I STARTED taking Twitter seriously 579 days ago. I know that because Twitter keeps records.

I WATCHED the movie The Iron Lady on Sunday night.

NORMALLY at this time of year I go out and start collecting.

ISN’T it strange how, even if you’re no longer religious, the words of some of the Christmas hymns can still move you?

A COMPLETE and total poverty of imagination.

IT’S too late, I know, to try to influence the budget.

I’VE been thinking about Christmas already, because I spent last Sunday afternoon making a Christmas cake.

‘THE failure by the legislature to enact the appropriate legislation is no longer just unfortunate; it is inexcusable.

SOMETIMES, especially in the hurly burly of life, you forget what idealism looks like. And then you meet someone like Catherine McGuinness.

JUST under 600,000 people.