Generation Identity United Kingdom And Ireland Is The British Alt-Right
In 2012, the French far-right party Bloc Identitaire – later renamed Les Identitaires – established a youth wing under theContinue Reading
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In 2012, the French far-right party Bloc Identitaire – later renamed Les Identitaires – established a youth wing under theContinue Reading
In some ways the Daily Express is the also-ran of right-wing newspapers in the United Kingdom. Considerably smaller and withContinue Reading
There must be something in the Irish psyche, some cultural legacy of foreign colonial rule, of war and oppression, whichContinue Reading
Following on from a statement to a gathering of shocked MEPs in Brussels by a senior representative of the LabourContinue Reading
The news that a senior member of the British Labour Party has dismissed the likelihood of a return to openContinue Reading
There are some events, illustrative of the hypocrisy which runs through the very core of British unionism in Ireland, whichContinue Reading
Given the ongoing preparations for the referendum on the Eight Amendment of Bunreacht na hÉireann, scheduled for the end ofContinue Reading
I have a great deal of time for political iconoclasts, those who challenge conventional tenets on the ideological Left orContinue Reading
There were several interesting items in last Wednesday’s BBC documentary, My Dad, the Peace Deal and Me, featuring the IrishContinue Reading
Here we go again. The last decade has witnessed many press reports on Fianna Fáil’s supposed intention to stand forContinue Reading
With the Labour Party stalling at 5% or thereabouts in the national polls, its electoral future seems pretty bleak. However,Continue Reading
Out of legal necessity, one needs to tread very carefully while discussing the emerging scandal at Independent News & MediaContinue Reading
Though it never gained the activist reputation of places like New York, Boston, Philadelphia or Chicago, throughout the three-decade historyContinue Reading
The weekend revelations about the transformation of the Sinclair Broadcast Group in the United States into the Pravda of AmericanContinue Reading
Following Sunday’s attempt by the PSNI, Britain’s armed police force in the north-east of Ireland, to prevent an Irish republicanContinue Reading
Following on from yesterday’s overreaction by the PSNI, the United Kingdom’s paramilitary police force in the north-east of Ireland, toContinue Reading
Talking of commemorating the Easter Rising of 1916, the Irish revolutionary party, Saoradh, also staged its own demonstration in BelfastContinue Reading
Being the Easter weekend in Ireland, a large number of commemorative events are taking place around the country to markContinue Reading
Like many observers of the minutiae of Irish politics, I was somewhat puzzled by Sinn Féin’s decision in 2012 toContinue Reading
Lift up a particular rock in Irish politics and what do you find crawling and squirming underneath but a swarmContinue Reading
How on earth has Ireland’s politics come to this? Degenerated so deeply that a sizeable body of elected representatives canContinue Reading
As Ireland moves towards a plebiscite on revoking the restrictive 8th Amendment of Bunreacht na hÉireann, some observers have notedContinue Reading




















