The Difficult Brexit Question Bring Us Back To The Only Sensible Answer: Brits Out
According to apparently well-sourced press reports, officials from the United Kingdom are currently touring the capitals of Europe, briefing prettyContinue Reading
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Retaining MEPs For The North Of Ireland Is A Peace Process Necessity
The suggestion by Seán Kelly, the leader of the Fine Gael contingent in the European Parliament, that Ireland’s two additionalContinue Reading
The Doctrine Of The Donald Trump White House: “We’re America, Bitch!”
Imagine a great interfaith convention with the representatives of the world’s most populous religions, the main sects of Christianity, Islam,Continue Reading
Generational And Supermajority Voting. How To Gerrymander A United Ireland Referendum
When the Irish civil rights movement emerged in the United Kingdom’s colonial territory on the island of Ireland during theContinue Reading
New Polling Reveals Support For Reunited Ireland And Irish Nationality In The North
Was the British Minister Theresa May onto something a few weeks ago when she indicated to some of her ConservativeContinue Reading
Boris Johnson Caught On Tape Making False Claims About The Irish-UK Border
Boris Johnson, the United Kingdom’s wayward Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, has a well-earned reputation for professionalContinue Reading
The Cash-For-Ash Scandal, The Disclosures Tribunal, And EU Colonialism
The Democratic Unionist Party is a political grouping which prides itself on its opaque nature. The internal workings of theContinue Reading
To The Nationalist And Republican Parties Of Ireland
An open letter from four Irish students challenging the thinking of the main political parties in Ireland on the questionContinue Reading
Has The Brexit Armageddon Scenario Softened Or Hardened UK Opinion?
The weekend publication by the Sunday Times newspaper of a leaked “no deal” Brexit study by a group of governmentContinue Reading
North Of Ireland Will Have Joint EU And UK Status As Irish Sea Border Approaches
A few weeks ago, when discussing the fleeting visit of David Davis, the United Kingdom’s Secretary of State for ExitingContinue Reading
The British Are Offended By The DUP Anti-Abortion Stance. But Not By Its Sectarianism
It seems that the steady normalisation of the Democratic Unionist Party in the mainstream of British politics has come toContinue Reading
The Economic Poverty Of Pre-Brexit Britain
The New York Times has a long article by Peter S. Goodman examining the already poor socio-economic circumstances of theContinue Reading
Mary Lou McDonald Scolds The Tone Deaf Iona Institute
The Sinn Féin leader, Mary Lou McDonald, throwing shade at the interminably smug David Quinn and other members of theContinue Reading
Anti-Abortion Campaigners Promote Voting Fraud Conspiracy Theory To Explain Defeat
One notable feature of the recent referendum on removing Article Eight of Bunreacht na hÉireann was the adoption of American-styleContinue Reading
Constitutional Reform In Ireland, A Success Story For The Right And Not The Left?
Like many political observers I was more than a little apprehensive about the outcome of last Friday’s referendum on repealingContinue Reading
A Pro-Choice Landslide Predicted In Ireland’s Abortion Referendum
Given the reputation of Irish exit polling, the results below may well be the cause of good cheer for theContinue Reading
The UK Threatens The EU. And Then Claims The Beaches Of Donegal!
One gets the impression that Brexit Britain is like a wild animal caught in a steel trap, driven wild withContinue Reading
Jeremy Corbyn Visits Belfast, The British Press Revives The Troubles
The hysterical reaction by a significant section of the news media in the United Kingdom to the forthcoming visit byContinue Reading
Political Correctness Debate, Featuring Stephen Fry, Jordan Peterson And Others
An interesting debate on the issue of “political correctness”, however one defines it, in popular culture, featuring among others theContinue Reading
The Dog-Whistle Rhetoric Of Brexit Britain Is Obsessed With Leo Varadkar
One of the more noxious effects associated with the rise of Brexitism in the United Kingdom has been the returnContinue Reading
John Waters Storms Off The Eamon Dunphy Podcast
The conservative journalist and occasional tantrum-artist John Waters makes a brief appearance on The Stand, Eamon Dunphy’s current affairs’ podcast,Continue Reading
The British Labour MP Kate Hoey Is Still Fighting The Troubles
The motivations behind the majority pro-leave result in the United Kingdom’s 2016 Brexit referendum are complex, though there is aContinue Reading
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