Tim Cairns

New @StormontSources is up. We even have a last few minutes of golf chat, well for 10 years or so anyway! We answer a few audience questions and comments, talk about voting at 16 and why are FM and dFM not taking questions. Wherever you get your podcasts etc

The replies to this are interesting, nearly all men, some expressing the view porn does not harm kids, or stopping kids accessing porn is some free speech issue. Absurd This is a child safety issue Lads, if it embarrasses you to be on a porn site what does that tell you?

It appears the Belfast Telegraph may have entirely lost the plot in the last couple of weeks. The editor needs to get a grip on his staff. Very poor couple of weeks of journalism

This is unacceptable, Belfast Telegraph. Fresh from stirring up non-existent controversy in Portrush, you're now doorstepping this man and digging into his business dealings — despite no wrongdoing. I criticised the lodge’s intervention, but targeting this man is abhorrent.

As I’m getting a lot of traffic today related to pornography, this feels like a good time to promote the @nakedtruthteam who provide support for people who are worried about being addicted to pornography or who have discovered their partner used porn: nakedtruthproject.com/get-help/

If you don’t want porn companies misusing your data don’t go on porn sites. They’ve been sharing your data with 3rd parties for years. Also, you won’t have to hand over credit card or ID. Most will verify age by other means and no data will be stored. This is bizarre

Well done to everyone who campaigned to ensure age verification for pornography was in the Online Safety Act! Today it comes into force and while no doubt there will be some who get around it, it means young kids in particular won’t be stumbling on violent and harmful porn.

"Kneecap will have more influence on the nationalist side than the reduction in the voting age." Michael McKernan assesses whether lowering the voting age could affect a future border poll? @dmcbfs | @timcairns

.@JackSteele_ is a young unionist currently studying at QUB. He has penned an interesting essay for @unionist_voice on the voting age. Jack is a really capable young man with a big future in unionism. unionistvoice.com/news/jack-stee…

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🆕“We trust them to work, pay tax, even join the army - but not to vote?” “This isn’t about giving 16-year-olds the vote. It’s about giving Sinn Féin more votes.” 🗳️Votes at 16 ...plus where are the FM and Deputy FM? 🎧📺Streaming now. @dmcbfs | @timcairns

"It's an absolute scandal that a working class community has had to live since 2011 - goodness, 13 years! - beside a health hazard." @timcairns | @dmcbfs

The full copy of former PSNI officer Sean’s email to Claire Hanna MP over a month ago. I understand it has not been acknowledged. Such a correspondence demands a response and a public statement about the SDLP’s hasty denigration of PSNI culture.

1. I’ll answer this question as SDLP won’t. They did engage with the ex officer known as Sean before their call for a fundamental culture review of PSNI. Sean told Alex Atwood the falsehoods he told the Belfast Telegraph. The SDLP ought to have admitted this after he was exposed.

"Paul Givan bought an air fryer and it's good to see a minister who's dedicated to value for money because I know my air fryer costs a lot more than £29. So well done Paul!" Michael, @dmcbfs and @timcairns debated MLA expenses claims on the latest episode.

The Institution has responded to recent media coverage following the Twelfth. Read our full statement here: goli.org.uk/post/the-orang…

"There are things that are unacceptable on both sides of the divide that are not called out." After a tense couple of weeks, @timcairns says: "We've got a cultural problem in Northern Ireland" @dmcbfs

Interesting to see people losing it because tourists and visitors to Portrush actually quite liked the parade and felt it added a bit of colour! I wonder is that silly media season over another year?

Links golf hits differently. Official photographers have taken more than 20,000 photos at @TheOpen so far this week. I scanned through them all to pick the 25 best. Enjoy 🧵