Arlene Foster, Unionists And Forcibly Leaving A United Ireland
When Arlene Foster, the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party and joint First Minister of Northern Ireland, told a BBCContinue Reading
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DUP Cynically Exploits UDA Gang Violence In Derry And Belfast
During some of the most difficult days of the nascent Irish-British peace process the late bomb-maker turned peace-maker David Ervine,Continue Reading
The DUP’s Homegrown Proud Boys: UDA, UVF, RHC
As I wrote a few weeks ago, during the decades of the so-called Troubles while unionist terrorists may have pulledContinue Reading
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
DUP Decries Constitutional Change While Denying Any Change
One of the more enjoyable aspects of last week was watching the mental gymnastics of Arlene Foster and other representativesContinue Reading
Irish Leaders North And South Are Less Than Inspiring
In a recent and rather pessimistic article for the News Letter the unionist commentator Alex Kane coined a pithy phrase toContinue 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
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
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
The Orange Card: Justified By The DUP, Tories, Labour And Lib Dems
On the 16th of February 1886, Lord Randolph Churchill, a member of the troublesome “Fourth Party” backbench faction of theContinue Reading
Remainer Or Leaver, Ireland Has No True Allies In The UK Brexit War
By now it must be clear to even the most optimistic or obdurate Remain-supporter in the United Kingdom that soonerContinue Reading
The UK Concedes A Backstop For An All Stop
So after two years of contentious negotiations abroad and political chaos at home, London has returned to the original “NorthernContinue Reading
DUP Allegedly Met With Loyalists Week Before Brexit Terror Threats
The veteran Irish journalist and author Brian Rowan has taken to Twitter to claim that the leadership of the DemocraticContinue Reading
UK Brexit Plan Of Customs Centres And Zones Risks Return To A Militarised Border
Despite the numerous media claims to the contrary, by both optimists and apologists, there is very little evidence that theContinue Reading
Boris Johnson’s Belfast Visit And Meetings Signals New DUP Alliance
According to a terse official statement issued yesterday by the government in London, during a series of meetings in BelfastContinue Reading
A Unionist Perspective On The DUP And Brexit
As a “small u” unionist, from a Protestant background, I was more than content with the situation in Northern IrelandContinue Reading
Tory Leadership Contender Michael Gove: An “Orange” Unionist
By all accounts the headline-making confession of cocaine use by Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food andContinue Reading
DUP Declines To Comment On Support Of Loyalists Militants In The European Election
As voters in the north-east of the country go to the polls to elect three MEPs to the European Parliament,Continue Reading
Brexit: Behind Closed Doors. How The DUP And The Brexiteers Took Europe Hostage
The second part of the BBC documentary Brexit: Behind Closed Doors might as well be called “How Arlene Foster BlewContinue Reading
The DUP Loses Staunch Ally With The Firing Of Gavin Williamson
The sacking of Gavin Williamson, the British Secretary of State for Defence, has robbed the Democratic Unionist Party of oneContinue Reading
Whatever Happens, The DUP And Brexit Has Made A Reunited Ireland Inevitable
It’s been a remarkable seventy-two hours for the Democratic Unionist Party. Its leaders have gone from being fêted as theContinue Reading
For The DUP A Hard Border Is The Very Definition Of Brexit
The lecturer Paul Burgess has written a blunt opinion piece for RTÉ castigating the Irish government for its handing ofContinue Reading
