Boris Johnson And The Conservatives On Course For Reelection In the UK
Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. Given the events of the last fortnight, that Shakespearean quip is as goodContinue Reading
Category: Current Affairs
The UK General Election. Just As Mad As Brexit And Possibly Just As Pointless
The frenetic pace of the general election campaign in the United Kingdom is such that in the last few daysContinue Reading
SDLP And SF Stand Aside In Counter To The UUP And DUP Deal
Well, that was an interesting seventy-two hours in northern politics. Last Friday the incoming leader of the Ulster Unionist Party,Continue Reading
The Orange Card: Justified By The DUP, Tories, Labour And Lib Dems
On the 16th of February 1886, Lord Randolph Churchill, a member of the troublesome “Fourth Party” backbench faction of theContinue Reading
The Would-Be Rehabilitation Of George W Bush
Another excellent video feature from the YouTube channel Renegade Cut examining recent attempts by some moderate conservative leaders and commentatorsContinue Reading
Remainer Or Leaver, Ireland Has No True Allies In The UK Brexit War
By now it must be clear to even the most optimistic or obdurate Remain-supporter in the United Kingdom that soonerContinue Reading
The UK Concedes A Backstop For An All Stop
So after two years of contentious negotiations abroad and political chaos at home, London has returned to the original “NorthernContinue Reading
New IRA Interview On The Border, Brexit And Armed Resistance
Featured below is an interview by Channel 4 News in Britain with a spokesperson for the so-called New Irish RepublicanContinue Reading
DUP Allegedly Met With Loyalists Week Before Brexit Terror Threats
The veteran Irish journalist and author Brian Rowan has taken to Twitter to claim that the leadership of the DemocraticContinue Reading
The Emma DeSouza Case: The UK Has Effectively Broken The Good Friday Agreement
A tribunal in Belfast has ruled that the residents of the Six Counties are British subjects, and British subjects alone,Continue Reading
An Irish Sea Border, The DUP And Loyalist Threats Of Bombs
Judging by the more informed speculation in the Irish and international press it seems that after two years of prevaricatingContinue Reading
Brexit Hooligans: UK Issues Threats Against Its EU Neighbours
Following on from claims by anonymous sources in the UK government that Britain would seek to sabotage the workings ofContinue Reading
Boris Johnson’s Brexit Plan: Fake, Fatuous And Futile
A “scam”. That was the description offered during the week by Jonathan Powell, the former United Kingdom chief negotiator atContinue Reading
The Right-Wing Tendency Of Broadsheet.ie
Apropos of all the Brexit shenanigans by the governing Conservative Party in the United Kingdom and its transparent attempts toContinue Reading
UK Brexit Plan Of Customs Centres And Zones Risks Return To A Militarised Border
Despite the numerous media claims to the contrary, by both optimists and apologists, there is very little evidence that theContinue Reading
Riots And Violence In Britain To Achieve Brexit
In recent weeks there has been a noticeable tonal shift in the rhetoric of the Brexit movement in the UnitedContinue Reading
Luxembourg And Ireland And The Hysteria Of Brexit
The reaction of the right-wing British press to yesterday’s alleged humiliation of the prime minister Boris Johnson by Xavier Bettel,Continue Reading
Poll: Majority Support In The North Of Ireland For Reunification
Regional data from the latest poll by Lord Ashcroft, the former Conservative Party deputy chairperson turned polling guru in Britain,Continue Reading
Scottish Judges Rule Prorogation Unlawful As The DUP Seeks Annexation By Bridge
If the United Kingdom is confused on how to proceed with leaving the European Union, imagine how the other twenty-sevenContinue Reading
Lyra McKee’s Angels With Blue Faces. A Story Ignored
The fatal wounding of the Irish journalist Lyra McKee during an indiscriminate New IRA gun-attack on PSNI officers and armouredContinue Reading
“Anti-Government Forces”. The New Politics Of Brexit Britain
Britain’s Express title may have abandoned its pretensions to be a newspaper, given its fondness for publishing conspiracy theories andContinue Reading
Brexit And The UK’s Coming Winter Of Discontent
While I’ve been guilty of it myself, in recent weeks I’ve become increasingly wary of some of the hyperbole beingContinue Reading
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