Operation Yellowhammer Dossier: UK Hard Border In Ireland Inevitable
The leaking of a confidential British government report to The Sunday Times in London has added new weight to theContinue Reading
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Must Farm Bronze Age Settlement
An omnivorous tapeworm up to ten metres long lurking in the coils of a human intestine, consuming all that theContinue Reading
Lindsay Ellis, The Last Of The Game Of Thrones Hot Takes
The film critic and cultural commentator Lindsay Ellis has published a pretty good take on The Game of Thrones, HBO’sContinue Reading
The Politics Of A No-Deal Brexit For The Tories, The DUP And Sinn Féin
Call my bluff? I sometimes wonder if the threat of a disorderly no-deal exit from the European Union on OctoberContinue Reading
Michael Gove: UK Will “Safeguard” Security On The Island Of Ireland
It says much for the political and cultural tone deafness of the current crop of leaders in the United KingdomContinue Reading
Border Poll: The No-Deal Brexit Plan Fintan O’Toole’s Westminster Suggestion Ignores
Although this article is dismissive of Fintan O’Toole’s suggested plan for defeating a no-deal Brexit, outlined in last week’s IrishContinue Reading
Boris Johnson’s Belfast Visit And Meetings Signals New DUP Alliance
According to a terse official statement issued yesterday by the government in London, during a series of meetings in BelfastContinue Reading
Struggling With Your CompTIA Or Cisco Learning And Exams?
Having changed my education plans late last year I’m currently well into my studies and exams for a series ofContinue Reading
A Unionist Perspective On The DUP And Brexit
As a “small u” unionist, from a Protestant background, I was more than content with the situation in Northern IrelandContinue Reading
Alex Salmond Talks To Stuart Campbell Of Wings Over Scotland
It’s extremely rare for blogs or online publications to have any great effect on offline politics which makes the influence Continue Reading
Mashrou’ Leila: “Cavalry”
“Cavalry” is the name of the lead single from The Beirut School, the latest album by the acclaimed Lebanese indie-bandContinue Reading
Jacob Rees-Mogg: Use Imperial Measurements And Address Men As Esquire
There was a fair degree of surprise in Britain when it was announced that the new Prime Minister Boris JohnsonContinue Reading
Victoria White: The British “Are Not Fit To Govern Northern Ireland”
As regular readers know I have a rather low regard for the political and social commentary of the newspaper columnistContinue Reading
Julian Smith, Northern Ireland Secretary Of State. And A DUP Ally?
Boris Johnson, the freshly installed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, has announced that Julian Smith is to become hisContinue Reading
Boris Johnson On The Peace Process “Defeat” Of The British Government By The IRA
In May 2000, two years after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, the regional and international peace treaty thatContinue Reading
Boris Johnson: New Conservative Party Leader, Next UK Prime Minister
So that’s it. After much debate and acrimony Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson has been elected as the leader ofContinue Reading
Bold Venture With Humphrey Bogart And Lauren Bacall
American television drama has undergone a remarkable transformation over the last decade or so with Hollywood actors and actresses whoContinue Reading
A No-Deal Brexit. The End Of The UK?
With Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, the bitterly opposed contenders for the leadership of the Conservative Party and the premiershipContinue Reading
Alan Mendoza And The Henry Jackson Society: Bribe Or Threaten The Irish
Appearing on the BBC’s daily Politics Live show Alan Mendoza, the Executive Director of the neoconservative Henry Jackson Society andContinue Reading
The Revolutionary Communist Party, Spiked Online And The Brexit Party
It seems that the love-affair between BBC News and various on-air guests from Spiked, a right-libertarian magazine that emerged inContinue Reading
Border Poll Warnings, Same-Sex And Abortion Rights Votes At Westminster
The very public warning by Simon Hoare, the senior Conservative Party MP and Chairman of the Northern Ireland Affairs SelectContinue Reading
Boris Johnson Considering Northern Referendum On Backstop Protocol
Several weeks ago the former Conservative Party politician Michael Portillo observed on a BBC current affairs show that there wereContinue Reading
