours - how the key players in the Kelly scandal were rewarded
(News/British Government)
... of colluding in an Establishment whitewash, has slipped back into obscure retirement in his native
Northern
Ireland
and has said little on the affair. Last month he defended his report in an article for ...
32.
British security forces 'colluded in international terrorism'
(News/Northern Ireland)
... Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern meeting
Northern
Ireland
Secretary Peter Hain. Mr Ahern said: “I advised him of the Irish Government’s grave concern at the contents of the report, and of allegations ...
33.
Hain accused of 'lies and spin' at water charge protest
(News/Northern Ireland)
Belfast Telegraph Home By Sam McBride, 30 November 2006 Ulster Secretary Peter Hain will be harassed everywhere he goes in
Northern
Ireland
if water charges are not scrapped, campaigners vowed last night. ...
34.
U.S. rank on press freedom slides lower
(News/Media)
... journalist Anna Politkovskaya "is a poor omen for the coming year."
Northern
European countries top the index, with no reported censorship, threats, intimidation or physical reprisals, either ...
35.
Trouble in the air: How Government flights pumped out 1,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide
(News/Climate Change)
... DEFRA: 34.7 Int Development; 29.2 DTI: 22.1 ODPM: 18.1 Home Office: 17.3 DCMS: 13.3 Cherie Blair: 12
Northern
Ireland
: 8 Leader of Commons (Jack Straw): 4.4 ...
36.
How chief of staff used interview to turn up the heat on Blair
(News/Political Spin)
... accompanying Tony Blair for his final round of negotiations with the
Northern
Ireland
parties. For several hours, Downing Street appeared caught in the headlights of a crisis with little idea how to respond. ...
37.
Whistleblowers
(FAQ/About SpinWatch)
How should whistleblowers get in touch? In the past we have worked with whistleblowers on some of the most contentious issues:
Northern
Ireland
, the role of the media, genetic engineering, the oil industry, ...
38.
Blair has been blinded by an imperialist illusion
(News/British Government)
... elections were held. Then they would stay until violence abated. Blair recently said, "The violence is why the troops are there." This explanation, as he must know from the history of
Northern
Ireland
, ...
39.
British Propaganda in Ireland and its significance today
(Articles/Propaganda)
... a discussion of the inability of mainstream academia to take on empirically based independent line on
Northern
Ireland
see D. Miller (1998) 'Colonialism and academic interpretations of ...
40.
Inquiry to probe MPs amid fears of FoI fees increase
(News/British Government)
... £450. Just six departments charge fees: the
Northern
Ireland
Office, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, the Health and Safety Executive, the National Archives, Ordinance Survey, and the Treasury ...
41.
IMC lies about IRA Decommissioning
(Articles/Northern Ireland)
... of paramilitary weapons in
Northern
Ireland
under the 1998 Good Friday agreement. On 26 September 2005, it reported that the IRA had disarmed as required by the Agreement. It reaffirmed this conclusion ...
42.
Kelly accused of hiding key evidence on school reform
(News/British Government)
The Observer Former minister has joined calls for 'damning' research results to be put before the public By Anushka Asthana and Gaby Hinsliff January 22, 2006Ruth Kelly has suppressed a crucial report ...
43.
Northern Ireland: the Donaldson affair and the threat to democratic rights
(News/Northern Ireland)
World Socialist Website By Steve James and Chris Marsden 19 January 2006 The exposure of Denis Donaldson, one of Sinn Feins leading figures in the suspended
Northern
Ireland
Assembly, as a British ...
44.
A driven PR player, with one too many balls to juggle
(News/Northern Ireland)
... and got a job as a news reporter. He spent two years reporting from
Northern
Ireland
, before landing a prestigious anchor role on the new Morning
Ireland
programme alongside David Hanly. Like many ...
45.
Ceasefire breakdown seen as propaganda opportunity
(News/Northern Ireland)
... acted as the go-between, tried to arrange more contacts in early 1975. The prime minister referred the new approach to the
Northern
Ireland
Office. "What he proposes is, in my view ... unacceptable," Wilson ...
46.
Hain rules out public inquiry into Stormont spy ring
(News/British Politics)
... inquiry into the Stormont spy ring scandal, as Sinn Féin came under pressure to reveal whether agents at the heart of the party had been used by the British to steer republican policy. The
Northern
Ireland
...
47.
The truth behind Real Lives
(News/Northern Ireland)
Newly-released documents reveal the secrecy, political pressure and damaging splits over the BBC's decision to screen a pioneering documentary about
Northern
Ireland
Lisa O'Carroll Monday December ...
48.
Fisk: War is the total failure of the human spirit
(News/War on Terror)
... been to war. A few Labour Members of Parliament have been to
Northern
Ireland
as soldiers but that's not the same. The politicians who run the countries have no experience of war. Podur: If you believe, ...
49.
The Invasion of Iraq - Justification Number 3
(Articles/Iraq)
... the illogicality at the heart of Blairs final sentence, which is akin to saying that, if England can beat
Northern
Ireland
at Old Trafford, they can beat them anywhere, anytime.) Earlier justifications ...
50.
Sleaze row as election donors get peerages
(News/British Government)
... DUP (3) Wallace Browne Belfast City councillor Maurice Morrow
Northern
Ireland
Assembly member Eileen Paisley wife of the the Rev Ian Paisley, DUP leader UUP David Trimble, 61, ex-leader ...
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