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Northern Ireland Editor for Belfast Telegraph & Sunday Independent. Author of Burned: The Inside Story of the Cash-for-Ash Scandal. Any views are mine alone.

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    1. Sam McBride‏Verified account @SJAMcBride 10 Oct 2017

      UDA whistleblower tells Spotlight the UDA in North Down is "recruiting like mad" & a boy of about 15 arrived to meeting in school uniform

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    2. Sam McBride‏Verified account @SJAMcBride 10 Oct 2017

      Commissioned by Spotlight to examine £80m DUP-SF Social Investment Fund, ex-director of the Welsh Audit Commission raises multiple concerns

      3 replies 11 retweets 14 likes
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    3. Sam McBride‏Verified account @SJAMcBride 10 Oct 2017

      Embarrassingly for Sinn Féin now, #SpotlightNI highlights how SF joined with DUP to block inquiry into SIF funding of UDA-linked groups

      11 replies 67 retweets 84 likes
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    4. Sam McBride‏Verified account @SJAMcBride 10 Oct 2017

      Striking change of tone from SF a year after it defended SIF. Now says "clearly serious concerns" about how SIF operated in some areas.

      3 replies 9 retweets 19 likes
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    5. Sam McBride‏Verified account @SJAMcBride 10 Oct 2017

      North Belfast Ashton Centre - with £5.8m SIF contracts - "does seem to have a relationship of sorts with SF", says SDLP's Nichola Mallon

      6 replies 12 retweets 9 likes
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    6. Sam McBride‏Verified account @SJAMcBride 10 Oct 2017

      Ashton Community Trust - which had a turnover of £7m last year - said it "does not have strong links to any political party"

      4 replies 6 retweets 8 likes
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    7. Sam McBride‏Verified account @SJAMcBride 10 Oct 2017

      This is what Robin Newton told Assembly last year. #SpotlightNI says it has multiple internal Charter NI documents saying he was its adviserpic.twitter.com/ZQ6WINbISa

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    8. Sam McBride‏Verified account @SJAMcBride 10 Oct 2017

      Robin Newton tells #SpotlightNI he worked with many groups and “some of my contacts have been formal, stronger or longer than others”.

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    9. Sam McBride‏Verified account @SJAMcBride 10 Oct 2017

      UDA whistleblower tells #SpotlightNI that UDA 'brigadiers' told meeting of members to vote for DUP's Robin Newton & Alex Easton

      2 replies 31 retweets 25 likes
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    10. Sam McBride‏Verified account @SJAMcBride 10 Oct 2017

      DUP councillor Wesley Irvine attended meeting of N Down UDA 'battalion' to hand out voter registration forms, UDA member tells #SpotlightNI

      9 replies 65 retweets 43 likes
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      Sam McBride‏Verified account @SJAMcBride 10 Oct 2017

      Cllr Wesley Irvine tells #SpotlightNI that he did not attend a UDA meeting to canvass and he believed that it was a flute band meeting.

      3:42 PM - 10 Oct 2017
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        2. Sam McBride‏Verified account @SJAMcBride 10 Oct 2017

          Major BBC Spotlight alleges Assembly Speaker misled Assembly; UDA whistleblower claims DUP man attended UDA meetinghttp://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/bbc-spotlight-alleges-assembly-misled-by-its-speaker-1-8190980 …

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        3. Sam McBride‏Verified account @SJAMcBride 10 Oct 2017

          Wednesday's News Letter front page: BBC alleges Assembly misled by its Speaker #tomorrowspaperstodaypic.twitter.com/e5R047TELL

          7 replies 24 retweets 19 likes
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        4. Sam McBride‏Verified account @SJAMcBride 11 Oct 2017

          In a statement just released through DUP press office, Robin Newton says he will stand down as Speaker if the Assembly returns.pic.twitter.com/nZDU4ArxeB

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        5. Sam McBride‏Verified account @SJAMcBride 11 Oct 2017

          Robin Newton's statement is effectively a reflection of political reality even before Spotlight: He had lost the confidence of the chamber.

          3 replies 12 retweets 18 likes
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        6. Sam McBride‏Verified account @SJAMcBride 11 Oct 2017

          Despite spending just 46 minutes in Speaker's chair since January, Robin Newton has continued to be paid his £87k salary (£38k for Speaker).

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        7. Sam McBride‏Verified account @SJAMcBride 11 Oct 2017

          UDA man says DUP politician canvassed for votes at a UDA meeting; he says he believed it was a flute band event https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/politics/dup-politician-says-thought-terrorist-meeting-flute-band-event/ …

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        1. Damian McReynolds‏ @damianmcr 10 Oct 2017
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        1. John Traynor‏ @Mr_JDTraynor 10 Oct 2017
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        1. Dixie_Elliott‏ @IsMise_Dixie 10 Oct 2017
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          Did Cllr Irvine not wonder why they weren't playing the Sash? Or was the Flute band more interested in the cash than the Sash?

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        1. Sara‏ @Teh_Woo 10 Oct 2017
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          Tbh I would imagine it's much of a muchness 🤔

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