Greater England And The Dream Of A Brexit Empire
I doubt that you will find a better summation of the delusions still gripping the Brexit movement in the UnitedContinue Reading
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UK Labour’s John McDonnell: I’m A Republican. I Long For A United Ireland
Yesterday’s claim by John McDonnell, the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer for the British Labour Party, that he longs for a reunitedContinue Reading
Saudi Killers Listened To Music As They Butchered Jamal Khashoggi
The horrific slaughter of the Saudi journalist-turned-exile Jamal Khashoggi by a group of assassins dispatched by Riyadh to Istanbul isContinue Reading
UK Cabinet: “Northern Ireland” Is Leverage In Brexit Negotiations With The EU
Leverage in Brexit talks with the European Union. That is is how senior officials in the government of the UnitedContinue Reading
Boris Johnson’s Father On A Hard Border: The Irish Shoot Each Other, That Is Something They Do
Stanley Johnson, the right-wing political commentator and father of Boris Johnson, the United Kingdom’s former Secretary of State for Foreign andContinue Reading
The DUP’s Brexit Plan? Harden The Border, Save The Union
The Irish-born journalist and author Walter Ellis is probably best known in this country for his 2006 autobiography, The BeginningContinue Reading
Michael D Higgins Hides From RTÉ’s First Presidential Debate
Well that was a bit of a waste. With the incumbent, Michael D Higgins, refusing to attend last night’s presidentialContinue Reading
If The UK Reneges On The Backstop Agreement, Can It Be Trusted On Any Brexit Deal?
Simon Coveney, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, has warned his counterparts in the United Kingdom that they must abideContinue Reading
Joe Rogan Talks To Roseanne Barr
Watching this lengthy discussion with the YouTube host Joe Rogan, it’s hard not to feel some sympathy for the disgracedContinue Reading
Micheál Martin Begs Leo Varadkar Not To Call A General Election
Political desperation. That is the only reasonable explanation for the missive sent by the leader of Fianna Fáil, Micheál Martin,Continue Reading
The DUP Threatens Political Chaos If Theresa May Crosses Its Blood Red Brexit Lines
It seems that the Democratic Unionist Party is sticking to its tooth-and-nail opposition to a compromise Brexit deal between theContinue Reading
The Story Of The Ark Before Noah, From Sumer To Babylonia To Israel
The Judeo-Christian myth of a small group of select men and women surviving a primordial deluge to repopulate the worldContinue Reading
Leo Varadkar’s Fine Gael, The United Ireland Party
As was noted over on the Cedar Lounge Revolution, Brexit is not just causing chaos in the politics of Britain.Continue Reading
Majority Of UK Leave Voters Would Risk Peace For Brexit
87% of people in the north-east of Ireland who voted in favour of the United Kingdom withdrawing from the EuropeanContinue Reading
The M1921 Thompson Submachine Gun, The IRA And The War Of Independence
While the American-manufactured Thompson submachine gun is frequently associated with the early 20th century incarnation of the Irish Republican ArmyContinue Reading
DUP Boss Arlene Foster Issues “Blood Red” Warning To The UK Premier Theresa May
For people familiar with the coded language of British unionism in Ireland there is no denying the subliminal threat behindContinue Reading
The Spider’s Web: Britain’s Second Empire
The 2017 documentary by the filmmaker Michael Oswald and the economist John Christensen examining the United Kingdom’s transformation into a global financialContinue Reading
DUP MP: “Build It As High As You Like, That Wall, That Border”
The British journalist and broadcaster Shelagh Fogarty on her popular LBC radio show in Britain responding to a caller’s claim thatContinue Reading
Will The DUP Get Further Protection For British Army Killers?
The news that the Democratic Unionist Party may have secured a major concession from the Conservative Party government in theContinue Reading
Will Theresa May Face Down Arlene Foster To Secure The EU-UK Backstop Deal?
Is the United Kingdom about to compromise on its hardline negotiations with the European Union over the issue of theContinue Reading
UK Ex-Minister David Davis Believes British Pounds Are Accepted Currency In Ireland
Further evidence, if evidence is required, that senior politicians in Britain haven’t a clue about Ireland. Even the bit ofContinue Reading
Celtic Chess? Ficheall and Gwyddbwyll In Medieval Ireland And Wales
The modern Irish word for the game of chess is ficheall. However this term, literally “wood wisdom” or “wood sense”,Continue Reading
