Doug Beattie asks a Belfast Gay Pride event, why is it ok for Trans people to organise Trans only swimming sessions (where they feel safe), but it's not ok for Women to do the same.
Saying whether they want to discuss it or not, Women have concerns about Trans women's demands
Finally catching a breath after a hectic few days..
Thank you to the 1305 voters in Craigavon who trusted me with their vote and to those who transferred to me, bringing me to 1671, making sure the UUP retained the Craigavon seat.
Now the hard work begins.
Nice of them to sign their artwork...
The 5 letters spray painted on the bottom of this describes the vandal rather than the highly decorated soldier on the poster.
#UlsterUnionist
#Beattie1
For those who missed it this morning: a detailed breakdown of what the new Northern Irish 'hate crime' bill is likely to contain, as Naomi Long presses ahead with it:
#hatecrime
#alliance
#sinnfein
#DUP
#hatespeech
Sunburn, rain and 88,192 steps later, and that's 1 week of canvassing done ✔️
Thank you for your help
@BeattieDoug
, hopefully won't take you long to dry out 😬🤣
#LE23
#Elections
#sorefeet
Coming to a lamppost near you.....if you live in
#Craigavon
🤣 if you don't, why not? It's fabulous! Have you seen our city park! 😃
Kitchen has officially been taken over by posters and cable ties! 😫😫
On a serious note....Why have we not agreed to ban these yet!!!!
'Women's sport is not a retirement plan for failed male athletes'
Katie Sheldon won the women's darts championship!
Stop allowing this nonsense to happen!
Man wins women’s darts championship.
Transgender darts player Noa-Lynn van Leuven has won the PDC Women's Series title.
The man beat 20 year old Katie Sheldon.
It is very important to remain hydrated after a canvas...
Raging it wasn't curry night in the Downshire though.
Busy weekend of events coming up in the
#Banbridge
area. Hopefully, the rain disappears for Saturday
🙄 there must be an election on the horizon....
Remind me again who split unionism in 1971? And completely disintegrated it in 2006 with St andrews agreement!?
Come on carla, surely all the fabulous work you have done in Upper bann is enough to get you elected? 🧐
On may 18th you'll be given a ballot paper like this - your task is to rank those candidates in order of preference.
Number 1 being your first choice, 2 second, 3 third and so on🗳
Your
#vote
is your
#voice
#Craigavon
#LE23
Ginger+sun=disaster (×canvassing)
@JulieACorr
@DarrylUUP
#GingerCheckup
are you both OK???? I sought shelter in the pub...please tell me you did too🤣🤣
*disclaimer* those are not, I repeat NOT all my empty glasses
It's important to remember that tomorrow, May 18th, when the polling stations open, you're voting to elect Councillors to your LOCAL council.
A level of government that deals with local everyday issues and services.
#LE23
#election
#pollingday
Sun was setting as we entered the count last night and rising as we left!
Thank you to the team for their help this past 6 weeks, especially this beautiful bunch of ladies who rallied when they were needed.
3662 votes - not bad for a cllr of 1 year. We will grow from here!
We Will Remember Them
Today we remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice at the battle of the somme 108 years ago.
For our tomorrow, they gave their today.
A principal who says she has noticed "more need" at her school challenges politicians about whether they face the same dilemmas about heating and eating.
You’ve asked me several questions on this thread and accused me of avoiding answering, so here goes.
I believe a woman is a human being who belongs to the sex class that produces large gametes. It’s irrelevant whether or not her gametes have ever been fertilised, whether or not
Sick sore & tired of reading news stories of this nature! Nothing will ever take away the pain & trauma these girls have suffered.
Knowing this vile human will walk the streets in less than 7 years is a kick in the teeth.
Why does our justice system continue to fail victims.
#Day2
#LE23
Out and about in
#Drumnacanvy
#home
Honestly, I'm trying to master talking in front of the camera. While I practice, you can enjoy this masterpiece 🤣
New: Correspondence from UUP chair Jill Macauley to all members disputes Doug Beattie’s claim he resigned over “irreconcilable differences” w/ party officers. She says that was “not the case” & criticises “disloyal behaviour of a small number of misinformed individuals” in party
At time we just use number to outline our sympathies. Maybe just names.
