O’Conall Street

I am a guest on BBC Radio Ulster’s Seven Days programme today. Joining me on the panel are Dr Alex McGarel from the World Wildlife Fund, local economist John Simpson and Dr Karise Hutchinson from the University of Ulster.

 We will be discussing Gordon Brown’s ‘Liberty’ speech, two reports on supermarkets - their packaging and the dominance of multiples on the high street, the Northern Ireland Programme for Government and Budget, as well as the commercialisation of Halloween and the new ’shorter’ translation of War and Peace.

 I guess I’m on to add some perspective to Gordon Brown’s proposals to grant civil law recourse to people named in books written by those convicted of a crime. It’s an interesting suggestion and one which would give rightful recourse to victims and hit those looking to profit from their notoriety where it hurts, in their pockets. The other option would be to restrict the freedom of the press or publishers to decide what should or should not be published - something I would not support. The rest of his speech is well worth a read.

I posted on Thursday about the budget and Programme for Government.

Don’t know what to say about War and Peace!

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