Sajid Javid: Pay Ireland Hundreds Of Millions To Erect A UK Border
It seems that Sajid Javid, the Secretary of State for the Home Department in the United Kingdom and a chiefContinue Reading
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Planning For A United Ireland: Sooner Rather Than Later
In previous years the poor-to-disastrous showing by Sinn Féin in the national and regional local government and European Parliament electionsContinue Reading
UK Minister Sajid Javid Complains: “Ireland Is The Tail That Wags The Dog”
Judging by the opinions expressed over the weekend by the main contenders for the leadership of the Conservative Party inContinue 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
Video: Brexit-Supporting Tory MP David Davies Called A “Traitor” By An Irate Brexit Supporter
Brexit meets Tory as the Conservative Party and Leave-supporting MP David Davies is confronted by a Leave-supporter during an interviewContinue Reading
Irexit. The Irish Fifth Column For Brexiteers And Racists
Since the start of 2018 An Sionnach Fionn has published a number of articles examining the ongoing campaign by far-rightContinue 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
Brexit: Behind Closed Doors. A Masterclass In British Mendacity
The BBC documentary Brexit: Behind Closed Doors is a two-part fly-on-the-wall feature capturing the conversations of Guy Verhofstadt, the ChiefContinue 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
The New IRA Interview: Armed Struggle Without Purpose
The weekend publication of an interview in The Sunday Times newspaper with representatives of the Army Council of the NewContinue Reading
YouGov Poll: 33% Of British Voters Support Radical Right Parties
A new survey of 5,420 voters in the United Kingdom carried out by the well-known polling company YouGov on behalfContinue Reading
Change UK And The Brexit Party. The Europeanisation Of British Politics
The selection of European parliamentary candidates by the Change UK – The Independent Group, which unites the more explicitly pro-EUContinue Reading
Nancy Pelosi Warns Britain: Do Not Harm The Good Friday Agreement
While some politicians and commentators in the United Kingdom may be have little more than contempt for the Good FridayContinue Reading
Nigel Farage, The Brexit Party, UKIP, The ERG And The Greater England Movement
As the car crash efforts by the United Kingdom to leave the European Union are upgraded to the status ofContinue Reading
The DUP: Dark Money, Prison Convicts And The Local Elections
So it seems that the hard-right Democratic Unionist Party is back in the news again. Not for trying to holdContinue Reading
SBS Dateline: Is Brexit Amplifying Old Tensions In Northern Ireland?
The destabilising effects of Brexit on the Irish-British peace process is the focus of this documentary by Dateline, a currentContinue Reading
Majority Of UK Voters Want Rid Or Don’t Care About “Northern Ireland”
A majority of voters in the United Kingdom, some 55%, would prefer if “Northern Ireland” joined a reunited Ireland ratherContinue Reading
Four Brexit Votes: UK Parliament Says No To Everything, Yes To Nothing
Following another night of parliamentary chaos in London I’m reminded of the (apocryphal) demand by King Henry II of England,Continue 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
UK Minister On Theresa May’s Brexit Plans: “Fuck Knows. I’m Past Caring. It’s Like The Living Dead In Here”
Nicholas Watt of the BBC’s Newsnight current affairs show explaining the response of a senior Cabinet minister in Theresa May’sContinue Reading
The Daily Beast Gets It Wrong On Ireland And The UK Brexit
Nico Hines, the London editor of The Daily Beast, has co-written a rather misleading article on the question of theContinue Reading
Britain’s Theresa May: Isolated, Frustrated, Scornful
It’s not often in Western Europe that one gets to watch a head of government staging a live television broadcastContinue Reading
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