The Right-Wing Of UK Labour Wants To Out-Tory The Tories
With the formerly sidelined neo-liberal contingent of the Westminster Labour Party now moving to prevent the selection of a left-wingContinue Reading
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Boris Johnson And The Conservatives On Course For Reelection In the UK
Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. Given the events of the last fortnight, that Shakespearean quip is as goodContinue Reading
UK Labour’s John McDonnell: I’m A Republican. I Long For A United Ireland
Yesterday’s claim by John McDonnell, the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer for the British Labour Party, that he longs for a reunitedContinue Reading
British Labour Party Shocks MEPs By Dismissing Danger Of Hard Border In Ireland
The news that a senior member of the British Labour Party has dismissed the likelihood of a return to openContinue Reading
Kate Hoey: The Irish “Will Have To Pay” For A Brexit Border In Ireland
If anything encapsulates the political insanity gripping the United Kingdom, surely it must be the sight of the reactionary LabourContinue Reading
Thirty Years Of Secret Talks And Negotiations Between Britain And The IRA
With the United Kingdom’s right-wing press whipping itself up into a frenzy over the alleged sympathy of Labour Party leaderContinue Reading
The 2017 Local Election Results In The UK, A Victory For UKIP By Any Other Name
Just a few quick points on last week’s local elections in the United Kingdom and the continuing post-referendum shift inContinue Reading
Brexit, The Disconnect Between London And Greater England
In the lead up to June’s Brexit referendum, the plebiscite on Britain’s membership of the European Union, there were several things which made me question justContinue Reading
Ireland’s British Problem And England’s New Motto, Ourselves Alone
I’ve been travelling and working overseas for the last wee while which has left me with precious little time, energy orContinue Reading
Jeremy Corbyn’s Vice News Documentary
The left-wing British politician, Jeremy Corbyn, recently gave Vice News behind the scenes access to his embattled leadership of the UK LabourContinue Reading
Britain Goes All 1970s With Threats Of Mutinies, Coups And Rebellions
Well it didn’t take long for John McDonnell, the finance spokesperson for the UK Labour Party, to walk back from hisContinue Reading
On The Anti-Colonial Struggle In Ireland Corbyn And McDonnell Are Right
The unexpected election of a progressive candidate to the leadership of the UK Labour Party, along with several like-minded colleagues, has sentContinue Reading
#LabourPurge Or The Anyone But Corbyn Campaign
Given the willingness of Andy Burnham, one of several über-ambitious pols contesting the leadership of the British Labour Party, to destabilise the finely balanced peace in theContinue Reading
Contender For Leadership Of British Labour Plays The Orange Card
For the last four decades the Irish and British Labour parties have declined to formally or fully establish local branches or stand candidates for electionContinue Reading
Jeremy Corbyn And The Self-Deluding British Press
Watching the right-wing and nationalist press in the UK gnashing its teeth at the thoughts of left-wing MP, Jeremy Corbyn,Continue Reading
The Peculiar Nature Of British Democarcy
Following up on the unexpected results of the UK general election Adrian Kavanagh has examined the barely democratic nature of Britain’s first-past-the-postContinue Reading
Nicola Sturgeon And The SNP Stun Everyone
Some absolutely astonishing results from the UK general election so far, with the stand-out story being the sweeping of the electoralContinue Reading
The UK General Election 2015
My predictions for the general election in the UK (and the north-eastern bit of Ireland that the British stubbornly cling onContinue Reading
No Respect In Bradford For Journalists
Interesting report by Ben Judah for the European edition of the current affairs site Politico on his recent encounter inContinue Reading
The British Extreme Targets The Centre
Finally, someone in the UK press has recognised the shameful political scheming by the Tories (and Labour) which could giveContinue Reading
Greater England Is At Ease With The European Tea Party
The Scottish National Party is a popular, mainstream, democratic, left-of-centre European political group which has managed the devolved government of Scotland since 2007. It’sContinue Reading
The BBC Challengers Election Debate 2015
Did Nicola Sturgeon, the formidable SNP leader and current First Minster of Scotland, emerge as the winner from last night’s televisedContinue Reading
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