It has been a drizzly but fresh day in greater Belfast. On the Isle of Man, weather hampered much of the TT event. From there, Kyle White reports on how Michael Dunlop surprised fans by riding a replica of his uncle Joey's 2000-winning Honda. The Ulster Unionists have been in turmoil. I have written before about how the party's critics wrote if off unfairly, but if the UUP was to flirt with extinction this saga would be a good way to go about it. On Monday, Owen Polley will dismiss the idea that the UUP is now 'hardline'. Days after Lord (Dan) Hannan's excellent talk on the links between the 1688 Glorious Revolution and the early US, I was at another fascinating event on Ulster-America links, this time in Armagh on a Spanish descendant of the MacDonnells of Antrim.
In his letter from America, Phelim McAleer writes about biased media coverage of two US election hopefuls while back home, Dr Esmond Birnie is scathing about Stormont's infrastructure minister evading responsibility for Translink's woes.
Enjoy your reading and your weekend, Ben |