But when you see the faces, understand the future aspirations, hopes for the future, lost in an instance, you suddenly know the full impact of the tragedy.😞💔
#Creeslough
17 years before he's considered for parole?! Why do life sentences not mean life! Those poor children should never have seen their mother in such a way. Absolutely heartbreaking! He doesn't deserve to have one more minute of freedom!
One of Caoimhe Morgan's youngest children was beside her body when the murdered Belfast woman was found in a bedroom, her killer's sentencing hearing has been told.
The UUP had a bad election - I will not shirk my responsibility for this.
Yet the party received over 80k FPVs & many more thousands of transfers with 54 councillors elected.
As a party we have a duty to represent our constituents & society.
We will do so as Ulster Unionists.
Day one of
#LE23
done ...
Back in
#Bleary
on Thursday for a full canvas
It's going to take me a while to get used to being on the opposite side of the camera 😳😳 bear with me...I'll get there 🤣🤣
Disappointed to see picnic tables and signage at the Bann Foot have been vandalised.
This is YOUR space, this is YOUR rates paying for fix this damage!
This nonsense needs to stop!
I have reported this to be repaired
#disappointed
When you ask the team to get in one last
#GE24
selfie and they don't even bother to hold a leaflet up! 🤣🤣 you gotta love them lol
Wet, windy and sunny evening doing the final leaflet drop...
🗳
#VoteForChange
#WindSwept
Lovely service of thanksgiving for Her Majesty the Queen today in St Marks.
Thank you to the Ancre Somme association for organising such a thoughtful service.
A quick visit to Craigavon Ski slopes tonight to wish the Special Olympics Ireland Team who are going to the European Ski Championship in Poland.
Good luck Caolán McConville, Sean McCartan, Lucy Best and Ben McCarroll.
#Inspirational
Just awful.
There are no words.
A young woman who should have been looking forward to welcoming her first child into the world, in the blink of an eye, it was all taken away.
#justicefornatalie
Someone knows something
The joys of being a
#mum
and running an
#election
campaign
Eating cold pasta and garlic bread in the car between canvas drops and music lessons
Gordon Ramsay
#eatyourheartout
Always time for a catch up with these lovely ladies
@Save_CCP
have fought hard to keep our City park, the fight continues to now protect our city park!
It’s not good enough to resign now. Your degrading posts about other candidates including
@TimCollinsND
should have been challenged by
@AlexEastonND
a long time ago.
I have resigned as Alex Easton's election agent. It is the best thing for Alex. Alex is the top man in all ways and it's right that I should be gone.
Alex is the perfect man for the job and he is up against some very ruthless people, that can find nothing on him, so they attack
July 18th is always a difficult day. I lost my dad when I was 7weeks old.
He has 5 beautiful grandchildren now whom he would have spoilt rotten everyday!
You may be gone from our sight...but you are never gone from out hearts. We miss you everyday.
Hi I'm Ally. Yesterday I cost my
#hooman
£250 in the vets..
After 6.2m lectures about what my hooman could have spent that money on, this is me..enjoying my painkillers.
*I was not harmed in the making of this video*
"he had been taught 'women are no more worthy than a lollipop that has been dropped on the ground"
Absolutely disgusting! Sparing him jail just shows the legal system thinks women are no more worthy than a lollipop that's been dropped on the ground!
Awful news! I'm so sorry to hear this! The way this young family have been treated by media and the public has been a disgrace.
You have you answer, now, mind your own business and let them be a family at this difficult time!
This is something
@BeattieDoug
has asked for on multiple occasions and the Irish govt said they’d consider.
It’s time they stopped considering and started acting.
A separate inquiry by the government in the Republic of Ireland into the Omagh bombing would be "most useful", former police ombudsman Baroness Nuala O'Loan has said.
Just a fab wee night in
#Magheralin
- now firmly on the map with a super Gold medal winner!
