The news that the United Kingdom is advertising twenty-one new jobs for the Belfast branch of its Border Force, an immigration and customs control agency,
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Fox News’ Sean Hannity Uses Same Lawyer As Trump
The Stormy Daniels’ controversy seems to be the gift that just keeps on giving. It has become a veritable box of delights, or horrors, providing
Ruth Dudley Edwards, The Author Of Her Own Brexit Misfortune
Speaking of right-wing politics, Britain’s leading apologist for its colonial misadventures in Ireland, the novelist Ruth Dudley Edwards, has taken to the pages of the
Lionel Shriver, The UFF Mug and British Terrorism In Ireland
The left-leaning Guardian newspaper in Britain seems to have a bit of a myopic soft spot for its former columnist, Lionel Shriver. Despite her recent
Generation Identity United Kingdom And Ireland Is The British Alt-Right
In 2012, the French far-right party Bloc Identitaire – later renamed Les Identitaires – established a youth wing under the title of Génération Identitaire (GI)
The Channel Awesome Controversy And Those Allegations Of Misconduct
Some readers might be aware of the independent American media website, Channel Awesome, and its eponymous profile on YouTube. Over the last decade the company
The Daily Express Invents False Quote For Brexit Fake News
In some ways the Daily Express is the also-ran of right-wing newspapers in the United Kingdom. Considerably smaller and with far less influence than the
Ireland Revives Its Boom-And-Bust Property Cycle
There must be something in the Irish psyche, some cultural legacy of foreign colonial rule, of war and oppression, which allows us to continuously wipe
David Davis, Britain’s Brexit Minister, Makes False Claims About Ireland’s Border Concerns
Following on from a statement to a gathering of shocked MEPs in Brussels by a senior representative of the Labour Party in the United Kingdom,
British Labour Party Shocks MEPs By Dismissing Danger Of Hard Border In Ireland
The news that a senior member of the British Labour Party has dismissed the likelihood of a return to open conflict in the north-east of
British Terrorists Presented As Loyalist Paramilitaries With Statement On Criminality
There are some events, illustrative of the hypocrisy which runs through the very core of British unionism in Ireland, which simply strain patience and credulity
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, Crisis Pregnancy Centres
Given the ongoing preparations for the referendum on the Eight Amendment of Bunreacht na hÉireann, scheduled for the end of May, this feature by the
Peter Hitchens Argues Right-Wing Politics With James Delingpole
I have a great deal of time for political iconoclasts, those who challenge conventional tenets on the ideological Left or Right. While some do so
Two Sci-Fi Short Films, Lunatiques and Hyperlight
I haven’t posted any science-fiction or fantasy short films in a while so here are a couple of nice examples. First up is the fourteen
DUP Boss Arlene Foster Would Choose Exile Over A Reunited Ireland
There were several interesting items in last Wednesday’s BBC documentary, My Dad, the Peace Deal and Me, featuring the Irish comedian Patrick Kielty and his
Will The SDLP Disband If Fianna Fáil Expands Northward?
Here we go again. The last decade has witnessed many press reports on Fianna Fáil’s supposed intention to stand for regional elections in the north-east
Former SIPTU Boss Jack O’Connor To Stand For The Labour Party In Wicklow
With the Labour Party stalling at 5% or thereabouts in the national polls, its electoral future seems pretty bleak. However, desperate times call for desperate
The Email Data Breach At Independent News & Media
Out of legal necessity, one needs to tread very carefully while discussing the emerging scandal at Independent News & Media (IN&M), an issue which may
American Support For Irish Republican Asylum Seekers In San Francisco
Though it never gained the activist reputation of places like New York, Boston, Philadelphia or Chicago, throughout the three-decade history of the so-called Troubles or
Sinclair Broadcast Group And The Infamous Fake News Script
The weekend revelations about the transformation of the Sinclair Broadcast Group in the United States into the Pravda of American television has taken some people
Video, PSNI Armoured Jeeps Attacked In Derry During Another Aggressive Intervention
Following Sunday’s attempt by the PSNI, Britain’s armed police force in the north-east of Ireland, to prevent an Irish republican parade in Lurgan, today’s focus
New Video Of The PSNI’s Shock Intervention During An RSF Parade At Kilwilkie, Lurgan
Following on from yesterday’s overreaction by the PSNI, the United Kingdom’s paramilitary police force in the north-east of Ireland, to a technically illegal but entirely
