If you want to learn more
about DUP, watch this video and read this article.
Someone out there knows something
about the DUP's mystery # 435,000 Brexit spending spree.
Mr Hain chose to emphasise the fundamental historical significance of the power - sharing agreement when asked
about the DUP's concerns.
It sounded more like a straightforward victory speech with just a quick line dropped in
about the DUP.
There has been a lot of irresponsible and uninformed comment
about the DUP ever since it was suggested they might support the next Conservative government.I...
Not exact matches
Christian
DUP MP Jim Shannon told Premier it's time to stop talking
about Article 18 and «make it a reality».
Unless you've visited our «
About page», you might not know that we (William and I) are super
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serious chocoa - holics and were both super
duper excited
about a themed week (noted!).
By the way I am super
duper self - conscious
about how to say Loo - Ah - vuhl.
I think elimination training is more parent training than anything, and if you are willing to be super
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about it, then go for it.
The result comes in the wake of a series of damaging revelations
about both the
DUP leader and his wife Iris, who dramatically quit politics in disgrace over allegations
about her financial involvement with her teenage lover.
However, a senior
DUP source dismissed speculation
about Dodds as «complete nonsense», indicating she was too young to be in the House of Lords.
This situation has
about a 25 % chance according to the latest electionsetc.com forecast, either with (12 %) or without (13 %) the
DUP.
If it's all
about economics then any combination of one of the main parties and
DUP, UKIP or Lib Dems is possible, but the SNP is only economically aligned with Labour.
In terms of the UK's Christian legacy, Conservative, UKIP,
DUP and UUP voters feel positively
about it.
DUP MPs have previously set out their concerns
about the two - child limit by signing up to an early day motion calling on the government to have the policy annulled.
The
DUP, which is targeting 10 seats this time, is pragmatic
about its partnerships and famous for driving hard bargains: it propped John Major up against Conservative rebels in the 1990s but also saved Labour from defeat over anti-terrorism legislation two years ago.
Meanwhile
DUP leader Peter Robinson was blunt yesterday
about his party's willingness to use the situation for leverage, noting «unprecedented opportunities for a focused, cohesive unionist bloc» in a hung parliament.
That means that the parties whose seat shares exceed their vote shares (the Conservatives, Labour, the SNP, the
DUP, and — fractionally — Sinn Féin and the SDLP) collectively hold 24 per cent of the seats in the House of Commons more than they would if they were represented in exact proportion to their votes — that is,
about 156 seats more.
DUP leader Arlene Foster told him ominously that he «shouldn't play
about with Northern Ireland».
Labour and Lib Dem MPs were mostly for it, leaving a motley rabble of Tory and
DUP MPs to speak weird nonsense
about what constitutes «complete» sex.
The
DUP leader expressed his optimism
about the next few weeks, saying the prospect of a hung parliament gives Northern Irish voters crucial influence on polling day.
Low - January 11th: Robinson scandal -
DUP leader Peter Robinson was forced to temporarily stand down from his role as first minister after the scandal
about his wife Iris Robinson's financial and sexual activities with a 19 - year - old broke.
Jim Shannon (
DUP, poor man's Michael Fish) asks
about suicide, which apparently is increasingly popular.
He retorts
about the deal with the
DUP #PMQs pic.twitter.com/tTgvTknt3 5
He told us it was an «internal referral» from one of the
DUP's staff that led him to AIQ, but wouldn't tell us which staff member, nor how they heard
about the firm.
When openDemocracy challenged
DUP MP and Brexit campaign manager Jeffrey Donaldson
about the donation in his constituency office this spring, he told us that the party had done proper «due diligence» on the donation, but then claimed that they hadn't known that the chair of the Constitutional Research Council had set up a business in 2013 with the former head of the Saudi Arabian intelligence service.
Sources close to the prime minister say that she understands the concerns of liberal Tories like Ruth Davidson
about the possible price of a deal with the
DUP, and she will not offer them any promises to reduce the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, trangender or intersexual community, or to reduce womens» rights to abortion.
In the case of the
DUP, we first rang their campaign manager Jeffrey Donaldson to ask him how he found out
about the company almost a year ago.
But openDemocracy has now discovered that Cambridge Analytica's establishment links run even deeper, leading to one of the most senior figures in Northern Irish unionism — a PR man who has represented everyone from British Airways to Russian oligarchs — and raising questions once more
about who gave the
DUP a secretive # 435,000 donation for its Brexit campaign.
However, the
DUP's revelation that a shady group with no clear history of activity beyond funnelling money to right - wing causes was the source of its vast campaign donation in fact leaves us no clearer
about where the Brexit campaign cash actually came from — including any potential links to the Saudi Arabian intelligence agency.
This admission raises questions
about how much the
DUP checked
about where the # 425,000 donation was coming from, which Electoral Commission guidelines indicate they should.
The measure means that while the Electoral Commission can now publish information
about any donations since July last year — and in the future — it is still banned from sharing key information
about donations to Northern Irish parties during a period which included the European referendum, when the
DUP received # 435,000 for their Brexit campaign from an unknown source via a secretive group in Glasgow whose chair set up a company in 2013 with the former head of the Saudi intelligence service.
openDemocracy contacted the
DUP, the official Vote Leave campaign, and Aaron Banks» Leave.EU to ask
about the source of the Brexit campaign funds.
«I am very keen to see much greater transparency
about this substantial donation to the
DUP, and will be writing again to the Electoral Commission seeking further details.»
The size of the
DUP spend has led to renewed concerns
about the provision.
And the super
duper awesome part: You'll be buried next to a vegan, a paleo chick,
about a dozen «clean eating» bodybuilders, and probably some hippie who ate nothing but apple skins and hummus.
Reminds me of global warming deniers, ultra sensitive on their own websites
about a peep showing evidence, but full of deliberately misleading and even rude posts on websites concerned with addressing AGW, whose regulars bend over backwards to respond both factually and super
duper sensitively.
We're also pretty crazy
about finding ways to enjoy sweet treats that are actually super
duper healthy for you!
And the best part
about this fudge is that it is super
duper healthy.
Anyway, I wanted to be proactive
about something super
duper important.....
I am super
duper excited
about sharing this recipe with you all.
I am super
duper pleased
about this as I'm sure you can imagine!
Deadpool is serious
about this whole «super
duper fucking group» thing.
Their notice writes
about the way Windows 8 would be working with the applications giving super
duper processing power to the device and an experience to the user.
News that the government had located the magic money tree for its # 1.5 bn deal with the
DUP prompted (unsurprisingly) renewed calls for more funding for legal aid; you can read Catherine Baksi's article
about this here.
Ged Killen, Labour MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West in Scotland, asked
about LGBT rights in Northern Ireland, asking the PM «to stop hiding behind the
DUP».
The
DUP MP Jim Shannon asked
about Christians persecuted around the world, especially over Easter.
This exposure of assets designed for the
DUP's website in the development repository of AggregateIQ comes at a time of public scrutiny
about how the party came to hire AIQ, as well as
about the party's spending on AIQ's services and whether it may have been coordinated with some of the other organizations mentioned in these repositories.
O k, super
duper excited
about this!