Deal or no deal?

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With all their antics over the years, it's hard to feel sorry for loyal loyalists. But in this case, LAD does feel a pang of sympathy.

Once again they have been lied to by their so-called leaders. Most jarringly of all, those lies were designed to trick their loyal brethren into breaking the law, in a pathetic attempt to undermine the authority of the Parades Commission (PC). The PC had ruled to allow the loyalist "civil rights" march on Saturday September 21st but, presumably to appease exasperated city centre traders, had ordered the fleggers to begin their journey at 12.30, not 2pm as they had demanded. Cue ridiculous calls of "12.30 is too early" (12th of July Parades normally set off before 9am) and disparate flegger groups saying that they'd protest til 2pm before setting off. 

Rumours began circulating from a few key fleggers of a secret deal between parade organisers and cops who saw the early parade time as "unworkable", and this was quickly followed by a widely-shared Facebook post, apparently originating from Christine Lewis, naming the cops involved and confirming the original start time still stood. 
Then up-stepped the Protestant Coalition, gallant leaders of the disaffected PUL community. Chairman Sam  (So it is) McCrory informed followers on their Facebook page that he had spoken an unnamed source who confirmed the deal with the police. When pushed to identify his source he said it didn't matter. Er, yes it fucking does. Either you're deliberately lying to people or you've struck an illegal deal with Police in direct contravention of a PC ruling. At this, Sam cried havoc and let slip the lapdogs of wah. Funnily enough all these threads have been removed from the Protestant Coalition Facebook page.
Protestant Coalition - shit stirring
Off went little minions like Jack Ross and Christine Lewis, shamelessly telling anyone who'd listen that the original parade time had been reinstated, and that everyone should meet at City Hall for 1pm with the procession setting off at 2. 




We know the rest. 

Sam parted the sea of bemused onlookers and led his folk to the promised land of Twaddell, pumping out The Famine Song on Royal Avenue for good measure.

If LAD were a cop investigating this further breach of a PC ruling, we're pretty sure we'd know whose door to knock first.

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#GivePootsTheBoot

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So Poots, eh?
#GivePootsTheBoot


Let's examine the evidence that led him to spunk one hundred thousand pounds of our money in a bid to make us healthier.

Background: In 1983, fear of a full-blown AIDS epidemic resulted in a panicked UK health authority banning all MSM (men who have sex with men) blood donations. This ban lasted almost 30 years, and was finally lifted in 2011 following detailed and exhaustive scientific studies into the risk posed by MSM blood donations. England, Scotland, and Wales all accept MSM blood donations following a 12 month deferral after the initial consultation. This 12 month period is a built-in safeguard to ensure that any early-stage blood-borne viruses not initially detected are picked up on screening one year later. HIV, for instance, has a seroconversion time of 2 to 12 weeks, therefore a 12 month deferral is a more than adequate buffer zone 
(1). 

Were a 12 month deferral to be introduced here, theoretical models from the UK (2), USA (3) and Canada (4) estimate that there would be a very slight increase in the risk of transmitting a blood-borne infection through transfusion of donated blood. For instance, the UK study calculates the risk to increase from 1 in 4,410,000 to 1 in 4,380,000 following introduction of the 12 month deferral of MSM.

So there's an (albeit tiny, not statistically significant) increase in risk?

Well, no. 

Two further things must be considered.

Firstly, blood screening technology has improved exponentially in the past few years, and new techniques should reduce the risk levels, and may also negate any difference in risk levels between the pre- and post-deferral groups.

Secondly, a clinical study in Australia (4) has contradicted the findings of the UK, USA, and Canadian theoretical models. Blood donation data taken in Australia (a country with similar HIV infection rates to the UK) 5 years before and after the implementation of a 12 month deferral by the Australian government, showed that despite a 20% increase in donations following the introduction of deferral legislation, the total HIV detections were exactly the same (and in real terms, a rate reduction).

So what's Poots' problem? 

Maybe it's that Northern Ireland doesn't need any more blood? 

He certainly seemed to think so in October 2011 when he told a Commons health committee meeting (5) 

"...Northern Ireland is largely self sufficient in blood. It is exceptional for us to receive blood from outside sources”

Either Poots was wilfully misleading Parliament, or he was unaware what was going on within his own department. For instance, only three months before his committee appearance Poots was urging people to give blood.

 “In Northern Ireland, around 500 patients need life saving blood each week. To ensure an adequate supply to our hospitals, we need 300 people to give blood every day. The demand for blood is increasing all the time and currently only 6% of Northern Ireland’s eligible population gives blood. That means 94% of the population do not donate. I would urge everyone eligible across the province to consider becoming a donor." 

