Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
The sole UUP MP Sylvia Hermon is taking time to reflect on the new pact (in the present circumstances this is a topic that can afford to wait). Meanwhile UU columnists are divided with Alex Kane a fan and Roy Garland displeased (although Chekov argues his displeasure is incoherent ). Ignited wants a calmer approach all round with more focus, a better message and preferably with a bit more caution from...
SAOIRSE32 (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
BBC 7 Nov 2008 The former chief constable of the RUC Sir John Hermon has died. Sir John, known as Jack, was chief constable between 1980 and 1989. He first joined the force in 1951. Sir John Hermon was chief constable in the 1980s His wife, Lady Sylvia Hermon, is now the Ulster Unionist Party's only MP. She has held the North Down seat since 2001. Sir John had Alzheimer's disease for several years....
http://www.CelebrityVideoTube.com (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
San Francisco Chronicle Former RUC Chief Constable John Hermon who led the force at the height of the Troubles has died, his family announced today.Hermon, 79, married to Ulster Unionist North Down MP Sylvia Hermon, died las… Read the full article here
Three Thousand Versts of Loneliness (Free subscription) | 15/10/2008
Fair Deal, Slugger O’Toole’s DUP blogger, is ever vigilant for anything which can be construed as dissent within the DUP, so it was inevitable, that whilst I pondered the knotty problems of Nigel Worthington’s managerial reign, FD would blog Liam Clarke’s article about Lady Sylvia Hermon and the UUP / Tory deal . I’ve briefly outlined my thoughts on that Slugger thread, but it is useful to flesh out...
Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 15/10/2008
Liam Clarke claims that the UUP’s sole sitting MP Sylvia Hermon has: “… made it crystal clear that she will neither take the Tory whip nor stand aside for another candidate.” He argues that the UUP/Tory talks on marriage/f*ck buddies/good friends must be in serious trouble if Sir Reg Empey says: “...some people thought the Ulster Unionist Party was left at the side of the road for dead. Well we are...
Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
David Cameron has admitted that there are some difficulties in established the future UUP/Tory relationship. Devenport seems to focus upon where Sylvia Hermon stands. Lord Trimble’s intervention seems to have contributed to some electoral and relationship concerns . The subtext seems to be the Conservatives looking for a full merger with Ulster Unionists happier with what has been described as the...
Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | 28/07/2008
Newton Emerson notes on Sylvia Hermon that: Of the 262 Commons votes she has attended in this parliament, Lady Sylvia Hermon has voted with New Labour precisely 262 times.
Belfast Telegraph (Free subscription) | 20/06/2008
Last week the nine DUP MPs and Lady Sylvia Hermon of the UUP voted for the reserved power, only to be used in exceptional circumstances, of detaining terrorist suspects for up to 42 days to enable police to investigate increasingly complex cases.
Belfast Telegraph (Free subscription) | 02/01/2008
If electronically tagging Alzheimer's sufferers can help save lives, then it is worth it, Ulster Unionist MP Lady Sylvia Hermon said today.