Lovely to meet Daniel Whiffen again after his Gold medal winning swim 🏊♂️ 🥇
Everyone
@abcb_council
is so very chuffed for you!
I've been called many things in my life, especially since i joined the world of politics, but I'm more than happy to wear the title of 'thoroughly indecent' with a smile because
@jk_rowling
most definitely has been speaking for me, a woman!
Happy fathers day 💐 💔
It's always a difficult day. But I do love social media at times like this.
Getting to see everyone share their lovely memories and how they spent their day with their father.
You don't realise how special a photo is until it's the only thing left
Just listened to this audio and it is concerning.
A male who rapes a woman and who then identifies as a woman should not - in my view - be allowed in a woman’s prison.
The trans community are NOT predators…… rapists ARE.
I don’t think that is an extreme view.
I don't know who's worse....the child or the dog....
After 45mins of interrupting a movie to tell me there was something under the tree, I gave in!
#MerryChristmas
#dogsoftwitter
#presents
This annoys me😡...calling it domestic violence makes it sound like only physical violence is wrong.
It's domestic ABUSE!
Everything from coercive control, mental, financial, sexual and physical violence is wrong!
No jail sentence!?
This is ridiculous, how will we ever stop violence against women and girls if these men just get a slap on the hand!? Appalling! Justice system isn't fit for purpose
Standing with FE lecturers in
#Craigavon
yesterday.
They have been out on strike 13days since the start of this term.
They are the lowest paid of all within the FE sector!
What I was trying to say.....
play is central to
#children
and
#young
people's lives. supporting the development of knowledge, skills and abilities that enhance their social, physical and emotional well-being
#Day2
#LE23
Out and about in
#Drumnacanvy
#home
Honestly, I'm trying to master talking in front of the camera. While I practice, you can enjoy this masterpiece 🤣
Poor Ally got a nasty dog bite last Tuesday....she's been locked in the house since but has spent all that time moaning at me to get outside...
Today she got outside...apparently this is not what she meant by 'outside' 🤷♀️
🤣🤣
Not sure if they insisted on helping because it meant they didn't have to go to bed or they genuinely wanted to help 🤣
Either way, it's always good to have plenty of help putting up posters and banners
#GE24
#elections
Thats one way to spend a
#BankHolidayMonday
Another 21,000 steps done and over 15,000 leaflets now out....still plenty more to go as we enter the final days of
#LE23
Took these pictures this morning while walking Charlie...
#MotherNature
is amazing
Quite a talent
#JackFrost
has lol
Also..
@flahertycom
did I do the ALT right?? My first time doing it 😁
12!!!! This is heartbreaking!
My own daughter is 12, how anyone could do this to a young girl is incomprehensible.
4 grown adults! Wee pet must have been absolutely terrified.
It's like my first day at school!🤣 and what a brilliant day it was. Lovely to see all the kids out parading.
I need to teach everyone as to the acceptable amount of time to make a
#ginger
stand in direct sunlight🤣🤣🤣
Happy, positive post on the most beautiful of days! 😎
Portadown Commonwealth Youth Parade is back
#Yeah
🥳
Fabulous display from the young people &
#volunteers
in the area!
Also...our new
@UUP_ABC
Cllr for
#Craigavon
@KLEvans89
had her 1st Civic Event!
Better days ahead 🙏
Not long home from committee and this is what I get to relax to.
I will never get tired of listening to charlie trying to sing along to the saxophone.
The poor neighbours lol
#DogsLife
#LifeWithATeen
Me: What would you like for dinner?
Teen:dunno
Me:Fish, chicken, pasta, pizza, chips, rice (insert any food group here)
Teen:I just want something nice.
Me: 🤨🤨
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN!!!!!!
#Help
More than five minutes - that is how long it took Labour MP Jess Phillips to read out the names of women killed in the UK in the last year, where the primary suspect or known killer is a man
I'll spare you all the boring
#canvas
video today and introduce you to my
#furbaby
, Charlie
Charlie loves zoomies off the lead and desperately wants a dog park in
#Craigavon
.....he also wants responsible dog owners so please pick up after your furbabies.💩💩