 "Ensuring there are sufficient levels of blood at all times is key to the safety of patients in Northern Ireland" as long as it fits within my personal prejudices, he didn't add.(6)
Edwin Poots
 By June 2012 Northern Ireland's "self-sufficiency" myth was completely shattered when Sue Ramsey, the Stormont Health Committee chairwoman, told the assembly "We are crying out for blood donation... we have had to bring in blood from England, Scotland and Wales because we need it" (7) What makes things even more interesting is that this imported blood is now the very same MSM blood that Poots is spending several nurses' salaries in an attempt to avoid accepting from Northern Irish gay men. 

So in summary.

1) Despite overwhelming scientific evidence of its safety, Poots refuses to accept Northern Irish MSM blood donations. 
2) In a time of austerity and NHS cutbacks, he is spending thousands of pounds of tax-payers' money to fight blood donation legislation implemented by the British government. 
3) Despite telling parliament that Northern Ireland is "largely self sufficient in blood", his department is importing blood, ironically including that of MSM donors, from the rest of the UK.

In light of the scientific evidence we have just one question for Poots: Are you ignoring the advice of experts simply because you're a homophobe?

Please sign the online petition here.




Sources:
1 https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/216109/dh_129909.pdf 
2 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1423-0410.2011.01491.x/abstract 
3 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02124.x/full 
4 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12519427?dopt=Abstract 
5 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.02793.x/abstract 
6 Hansard of the DHSSPS Committee meeting (26/10/11) 
7 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-18476313


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Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the bitterest of them all

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Since that fateful night in December when our beloved fleg was removed by Sinn Finn/IRA and the Allianz Party, LAD have had the pleasure of hosting screenshits from the highest echelons of fleggerdom. Many of these never-say-die 'no surrender' loyalists have in fact surrendered and this void has occasionally left us with the nightmare scenario of having to produce original content to keep LAD readers sated. You can imagine our delight, then, when we stumbled across the musings of a person so bitter and hate-filled, so scarily lacking in basic human characteristics such as empathy and compassion, that we initially assumed hers was a troll account, set up by mischievous rebels in an attempt to goad other loyalists into following in her horrific wake.


Sadly/happily she appears to be genuine, and as such has moved straight to the top of our flegging royal family tree. Included below are a few of her ridiculous diatribes from the past few months. The cherry on the cake (for now!) are the photographs she took after turning up to protest at a Catholic 'blessing of the graves' ceremony. Most fleggers are a bit fucked up, but we're pretty sure that even the average loyal son of Ulster would baulk at her threat to "anoint the graves with pish". This annual loyalist pilgrimage of hate has been going on for years and has been reported by the BBC and the Irish News.

The great irony here is that this sort of behaviour will only serve to alienate her further from the decent Protestant voting base whom she continues to berate for their apathy in the face of an ongoing cultural genocide that only she can discern.
To Christine, LAD salute you. Thanks for saving us the hassle of having to shine a light on bigotry, your posts are like a foghorn in the gloaming.
To everyone else, enjoy her while it lasts, as this level of hatred can only go on so long, as Ruth Patterson realised all too late.


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'Up Yours!' Society

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L.A.D. are delighted that the anti-democratic, anti-loyalist civil rights Parades Commission are considering an application for a civil rights march through the centre of Belfast during prime shappin time on Saturday 21st September.  We firmly believe that stopping non-loyalists shappin will bring about the return of are civil rights that was stripped of us along with are fleg.

Loyal Peoples Protests - who?


We aren't able to tell youse what civil rights was stripped but they're important because a peace civil rights camp is required.  L.A.D. keeps asking people like Jamie Bryson and Billy Hutchinson and the Orange Order and Ruth Patterson and other people who claim to present loyal Pradisans but none of them can tell us which rights are taken except are fleg.
Nigel Dodds MP & George Chittick, Orange Man from 1953
Votes DOES NOT WORK! but we will probably be voting for the DUP and maybe Jim Allister (because he came to Twoddle Peace Civil Rights Loyalist camp and brought KFC and that) when it comes to the next election time anyway.  The politicians and non-elected shit stirrers keep telling us themmuns always get what they want with acting da bollix so they do and Peter Robertson has proved with his leaflet about the Alliance stealing are fleg in a way and we have to get Alliance out.
Alliance party - bastarbs
Loyalist Peaceful Protesters (LLP) are committed to peaceful rebranding of loyalist parades 110%!  All 20 bands will play a selection of covers tunes including weans TV classics like In the Night Garden and Teletubbies, 80s game show tunes like the Generation Game, along with more unusual hymns.  This will be an all-inclusive event but you will need to bring your own Buckfast.

We hear about this shared space thing all the time and if the gay and lesbeens and the anti-terrment publicans and that fucking Irish Paddy day thing can go in the city centre, so can we.  Are civil right is as important as everyone else's civil right to march wherever we like. Even if we don't know whose organising it. L.A.D. are the most loyal of loyalists and we have never heard of the group who have applied for this parade. We asked the PUP and they could not confirm the individuals behind 'Loyal Peoples Protests' - the group who submitted the application to the Parades Commission.

