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
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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
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
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
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
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
Hillary Clinton And The Vendetta By Conservative Democrats Against Bernie Sanders
While many voters and commentators now regard Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael as different sides of the same political orContinue Reading
Powerful Ard Chomhairle Versus Powerful National Executive
When is a party Ard Chomhairle not a sinister and shadowy body acting purely in its own interests, dictating decisionsContinue Reading
Sinn Féin And Green Party Rallies. Press Hysteria And Hypocrisy
The hysteria gripping the political duopoly that has held onto the levers of power in Ireland for most of theContinue Reading
LucidTalk Poll: Support For A Border Poll And United Ireland Grows
When it comes to political polling it is the underlying trends in the polls that matters, not the outcome ofContinue Reading
Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, Greens Shuffle Towards Coalition Government
Watching yesterday’s performative politics in Dáil Éireann I was reminded of the words of the Mock Turtle’s song from Alice’sContinue Reading
Krystal Ball And Saagar Enjeti Discuss The New Left And Right
The Hudson Institute, a right-wing think tank in the United States, has published an interesting podcast with Krystal Ball andContinue Reading
Breaking The Golden Circle Is What FF and FG Fear The Most
So what’s next in Irish politics following the unexpected outcome of Saturday’s general election? Sinn Féin has recorded a significantContinue Reading
ASF Vote In General Election 2020
As is now a tradition on ASF, here is the order of votes that I cast in today’s general election:Continue Reading
Poll: Sinn Féin 25%, Fianna Fáil 22%, Fine Gael 17%, Greens 9%
I’d treat this with caution until we get the details but a poll commissioned by Sinn Féin through the well-knownContinue Reading
The General Election Polls: They’re All About Change
A recent episode of the David McWilliams’ Podcast examining some of the startling results in the latest general election polls.Continue Reading
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