Unionists Love The Thing That Loves To Hate Them The Most – Britain
In the wake of the United Kingdom’s stuttering final exit from the European Union it seems that the veteran newspaperContinue Reading
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In the wake of the United Kingdom’s stuttering final exit from the European Union it seems that the veteran newspaperContinue Reading
One of the more enjoyable aspects of last week was watching the mental gymnastics of Arlene Foster and other representativesContinue Reading
In a recent and rather pessimistic article for the News Letter the unionist commentator Alex Kane coined a pithy phrase toContinue Reading
Over the last few days I have had a rather testy exchange by email with a commentator from a northernContinue Reading
Incompetence or deliberate intent? That is the question in the minds of many observers as they look at the muddledContinue Reading
It is now commonly accepted that people in the northern half of the country, the elderly and the vulnerable, thoseContinue Reading
On the 16th of February 1886, Lord Randolph Churchill, a member of the troublesome “Fourth Party” backbench faction of theContinue Reading
By now it must be clear to even the most optimistic or obdurate Remain-supporter in the United Kingdom that soonerContinue Reading
So after two years of contentious negotiations abroad and political chaos at home, London has returned to the original “NorthernContinue Reading
The veteran Irish journalist and author Brian Rowan has taken to Twitter to claim that the leadership of the DemocraticContinue Reading
Despite the numerous media claims to the contrary, by both optimists and apologists, there is very little evidence that theContinue Reading
According to a terse official statement issued yesterday by the government in London, during a series of meetings in BelfastContinue Reading
As a “small u” unionist, from a Protestant background, I was more than content with the situation in Northern IrelandContinue Reading
By all accounts the headline-making confession of cocaine use by Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food andContinue Reading
As voters in the north-east of the country go to the polls to elect three MEPs to the European Parliament,Continue Reading
The second part of the BBC documentary Brexit: Behind Closed Doors might as well be called “How Arlene Foster BlewContinue Reading
The sacking of Gavin Williamson, the British Secretary of State for Defence, has robbed the Democratic Unionist Party of oneContinue Reading
It’s been a remarkable seventy-two hours for the Democratic Unionist Party. Its leaders have gone from being fêted as theContinue Reading
The lecturer Paul Burgess has written a blunt opinion piece for RTÉ castigating the Irish government for its handing ofContinue Reading
The United Kingdom’s colony on the island of Ireland, from the historical Thirty-Two Counties to the contemporary Six Counties, has longContinue Reading
The Irish-born author and activist Richard Seymour, who hails from a unionist background in County Antrim, has written an excoriatingContinue Reading
Simon Coveney, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, has warned his counterparts in the United Kingdom that they must abideContinue Reading