Nelson's View

Nelson McCausland MLA (Democratic Unionist Party - Constituency: North Belfast). A personal blog in which I comment on a wide variety of issues, political, cultural, social, historical and religious. If something takes my attention, then I may well comment on it.

Tuesday, 26 November 2013

Communist Party of England (Marxist-Leninist) and Communist Party of Ireland (Marxist-Leninist)

Sometimes when I read a news story my mind goes off at a tangent and that is what happened yesterday. It started with the report of t...

Friday, 22 November 2013

DUP conference speech 2013 (3)

Building strong and successful communities Finally, I turn to my commitment to building strong, successful, vibrant communities. Ac...

DUP conference speech 2013 (2)

Welfare reform Welfare Reform will not go away and all the parties in the Northern Ireland Executive need to face up to that challenge....

DUP conference speech 2013 (1)

DUP conference speech 2013 'Building strong communities' In a previous speech to Conference as Minister for Social Developme...

Wednesday, 20 November 2013

William Greer - Ulster-Scot and driver to American presidents

The 50th anniversary of the murder of President John F Kennedy has raised the profile of the man who was driving the presidential car on th...

Tuesday, 19 November 2013

Gettysburg - the Ulster-Scots connection

Battle of Gettysburg This is the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, one of the most famous of all speeches in American and ...

Saturday, 16 November 2013

Crumlin Road Courthouse

Courthouse in 2011 The Crumlin Road Courthouse in Belfast was designed by the architect Sir Charles Lanyon and completed in 1850. It...

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