Talk:Peter Robinson (Northern Ireland politician)

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Member of Parliament
The article says he was elected to Parliament in 1983, 1986, 1987 etc. There was no general election in the UK in 1986; if he'd already been elected to parliament in 1983, why would he need to be elected again? It couldn't have been a by-election because in 1986 he would've been the sitting MP by virtue of having been elected in 1983. Was he elcted to a different body in 1986? This needs correction or clarification. Martan (talk) 21:21, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Along with UUP and DUP MPs Robinson resigned his seat in protest at the Anglo Irish Agreement on 17 December 1985 and was re-elected in the subsequent by-election in 1986.--Nanometre (talk) 06:14, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Request deletion
Please delete this page as it already exists Peter Robinson--Energizer07 (talk) 21:51, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
 * You have wrecked the page history and an admin needs to sort the mess out not delete this page. Thanks, SqueakBox 21:52, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Peter Robinson is a disambiguation page. Lkjhgfdsa 0 (talk) 18:53, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

"Robinson"
Does every single sentence need to be started with his name? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.148.189.137 (talk) 19:17, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Needs improving
This is a terrible article for someone who now holds a very senior post in the Northern Ireland Assembly - it needs scrapped and completely re-written. It's embaressing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.157.154.146 (talk) 02:58, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Offices held table: Minister of Finance and Personnel
It's not true to say that this office was suspended. It wasn't: it continued to function, but it was occupied by a Direct Rule minister rather than a member of the NI Executive. Mooretwin (talk) 14:06, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Too many sections
I have joined some sections together to basically tidy up the article. Most previous sections only had one or two short sentences.--Theosony (talk) 05:15, 8 February 2009 (UTC)

Robinson's views on homosexuality should not be included under the heading of "controveries". There is nothing controversial about opposing sexual deviancy - it would be controversial to support it!125.237.111.80 (talk) 04:19, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

UK and Britain
The United Kingdom consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland is not part of Great Britain even though it is part of the United Kingdom. It is therefore incorrect to call any native of Ireland "British" whatever their political disposition. It is simply a geographical matter.Tergum violinae (talk) 21:58, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

I have never heard such a load of tosh, what planet are you on. Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom. As such, anyone born in the Province can lay claim to being a British subject just as anyone born in England, Wales, and Scotland can. You can be Scottish and British, Welsh and British, English and British, Irish and British. --De Unionist (talk) 00:19, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

In fact, London is full of Irish, 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation families who benefit from being British! --De Unionist (talk) 00:21, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Photograph and associated commentary
Without taking any position on whether the previous version is correct, the current version was wholly unacceptable. It is full of unreferenced assertions, or "sources" including a blog and a forum post. There are no sources to say the photo was taken in Israel, there are no sources that say Peter Robinson has proved it was taken in Israel, and there are no sources to say those who say otherwise are wrong. Therefore I have changed it back to a version without an editor's completely unsourced commentary in it. O Fenian (talk) 18:59, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
 * I disagree with the version you removed too, but the photo was taken in Israel. That is in the Moloney & Polak bio of Paisley in 1986.Traditional unionist (talk) 22:24, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Irisgate
Editors of this bio will probably be interested in the article Irisgate that an editor has started on the scandal involving Robinson and his wife. Fences &amp;  Windows  02:24, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

AK47 photo
Is this really needed? There's a similar image of the Deputy First Minister for comparison, which isn't included in his article. I would guess that its inclusion would be met with resistance. Stu  ’Bout ye!  12:11, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

I think it should be included. 123popos123 (talk) 09:09, 13 April 2019 (UTC)

"Acting" First Minister situation
Under the Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Act 2006, the First Minister can hand their duties over to another nominated minister for a maximum period of six weeks - see the extract at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8452451.stm at "1510" and the full St Andrews Agreement Act at http://www.niassembly.gov.uk/transitional/info_office/Act.pdf. The act makes reference to the designated minister's task to exercise the functions of that office whilst the holder is absent.

So in this situation Peter Robinson is still technically the First Minister, just in absentia, and Arlene Foster is the minister acting as First Minister. I will amend the article accordingly Victor Greenstreet (talk) 11:41, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Election result
He has lost his seat to the alliance. Off2riorob (talk) 23:50, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Voting in moderation?
What does "Voted moderately" mean? ~ R . T . G  03:20, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

I assume it means that he voted against it, but without getting up and yelling at people to agree with him - campaigning, is it called?--86.138.32.28 (talk) 21:59, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

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Resignation
News is going viral on all media outlets that Robinson has resigned as First Minister. Arlene Foster is acting FM.--Jeanne Boleyn (talk) 16:18, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

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Literary works
Peter Robinson self published several booklets, most of which are freely available from Belfast Library. Surprising that none are mentioned here. Anyone interested in developing this article would find a lot of material inside them! https://lni.ent.sirsidynix.net.uk/client/en_US/default/search/results?qu=peter+d+robinson&te= — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.231.50.129 (talk) 21:16, 30 January 2019 (UTC)

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