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Liam Clarke

Mike Nesbitt

Nesbitt still has much to do to quell rebellion

The sacking of John McCallister as deputy leader of the Ulster Unionist Party could yet split the party and lead to the emergence of a new organisation.

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Inside Liam Clarke

Employment of ex-officers must be fair and transparent

Friday, 5 October 2012

Policing in Northern Ireland needs to be accountable and transparent. That is why Matt Baggott and his top team have questions to answer over the recent Audit Office report on the employment of casual staff - most of them former RUC officers.
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UUP leader yet to bring an edge to party policy

Friday, 21 September 2012

When he took over as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, Mike Nesbitt told a closed meeting that he should be judged on his first 100 days.
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Dialogue with residents essential for Orange Order

Friday, 21 September 2012

The Orange Order shouldn't get carried away with the defeat of an Assembly motion calling for them to meet Carrick Hill residents.
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Why political posturing is costing us a fortune

Thursday, 13 September 2012

Unionist protests are mooted, but the truth is that the DUP has outfoxed its critics on the Maze/Long Kesh site (or ‘MLK’, as it has become known in civil service-speak).
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Religious respect cannot be earned through brute force

Thursday, 13 September 2012

I’ve watched a 14-minute clip of Sam Bacile’s Muhammad film and it’s enough to convince me that it is gratuitous, name-calling rubbish.
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DUP helped light fuse... now they must put it out

Thursday, 6 September 2012

Peter Robinson is, by nature, a cautious politician. He has taken some time to take stock, but now he has made a promising statement, which he needs to follow through with action to arrest the slide of recent days.
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Theresa may be green but there’s a chance for her to shine

Thursday, 6 September 2012

Getting the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) portfolio represents promotion for Owen Paterson.
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Now is time to get our place up and running

Friday, 31 August 2012

August was meant to be 'Our time, Our place' for Northern Ireland, but it has ended in a depressing sectarian wrangle over parading.
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Fall of Maginnis leaves UUP leader Nesbitt exposed

Friday, 31 August 2012

Ken Maginnis was long admired for his willingness to speak his mind against the prevailing wisdom.
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The Bible should not be last word for politicians

Friday, 24 August 2012

Is it all right to be offensive, provided the words you use are in the Bible, or your favoured translation of it? When is it right to keep religious rhetoric out of political discourse?
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Devolution of corporation tax could still be a costly decision

Friday, 24 August 2012

Eamonn Donaghy and others make a strong case for the devolution of corporation tax, but the omens are not good, if we look at what happened in Scotland and Wales.
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How can we give young people hope for future?

Friday, 17 August 2012

Declan Kearney, Sinn Fein's National chairman, is doing his level best to raise a debate about reconciliation but is, so far, getting a fairly dusty reception from 'political unionism'.
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Why Gerry, or Martin, can’t admit to having been in the IRA

Thursday, 16 August 2012

Gerry Adams gets a lot of criticism for continuing with his claims never to have joined the IRA. Few believe him and many laugh at him.
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Ugly Causeway visitors' centre is certainly no natural wonder

Friday, 10 August 2012

People don't like to mention it but the National Trust's new visitors centre at the Giant's Causeway isn't just expensive, it's actually plug ugly.
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Could we get a bite of this job sandwich?

Friday, 10 August 2012

There is no doubt that when Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness return later this month they will have more to concern them than the rows over Welcome to Northern Ireland signs that have occupied their stand-ins.
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Never again can police be politicians' puppets

Friday, 27 July 2012

As a new history of the Police Federation of Northern Ireland is published, Terry Spence, the federation's chair, has issued a timely reminder of how politicising policing undermined support for law and order in the past.
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Supermarkets will shop elsewhere if bureaucracy continues

Friday, 27 July 2012

What have Stormont ministers got against supermarkets?
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How do we stop our best assets leaving?

Friday, 20 July 2012

The census and other recently released figures reveal that Northern Ireland is a special case - but in a good way.
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Cost-cutting Stormont must take note of the G4S shambles

Friday, 20 July 2012

The admission by G4S - formerly Group 4 - that it cannot fulfil its contract to provide security for the Olympics is a warning of the dangers of privatisation.
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Handshake will mean nothing without action

Friday, 29 June 2012

Will that handshake be a truly historic moment, or just a footnote in history below the ceasefires, decommissioning and power-sharing?
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