Naomi Long MLA @naomi_long@respublicae.eu
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RT @JohnBlairMLA: Today alongside @allianceparty colleagues I proudly signed in as South Antrim MLA. @duponline signed in too then refused to do anything else, even elect a Speaker & allow basic scrutiny Assembly work.
4 out of 5 Parties ready for work. 71% voting for Speaker. Time to end veto.
RT @DannyDonnelly1: First real day at work at the Assembly came to a standstill when the DUP wouldn’t nominate a speaker. I am thinking about everyone who raised issues like the crisis in the health service and the effect of increases in the cost of living crisis on families. We need to do better.
RT @AndrewMuirNI: Leaving Stormont for the evening absolutely disgusted at DUP
Not content with collapsing Executive DUP today blocked restoration of Assembly despite 71% MLAs voting in favour of Speaker election
An appalling abuse of power, pointing yet again to why reform needed
RT @Kelmba: Today I was in the Chamber. I voted for @mikenesbittni and then @patsymcglone to take the role of Speaker. Due to designation rules both votes were vetoed.
NI is without a working government because DUP is using you as a bartering tool in their row with the UKG
RT @PMcReynoldsMLA: There wasn’t much foot stomping about the protocol when the DUP or TUV signed the register 2 hours before the election of speaker.
That would have blocked their salaries.
Frustrated as an MLA today, but proud of @naomi_long and to be in the @allianceparty.
RT @PatriciaOLynn: It is such an honour to officially sign in as a member of the legislative assembly for Northern Ireland.
I am so proud to represent the people of North Antrim and cannot wait to get to work.
@allianceparty
RT @KateNicholl: My day started with a meeting on child poverty, it ended with the DUP preventing us from having a speaker & therefore preventing those of us who want to work to be able to do so. Shameful.
RT @NickDMathison: No mention of DUP's 5 point plan at the Assembly today, but lots of talk of them shamelessly using our political institutions as 'leverage'.
This sort of ransom politics has to stop- I was elected to work for the people of Strangford and plan to do just that in the weeks ahead
@SteveDonnelly95 🥰 You guys are the best
@mgtruth Thank you x
RT @sianalliance: It’s not often I see the boss this angry but I feel and agree with every word @naomi_long has said. What a shameful day. Total disgrace.
@ElaineCrory Awww, Elaine. So sorry for your loss. They're such a big part of our lives x
@NoSeaBorder @CllrMichaelLong @Translink_NI Sadly, I require security cover.
Once people stop threatening me, I'll happily give that up.
@RobertS37425350 @counting_by @Tracey_utv No-one said it could be fixed in a week, but we could start the needed reform of the health system so it doesn't collapse under the pressure that's building. And what's more, the medical profession agrees.
@counting_by @Tracey_utv I don't claim fuel.
@dmcbfs Of all the things that made today ridiculous, walking through division lobbies was the least of them.
Agree on e-voting, but can think of a dozen reforms more pressing that would give us an Assembly.
@ElaineCrory Some of us did. Just not enough given the system of government, which clearly needs to change.
RT @AmandaFBelfast: ‘To use the sick and the vulnerable as leverage is shameful.’ ~ Andrew Muir, Alliance Party
RT @endamcclafferty: .@naomi_long says it is a “shameful” day for the DUP who came to Stormont to take their salaries at a time when families are struggling to pay bills
RT @connieegan94: Incredibly angry and frustrated waking up to this news. This helps absolutely no one. A party that hold 25 out of 90 seats should not be able to hold the rest of us back from getting on with the job.
Unofficial automated mirror. No copyright asserted. ∎ Alliance Party Leader | East Belfast MLA
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