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Lindy McDowell

Belfast Telegraph

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Mandelson’s name is muck and he’s dragged the government squelching down into the gutter with him

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08.02.2026 10

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Planter isn’t a slur. It’s an anachronism. And it reflects worse upon those who use it than upon those who are called it

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01.02.2026 10

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Victoria Beckham, for all her ‘inappropriate’ footwork, has come out at number one – put that in your breakfast bap and toast it, Brooklyn

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25.01.2026 70

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Victoria, for all her ‘inappropriate’ footwork, has come out of it at number one… Put that in your breakfast bap and toast it, Brooklyn

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25.01.2026 10

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Where are the Belfast protests over Iran? Those who spout about resistance really ought to be consistent

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18.01.2026 20

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Those who spout about resistance really ought to be consistent

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18.01.2026 10

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Slagging Stormont is de rigeur in NI... but right now, everybody’s at it

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11.01.2026 10

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We’re kidding ourselves if we think anything has changed in the class war… our own ‘fleg’ put-down proves it

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04.01.2026 10

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Fat jabs, potholes and sports cams... an object lesson in the starring roles of 2025

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28.12.2025 10

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If even lovely, liberal Australia isn’t safe, where do Jews find sanctuary now?

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21.12.2025 10

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Like every other long-term problem they’re faced with, Stormont will stall on hospital car parking chaos

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14.12.2025 10

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The ordinariness of Arlene Leitch speaks to how normalised drug trafficking has become here

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07.12.2025 10

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When did Christmas become about festive loo roll? This consumerism is making turkeys of us all

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30.11.2025 10

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Eamonn Holmes isn’t ‘whinging’… he’s a voice for many fed up with nonsense and long may it continue

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23.11.2025 10

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Jeffrey Epstein is targeting his ‘friends’ one last time… this time from beyond the grave

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16.11.2025 20

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Bus paramilitarism campaign poses obvious question: what’s Stormont doing about it?

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09.11.2025 10

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Polystyrene patriot Freedom Dad isn’t fighting for liberty… he’s fighting for the limelight

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02.11.2025 10

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Kyle Paisley’s Pope remarks are sincere, but I doubt a spare Dutch king is going to gallop to the rescue

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26.10.2025 10

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Kyle’s remarks are sincere, but I doubt a spare Dutch king is going to gallop to the rescue

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26.10.2025 10

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Irish politician’s proposal could kick off another border battle… but I agree that change is needed

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19.10.2025 10

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If Kelly’s wish is granted, the clock will be ticking on yet another border battle

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19.10.2025 9

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Donald Trump is a narcissist and a liar… but this week he managed the unimaginable

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12.10.2025 10

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Keir Starmer’s Labour Party Conference speech was less stormer, more cereal ad vibes

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05.10.2025 10

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Belfast’s new bin collection system stinks already… and next week will tell a tale

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28.09.2025 20

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Do Protestants only have a place in a united Ireland if they desist from being, well, quite so Protestant?

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21.09.2025 10

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Harry’s back swanning around the UK as a freelance Prince… and he might cause real concerns for the royal institution

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14.09.2025 10

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Harry’s back with balloons and apparently people are expected to overlook the rude, the bad and the Oprah

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14.09.2025 10

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Unionism is treated with contempt by Sinn Fein... but the election of this Ulster protestant as president might start a change

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07.09.2025 20

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What’s wrong with Your Party as a name? Well, it’s not very exciting, for a start

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31.08.2025 10

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Depressing to see that Trump has the COW contingent cowing before him

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24.08.2025 30

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People still use the most vile words... as I recently discovered in shop queue

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17.08.2025 10

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Belfast Zoo’s running costs are wild… maybe its mounting bills will finally sway owners to do right thing

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10.08.2025 20

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The trials and tribulations of going on holiday… it’s not for the faint-hearted

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03.08.2025 10

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Who gets a seat on public transport? We need education for those who don’t believe in standing up for others

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27.07.2025 10

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If we’re going to complain about sky-high prices, Ramore’s fish supper is just a starter

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20.07.2025 10

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I used to think Belfast had a street preacher problem… but it’s becoming a plague

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13.07.2025 10

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Starmer’s insensitivity around Reeves’ upset raises questions about PM’s crisis management skills

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06.07.2025 10

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Nobel Peace Prize for US President would play to his ego but ‘The Donald’ isn’t what most of us think of as a unifying force

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29.06.2025 10

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Nigel Farage – the great unifier of Ireland? Na, ex-Taoiseach will need a bigger bogeyman to sway unionists

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22.06.2025 10

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Nigel, the great unifier? What Varadkar is saying is that Farage is a political bogeyman

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22.06.2025 10

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Only in NI would one lottery be deemed fine while another is not allowed

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15.06.2025 7

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It’s wonderful for this small place to be associated with JW Anderson, a fashion titan for our times

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08.06.2025 10

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Depressing reality is it suits governments to conflate paramilitary leadership with ‘peacekeeping’ – they don’t have the stomach to take on terror gangs

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01.06.2025 20

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What the strange case of Winkie Irvine says about our approach to peace in NI

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01.06.2025 10

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What an irony that the DUP, who hitched their wagon to Boris’s bluster, are now being dug out of a hole by Labour

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25.05.2025 10

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In sport excess fabric just doesn’t work. That’s the long and the skort of it

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18.05.2025 20

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Expect another Twist in the Windsor Park stadium name calling

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11.05.2025 10

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What if NI experienced a sudden electric apocalypse like Portugal? Can Stormont tell us the plan?

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04.05.2025 10

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Kneecap rap sheet for causing offence gets longer by the day

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27.04.2025 10

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Giggly gal pal space trippers aren’t what defines a woman

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20.04.2025 10

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