Victoria White: The British “Are Not Fit To Govern Northern Ireland”
As regular readers know I have a rather low regard for the political and social commentary of the newspaper columnistContinue Reading
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Northern Ireland: A Two Counties’ State
A new report from the Ulster University called Sectarianism in Northern Ireland: A Review has confirmed the widely shared analysisContinue Reading
Fianna Fáil May Expand Into The North But New Voters Mean New Obligations
The thought occurs that while Sinn Féin may be showing early signs of stress in the balancing act between nationalContinue Reading
British Government In The North Of Ireland “Riddled” With IRA Agents
The news that Drew Harris, the Deputy Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), has been selectedContinue Reading
Generational And Supermajority Voting. How To Gerrymander A United Ireland Referendum
When the Irish civil rights movement emerged in the United Kingdom’s colonial territory on the island of Ireland during theContinue Reading
The British Are Offended By The DUP Anti-Abortion Stance. But Not By Its Sectarianism
It seems that the steady normalisation of the Democratic Unionist Party in the mainstream of British politics has come toContinue Reading
UK Seeks Border Force For Ireland But No Irish Need Apply
The news that the United Kingdom is advertising twenty-one new jobs for the Belfast branch of its Border Force, anContinue Reading
DUP Boss Arlene Foster Would Choose Exile Over A Reunited Ireland
There were several interesting items in last Wednesday’s BBC documentary, My Dad, the Peace Deal and Me, featuring the IrishContinue Reading
New Video Of The PSNI’s Shock Intervention During An RSF Parade At Kilwilkie, Lurgan
Following on from yesterday’s overreaction by the PSNI, the United Kingdom’s paramilitary police force in the north-east of Ireland, toContinue Reading
Saoradh Holds “Unfinished Revolution” Parade To Mark Easter Rising Anniversary
Talking of commemorating the Easter Rising of 1916, the Irish revolutionary party, Saoradh, also staged its own demonstration in BelfastContinue Reading
PSNI Clashes At RSF Easter Rising Parade In Lurgan Leaves Woman Hospitalised
Being the Easter weekend in Ireland, a large number of commemorative events are taking place around the country to markContinue Reading
UK Poll: British Voters Want Brexit More Than They Want The North Of Ireland
In light of a YouGov poll for LBC, a popular national radio station in the United Kingdom, indicating that aContinue Reading
Europe Lays Down The Law To Britain Over Future Peace And Prosperity In Ireland
It seems that the patience of the European Union with the prevarications of the United Kingdom over the post-Brexit futureContinue Reading
The Threatened Gerrymandering Of Elections In The North Of Ireland
In September 2016, the United Kingdom’s local non-partisan Boundary Commission released its preliminary proposals for the creation of seventeen newContinue Reading
The UK Conspiracy Theory To Explain The Brexit Impasse With Ireland And EU
It has become standard fare among left-wing activists and politicians in the United Kingdom to accuse the political editor ofContinue Reading
The Remembrance Day Or Enniskillen Bombing, A Warning From History
On Wednesday the 28th of October 1987 the windows of a Renault 9 car parked outside a line of garages inContinue Reading
The INLA Volley At The Funeral Of IRSP Member Barry McMullan
While Sinn Féin has gone to great lengths over the last decade to move away from its armed revolutionary past,Continue Reading
The Uneasy Peace In Britain’s Legacy Colony On The Island Of Ireland
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), the United Kingdom’s militarised policing force in the Six Counties, has released its 2016-17 statisticsContinue Reading
Northern Nationalists Will Be The Largest Group Of Indigenous EU Citizens Outside The EU
The newly released policy document, “Ireland and the negotiations on the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union: The Government’s Approach”,Continue Reading
Joint Authority Or Sovereignty Over The North, A Good Friday Agreement Mark II?
There has been a lot of speculation in recent weeks about the possibility of establishing joint-authority or sovereignty between IrelandContinue Reading
Theresa May And Britain Heads For A Brexit-Mandating General Election
Theresa May, the right-wing prime minister of the United Kingdom and a politician who couldn’t find her country’s legacy colony on the islandContinue Reading
Melanie Philips And The Revanchist Politics Of Brexit Britain
The supremacist nature of British, or rather, Greater English nationalism is summed up in this extract from a series of oddly contradictory and counterfactualContinue Reading
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