Loyal Peoples Protests - who the fuck are you?
L.A.D. has been told that LLP are confident that a Saturday afternoon march will cause maximum disruption and affect not only non-loyalist shoppers, but all traders too.  LLP believe that wrecking are economy will bring about an equal society for all, specially for loyal Pradisan so they do.

Remember you can keep donating to are appeal for the Civil Rights Camp at Twaddell. The phone number is at the end of this video.

No surrender.



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Twitter is the Window on the Brain... Ummm.

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There are many differing opinions of L.A.D. and our objectives, not all of which are complimentary or printable but let us assure you now, we remain committed to undemocracy of the highest level and all the benefits that brings.  Democracy does not work and we will continue to expose the lies and inefficiency of the Northern Ireland super council at Stormont.

That aside, L.A.D. were at a loss for words (only briefly) last night, as UKIP's only elected representative in Are Wee Country, Henry Reilly, fired this tweet off.

We gave it a number of reads before deciding Henry must be using a stereophonic PCM digital algorithmic encryption program to make his tweets unintelligible to others.  As MI5 provide us with all our technology, we know this sort of thing is available so well done to Henry on that point.  Anyway, as everyone knows, elections are won and lost on pictures so again, well done.

We told Henry we were somewhat at a loss for words regarding his mildly spurious claim.  Everyone knows that any self-respecting secret service operative would never reveal such sensitive information for risk of being 'retired'.  All you have to do is watch James Bond or the Ipcress File or something and it pretty much tells you how it is with secret services.

L.A.D. MI5 Agents?

The tweets became more bizarre as the evening wore on, prompting some account users to express concern for Henry's well-being.  Then this one appeared. 



As a result, all L.A.D. operatives have been called into are HQ at an undisclosed location in Hollywood (sic), and questioned using truth drugs and electric shocks and stuff, and we can confirm nobody has gone rogue and started threatening to destroy people or even other countries.

Uhhh, are signs of paranoia starting to show here?  L.A.D. is the establishment?  Certainly not.  L.A.D. is a diverse group of loyal men and women who see the true futility of democracy.  We certainly do not promote the killing of unionists as Henry goes on to claim.  Not sure what the UK cause is either.  Perhaps he means the Westminster government or something.



We asked Reilly today, if he wished to explain his comments, more to rule out the involvement of an intoxicant than any other reason, but he resolutely stood by what he had said and also had the cheek to insinee inua claim we're publicans wankers.  So in the space of 12 hours or so, we've gone from being secret agents, tasked with the re-election of Nigel Dodds, to publican wankers.

 
Henry continues to copy L.A.D. on his tweets tonight and now we're part of the AK47 brigade.


If you're feeling a little blue, you could always cheer yourself up and read some of Henry's tweets.  Just don't look for any reasoned debate.

Some of you may remember that he came to national prominence a few weeks ago when he fired off a tweet in support of the Assad regime in Syria.


The tweet was picked up by the influential anti far right blog Hope Not Hate and when contacted by the Belfast Telegraph, Reilly was unrepentant yet unable to explain why he removed his tweet. The UKIP Councillor caused controversy earlier this year after branding journalists as "Provos" during a council meeting.

Back to tonight and Reilly, as well as claiming L.A.D. are in the AK47 brigade (does that mean he is implying we are in a proscribed organisation?) has, in the space of a matter of hours labelled Basil McCrea and NI21 'Republican Terror apologists' and a PUP Representative (and ourselves) "Communists".  In recent days, he has also taken issue with those who have been  educated in the maintained sector.


UKIP has recently announced that Henry Reilly will be their candidate in Northern Ireland for next year's European Parliament Election.  From his tweets, he would appear to be trying to woo a very small section of the electorate quite why anyone of sound mind would vote for this candidate is a mystery.  L.A.D. would question whether or not UKIP are aware of their candidate's behaviour?

They say no publicity is bad publicity and if that's the case, here we have a one-man PR dynamo.  We wonder what the electorate of Northern Ireland will make of Reilly and his bizarre, ill-conceived bollocks.

Henry Reilly UKIP Candidate for Northern Ireland European Parliament





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Gizza job

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Conall McDebit
Conall McDevitt fell on his ceremonial sword this week after mounting pressure over payments to his wife's company and also a payment he received from his former employer.  Given the belligerence of other MLAs over similar indiscretions, L.A.D. can only assume there is something more to this story to warrant (by Great British Northern Ireland (lack of) standards) this sort of extreme action.  How about Conor Murphy's time at Regional Development?  Not exactly scandal free.  Peter Robinson's questionable property dealings anyone?  Lord Laird is of course, a beacon for high morals and then there's the daddy of scandal, Red Sky.

