DUP MP: “Build It As High As You Like, That Wall, That Border”
The British journalist and broadcaster Shelagh Fogarty on her popular LBC radio show in Britain responding to a caller’s claim thatContinue Reading
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Will Theresa May Face Down Arlene Foster To Secure The EU-UK Backstop Deal?
Is the United Kingdom about to compromise on its hardline negotiations with the European Union over the issue of theContinue Reading
UK Ex-Minister David Davis Believes British Pounds Are Accepted Currency In Ireland
Further evidence, if evidence is required, that senior politicians in Britain haven’t a clue about Ireland. Even the bit ofContinue Reading
Theresa May’s Bizarre Plan For A Festival Of Brexit Britain
One might have some sympathy for Boris Johnson’s dismissal of Theresa May’s Brexit plans as “deranged” if his own suggestionsContinue Reading
Brexit Paranoia: UK Ministers Promote Conspiracy Theories And Fake News
With the Conservative Party government in the United Kingdom unwilling – or unable – to reach a reasonable withdrawal agreementContinue Reading
DUP Leader Arlene Foster Points Finger At Others For The RHI Scandal
If observers were expecting Arlene Foster, the leader of the controversy-mired Democratic Unionist Party, to face the same level ofContinue Reading
DUP Forced UK Prime Minister Theresa May To Drop Compromise Plan With EU
While it’s not exactly noted for its informed political reporting, there seems to be some substance behind the claim byContinue Reading
Video: Brexit, A Cry From The Irish Border
The Irish actor Stephen Rea explores the impact of the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union and theContinue Reading
Jeremy Corbyn Rejects An Irish Sea Border But Offers No Concrete Alternative
If the assessment of the press in Britain is correct, Theresa May seems to have brought her tottering government toContinue Reading
Michael Gove Talks Of Tearing Up EU Treaties, Boris Johnson Talks Of EU Vassal States
One of the pillars of international law is the understanding that a treaty between two or more sovereign nation-states isContinue Reading
Brexit Britain’s “Quiet Retreat” From The Good Friday Agreement Peace Process
The BrexitLawNI group – a joint-research project between Queen’s University Belfast, the Ulster University and the Committee on the Administration ofContinue Reading
Boris Johnson’s Suicide Vest Diplomacy With The EU
Talking of political inanity, Boris Johnson, the United Kingdom’s former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and theContinue Reading
The Tory Brexit Plan: Defend The Falkland Islands And Build A Star Wars Missile Shield
Over the weekend the press in the UK carried a number of leaked recommendations from a draft report by the EuropeanContinue Reading
UK Minister Bradley: I Didn’t Understand That Nationalists Don’t Vote For Unionists
Among the ministerial offices of the United Kingdom, the position of Secretary of State for Northern Ireland is generally viewedContinue Reading
The Latest Northern Poll Continues Trend Favouring A Reunited Ireland
The latest survey of voter opinions in the north-east of the country continues the trend of recent months, reflecting increasedContinue Reading
The Irexit Freedom Party. Or UKIP Ireland
If you’re among the 7% of the electorate who believes that Ireland should abandon its membership of the European UnionContinue Reading
Theresa May And The UK’s Brexit Scramble For Africa
Dismissing predictions of economic catastrophe if the United Kingdom fails to reach a substantive withdrawal agreement with the European Union,Continue Reading
Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg: We Can Reimpose A Border “Just Like During The Troubles”
Brexit fanaticism in full effect as the Conservative Party politician Jacob Rees-Mogg, one of the main leaders of the anti-European campaignContinue Reading
A Hard Brexit UK Will Abandon Responsibility For Cross-Border Trade In Ireland
I suspect that most readers will be less than surprised by yesterday’s news that the inept Conservative Party government inContinue Reading
Three Blokes In The Pub Talk A No Deal Brexit
Turning from the ridiculous to the sensible, a rather enjoyable view from the United Kingdom on Brexit and the resultantContinue Reading
A Close Encounter Of The Obnoxious Kind With Brexit
Until yesterday I had no intention of writing about a rancorous experience I had with some pro-Brexit visitors from theContinue Reading
Unionists Demanding That Nationalists Ignore The Failure Of Partition Is Bizarre
The Irish politics’ site, Slugger O’Toole, features a short article by its editor, Mick Fealty, offering a mild chastisement toContinue Reading
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