Was The IRA Defeated? Or How Did The Troubles End
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Stormont Elections: 42% Pro-Union, 41% Pro-Unity, 16% Other
A lot of partisan views have been expressed on the results of last week’s regional elections in the north ofContinue Reading
The Big Winner In Afghanistan: The Opium And Heroin Trade
With the reestablishment of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in recent days, I thought this would be a useful reminderContinue Reading
The Afghan Withdrawal – The Inevitable Taliban Victory
I thought I would post this interesting discussion of recent events in Afghanistan published on the American politics’ podcast, TheContinue Reading
Irish Media Conspiracies: From Sinn Féin To Lockdown
With the shit show that is the by-election in Dublin Bay South still gurgling away, casting the main parties –Continue Reading
Jeffrey Donaldson, DUP Leader, Peace Process Rejectionist
So here we go again. Ten years of successive leaders in the Democratic Unionist Party being hailed by the usualContinue Reading
How To Change Back To Classic Editor From Gutenberg Block Editor In WordPress
If, like me, you’ve been having a bit of a nightmare with the new so-called block editor when writing andContinue Reading
Edwin Poots Turns The Knife On His DUP Rivals
It seems that Edwin Poots, the new head of the Democratic Unionist Party, is taking no prisoners in his contestContinue Reading
The UK’s New Tactic With The EU: Threats Of Loyalist Violence
As I have noted several times before, when it comes to loyalist violence in the north of Ireland, while BritishContinue Reading
DUP Leader Edwin Poots
Following a decade of sympathetic coverage by journalists and commentators pushing the narrative that the Democratic Unionist Party was trulyContinue Reading
The Scottish Parliament’s New Pro-Independence Majority
The largest number of votes submitted in an election for the Scottish parliament and the largest tally of support recordedContinue Reading
Eoghan Harris Axed By Sunday Independent Over Fake Twitter Account
Yesterday’s late breaking news that the controversial right-wing newspaper columnist and so-called “revisionist” author Eoghan Harris has been sacked byContinue Reading
Scottish Parliament Election 2021. An Unpredictable Vote
Later today the people of Scotland will be heading to the polls in what could be the biggest test forContinue Reading
The Rebel Matters Podcast
Apologies to all for my prolonged absence. I’m absolutely maxed out in my day job, plus I now find myselfContinue Reading
The Truth About China’s Uyghur Genocide
The YouTube politics’ channel Bad Empanada has published a video examining some of the evidence supporting the charge that theContinue Reading
Arlene Foster, Unionists And Forcibly Leaving A United Ireland
When Arlene Foster, the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party and joint First Minister of Northern Ireland, told a BBCContinue Reading
DUP Cynically Exploits UDA Gang Violence In Derry And Belfast
During some of the most difficult days of the nascent Irish-British peace process the late bomb-maker turned peace-maker David Ervine,Continue Reading
Alex Salmond’s Alba Party
It’s over a week since I suggested that “…none of us can predict what the suddenly unpredictable Alex Salmond mightContinue Reading
Bernadette Devlin McAliskey Versus William F. Buckley Jr
I thought some of my fellow political anoraks might be interested in this appearance by a young Bernadette Devlin McAliskeyContinue Reading
Report Finds That SNP Leader Nicola Sturgeon “Misled” Scottish Parliamentary Committee
What a bizarre situation we’ve reached in the politics of Scotland when we have elements of the Greater England pressContinue Reading
Alex Salmond, Nicola Sturgeon And SNP Polling: Not All Bad News
Despite all the travails of Brexit and Covid-19, just a few short weeks ago the political future of the ScottishContinue Reading
Leo Varadkar Equates Being A Protestant With Being British In Ireland
Given the patently racist accusations made against him by right-wing British journalists and publications over the years, with allegations ofContinue Reading
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