The Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, Green Party Thruple
Can we hear the awkward movements of a ménage à trois between Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and the Green PartyContinue Reading
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Space Command
Being a science-fiction fan I’ve seen some pretty dire TV shows and movies in my time but Space Command, aContinue Reading
Joe Biden And The Tara Reade Assault Allegations
Are the wheels starting to come off the Joe Biden campaign? Up to this week it seemed certain that theContinue Reading
UK Drags Out Talks With EU While Demanding Access To EU Systems
An interesting report from Bloomberg News on the more strident tone that has been adopted by the United Kingdom inContinue Reading
How Fake News And Fake Facts Are Being Used To Undermine The Lockdown
With some business leaders beginning to push for a premature end to the Covid-19 lockdown across the country, and withContinue Reading
Stay At Home
For the last few months I have found myself in a rather unfamiliar category of employment: the somewhat nebulously definedContinue Reading
UK Coronavirus Death Toll Over 41,000, More Than Double Official Figures
An extraordinary story from the Financial Times in London and one that will almost certainly be replicated in many otherContinue Reading
The Fianna Fáil And Fine Gael Manifesto
I’ve held off from commenting on the increasingly likely government partnership between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil in the hopesContinue Reading
The David McWilliams’ Podcast #53
Another episode of the David McWilliams’ Podcast on YouTube featuring discussions about the economy, both now and in the nearContinue Reading
Through Brexit And Covid-19 Britain Has Become The Sick Man Of Europe
What on earth has happened to the United Kingdom? How did one of the more prosperous nation-states in the world,Continue Reading
Simon Coveney: Ireland Needs A Sinn Féin-Led Opposition?
A rather odd report from Extra.ie, the tabloid-style Irish news and culture website, on a recent appearance by Simon Coveney,Continue Reading
The UK’s Coronavirus Response. Mad, Bad And Dangerous To Know
Over the last few days I have had a rather testy exchange by email with a commentator from a northernContinue Reading
Beware The Andrew Cuomo Whisperers
As the world goes to hell in a handbasket, to use the American phrase, this article in Current Affairs magazineContinue Reading
The UK Response To The Coronavirus Endangers All Of Us
Incompetence or deliberate intent? That is the question in the minds of many observers as they look at the muddledContinue Reading
Joe Biden. The Right Candidate At The Wrong Time?
If the coronavirus crisis has shown us anything else, it’s that the issue of ageism and a lack of deepContinue Reading
Excusing The DUP, UUP, Alliance Support For The UK’s Discredited Herd Immunity Policy
It is now commonly accepted that people in the northern half of the country, the elderly and the vulnerable, thoseContinue Reading
Was The IRA Defeated?
One of the great modern myths of the Troubles, the insurgency and counterinsurgency conflict that raged in the British-ruled northContinue Reading
Painting Fantasy Medieval Buildings From Tabletop World
A little something to take your mind off the doom and gloom all around us with a couple of videosContinue Reading
Coronavirus, Herd Immunity And The UK’s Darwinist Response
Can it really be true as the international media is speculating? That the Conservative Party government in the United KingdomContinue Reading
Brexit Cinema: Dunkirk, 1917 And The Myth Of Britain’s “Good” Empire
Research by the polling company YouGov has found that over two-thirds of people in Britain believe that the country’s formerContinue Reading
The Hidden Politics Of YouTube’s VisualPolitik Channel?
The left-leaning commentator BadEmpanada has published a video exploring VisualPolitik, the current affairs network that uploads seemingly objective geopolitical analysesContinue Reading
Micheál Martin Feels The Heat As FF Dissidents Break Cover
From hero to zero. That seems to be the perennial fate of Micheál Martin, despite ten years of certain newspapersContinue Reading
