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Asylum seekers' support includes £49.18 a week and basic temporary accommodation. How many are there in Ballymena? Zero. In fact, there are zero registered asylum seekers in the entire Mid and East Antrim local government area. ➡️belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/commen… belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/commen…

The accounts calling Claire out for stating a very simple truth, that nationalists/republicans can be racist too are living a self-righteous fantasy that flies in the face of the evidence. And I’ll cite my own lived experience as evidence, too.

It's impossible to simultaneously lobby for increased immigration while decrying the effect of more foreigners — but that’s what the DUP's been doing, pushing on behalf of big business for more cheap labour from abroad while criticising what that means. belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/column…

Glad to join Belfast Against Racism rally today. 11 months (and a lot more rain) later, the message is the same 👇

🏳️‍🌈 We had an absolutely incredible day at Omagh Pride!! 🏳️‍⚧️ Despite the downpour the town was full of joy and positivity, celebrating our rural LGBTQIA+ community!

A key point from this week - racism and misinformation exist everywhere. The big difference is leadership. Well done Colin McGrath 🇺🇦 and others for turning up to represent, engage & inform in Downpatrick.

The SDLP has called for public clarity over any involvement of loyalist paramilitaries in rioting in Northern Ireland belfastlive.co.uk/news/northern-…

Writing about this week’s violence in Northern Ireland in today’s Observer with John Simpson. Former PSNI Chief Constable Hugh Orde is critical of “successive government’s failure to honour the Patten report”, and of community leaders showing “no sign of stepping up” #buyapaper

Paramilitary flags aren’t culture, they’re intimidation. For too long, illegal flags & banners have been used to threaten and mark territory. New legislation will give the PSNI powers to remove them. The Executive must back this with real support and resources.

*does not apply in the north (Sinn Féin just smugly ignored an opposition motion on the housing crisis in the north. One speaker, abstained on the vote) Contemptuous.

🏘️ One of the Executive's priorities is to provide more social, affordable and sustainable housing. 🏚️ Yet the funding they've provided to build more social housing has fallen year on year. 📕 The SDLP Opposition has a credible alternative to unlock housing supply.

The appalling scenes in Ballymena are a bleak illustration that the hard right of loyalism and unionism has little to offer working class communities but fear. Other voices within unionism need to see the damage being done. A piece I wrote for The i Paper inews.co.uk/opinion/ballym…

Gaza is still being bombed and starved as Donald Trump threatens to escalate the situation in the Middle East even further. SDLP Leader Claire Hanna MP has warned that there is no strategy here, only chaos and that the UK must not follow this lunacy into deeper crisis.

🚨NEW: 'Shallow comments instead of real scrutiny & delivery. Stormont must move away from political point scoring.' 🎤Chief Reporter James speaks to Ann Watt, Director of the think tank Pivotal. 🚫A shocking new report outlines why policy delivery in Northern

Thanks to Claire Hanna for taking time to give us all a tour of Westminster after our evidence session with Northern Ireland Affairs Committee

"Would I be willing to forgo two years of economic growth for the unification of my island? I would." Former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar speaking to Mark Carruthers about Irish unity. Read more on BBC News NI bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… Watch the interview on BBC The View

Important campaign - police officers deserve respect, dignity and safety in their job like every other worker. That means not being assaulted, and it also means safe staffing levels. Solidarity with Inspector Brown for the ordeal she went through.

Sammy Wilson, Protocol advocate. You love to see it.

Well done UsdawUnion Thanks Dónal Lyons & enlightened councillors Belfast City Council