The DUP, The Constitutional Research Council And Brexit’s Dark Money Secrets
Back in February ASF examined the financing of the Democratic Unionist Party’s Brexit campaign, in particular the revelation that a secret donation hadContinue Reading
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Donald Trump, Mad, Bad And Dangerous To Know. But Especially Mad?
One of the more interesting aspects of watching American politics from afar is dipping in and out of MSNBC’s MorningContinue Reading
Understanding Fake News, Tim Pool
Do not live in an echo chamber of your own politics, of your own likes and dislikes projected back at you.Continue Reading
The Gaelic Gestapo. Shaping The Language Of Hate In Scotland
To name a thing is to control a thing. Words have a power beyond the immediate and obvious. The processContinue Reading
Saint Patrick’s Day Belongs To The Global Irish, Past And Present
On this Saint Patrick’s Day, that most American of Irish festivals, I don’t think I can surpass the thoughts andContinue Reading
Melanie Philips And The Revanchist Politics Of Brexit Britain
The supremacist nature of British, or rather, Greater English nationalism is summed up in this extract from a series of oddly contradictory and counterfactualContinue Reading
A Press Report From Trump’s Washington, Sorry, Hitler’s Berlin, 1933
Popular comparisons between the presidency of Donald J Trump in the United States and the premiership of Adolf Hitler inContinue Reading
The Alliance Party Using Facebook To Sockpuppet The News Media
The greatest political challenge for the pro-union Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI) is one of identity. Ostensibly it is a British unionist grouping, albeit withContinue Reading
The Maurice McCabe Whistleblower Scandal
The latest scandal blowing through the ranks of an Garda Síochána, and through the “state” more generally, will be familiar enough to regular readersContinue Reading
The UK Throws Two Decades Of Irish-British Peace To The Brexit Winds
It’s a rare thing indeed for the national press in Ireland to express anger at the political misdeeds of the unionistContinue Reading
Kellyanne Conway And The Bowling Green Massacre
From across the wide Atlantic its seems that the White House administration of Donald J Trump is stumbling from one duplicitousContinue Reading
An Bhfuil Tú Dáiríre? A Documentary Challenging Anti-Irish Sentiment In Ireland
Back in October of last year I examined a short documentary by the freelance journalist Eoin Butler attacking the position of the IrishContinue Reading
The Alt-Right Emperor Has No Clothes, In Ireland Or Anywhere Else
In recent days I have been somewhat dismayed by a number of left-leaning individuals who I respect and admire demanding anContinue Reading
Censoring The Alt-Right Is Not Defeating The Alt-Right
The decision by the Irish Times to publish an article on Wednesday introducing its well-heeled readers to the political cultureContinue Reading
Happy New Year Wishes For 2017 From An Sionnach Fionn
A happy New Year’s Eve to the readers and followers of An Sionnach Fionn, and as always a big thankContinue Reading
A Style Guide For An Sionnach Fionn
With An Sionnach Fionn open for submissions on a range of subjects, I have decided to produce a short style guide or manualContinue Reading
Gerry Adams, The Conservative Press And The Brian Stack Controversy
I’m sure most readers are aware of the controversy relating to the death of Brian Stack in September of 1984,Continue Reading
American Military Veterans Gather At The Sacred Stone Camp, North Dakota
Hilary Beaumont of Vice News reports on the arrival of several hundred US military veterans at the Sacred Stone protestContinue Reading
Russian Spammers Take To Google For Donald Trump!
While the campaign team for Donald Trump may dismiss the continuing allegations that the Russian Federation played some role in his riseContinue Reading
Pat Kenny, Voice Of The Continuity State, Versus Eoin Ó Broin
Earlier today the Newstalk presenter Pat Kenny interviewed Eoin Ó Broin, Sinn Féin TD for Dublin Mid-West, on the continuing debacle ofContinue Reading
The Investigatory Powers Act, Britain’s Unprecedented Mass Surveillance Law
A couple of worrying developments to note this week in terms of individual freedoms, particularly as they relate to the internet.Continue Reading
Donald Trump Seeks To Intimidate The Press In Extraordinary Meeting At Trump Tower
In early 2009 the deeply controversial Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, launched a campaign to tighten his control of the country’sContinue Reading
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