 Rather than Nelson McCausland doing the honourable thing, he was allowed to make a lengthy oratory before the Social Development committee, during which Gregory Campbell thought the most important issue was whether or not the minister had come before the committee voluntarily or not.  No worries Gregory eh?  Perhaps Jim Allister's move onto the committee will make things a whole lot less cosy, while giving him something to concentrate on other than his normal Jurassic politics.

Much has been made of our esteemed MLAs expenses and employment habits but while those who bother to declare such things claim they are doing nothing wrong legally, how does it stand morally?  Perhaps if it was one or two here and there, it could go unnoticed, but the employment of family members is widespread and within the DUP, it's rife.

It isn't hard to find the information but it does take a bit of digging to get all the facts.  If that sort of thing should interest you, it can be found HERE.  However, L.A.D. has done a quick breakdown of the figures in case you're too lazy to read the stuff yourself.

As of the last update in July 2013, the figures are really encouraging for those seeking work, especially if you know an MLA.  A small number of the positions declared have since been terminated but what's a couple of jabs between you and us?

44 MLAs currently employ a relative, a colleagues relative or have procured services from a relative.  The worst offenders are Britishphile, Jonathan Bell who employs his wife and two of the Robinson clan, and Adrian McQuillan whose sister-in-law, aunt and George Robinson's nephew are all employed.

Jonathan Bell. A very dear friend of the Robinson Family
Irish Nationalist Shin Fayne IRA Roman Catholics (INSFIRARC) only figure once, Fra McCann employing the niece of Paul and Alex Maskey.  However, before the moral high ground is claimed, it should be noted that INSFIRARC MLAs only take the industrial wage, the rest going to the party.  It is entirely possible that family are employed by the party and as such, are indirectly paid for by INSFIRARC MLAs.

Given top L.A.D. fan and supporter of Flegger rights, Judge Jimbo Allister is a one man band, maybe it's unfair to say that 100% of his party employs a family member.

Here's a breakdown to make things a little easier to look at.

* Although UKIP isn't really a party, we've included it so we're not seen to be excluding the far right.
For reasons of simplicity, these figures don't include other interests such as rental properties, directorships, council roles and the like.  We also haven't included the tribe of nomadic faeries employed by the Green's Steven Agnew as faeries are not bound by normal EU employment law.

L.A.D are the defenders of undemocracy and we feel that not enough opportunities are being given to friends and family of MLAs.  Surely there is room for almost all MLAs to employ at least one member of family.  We don't care about what them INSFIRARC ones do of course.
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Is Jim There - Izzy versus the Protestant Coalition

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Oh dear... not a a good start to the week for ex-BNP man Jim (Dodgy) Dowson's so-called Protestant Coalition. For the first time his bunch of shit-stirring, homophobic, bigoted political dinosaurs have been called to account by another Unionist Party - surprisingly it was not Basil McCrea's NI21; unsurprisingly nor was it the DUP or TUV.

Yesterday this abhorrent shower, fronted by local comedian Wee Willie Frazer and uber-Prod Sam McCrory posted a vile homophobic rant on their Facebook page criticising a group of PUP activists who had the temerity to attend the Newry Pride event at the weekend.

Protestant Coalition - Homophobic rant criticises the PUP



PUP activists - supporting Newry Pride
This particular rant did not go un-noticed by one of the group who attended the event and promptly took to Twitter to express her feelings.

Step forward one Izzy Giles

Izzy Giles - PUP Activist




The Protestant Coalition were quickly 'persuaded' to remove their original post by persons unknown but not before we were able to display it on our Facebook Page.

Not to be outdone the PC quickly replaced their original post and fired off another rant at the so-called loony lefties and liberals who criticised them.

Protestant Coalition - Rant 2
Izzy was having none of it and actually took to Facebook to confront the author of this piece, someone she believed to be none other than the financial backer of the Protestant Coalition and erstwhile Leader (accoding to the Electoral Commission) - none other than Mr. Jim Dowson himself - a man banned from social media under the terms of his bail conditions.

The un-named Protestant Coalition 'author' was quick to inform anyone who would listen what a fabulous guy Jim Dowson is, kindly pointing out that 'he' helps close friends suffering from HIV "some via drug use some via their sexuality". 

Is Jim There?
We were beginning to think the whole saga was over until the Protestant Coalition then decided it was time for another rant this time attacking 'Cultural Marxism' with the usual stolen meme.

All of this had the distinct whiff of Dowson about it, something Izzy was quick to spot:





 

Throughout this entire conversation the un-named author writing on behalf of the Protestant Coalition maintains that Mr. Dowson was at Laganside Courts today.

So we checked the court lists for today, Tuesday 3rd September 2013.

Mr. Dowson was not up in court today. 


The mystery deepens...

 



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