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
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Following On From Brexit Is It Now Time For UnityRef?
There is more than a little irony for Scotland in the negative outcome of the United Kingdom’s plebiscite on its continued membership ofContinue Reading
The New World Panama Order
Like some mad conspiracy theory from the outer reaches of the world wide web the revelations relating to the Panama-based law firm, Mossack Fonseca, have explodedContinue Reading
David Cameron Gives Showing The Pig A Whole New Meaning
The steep-streeted town of Drogheda has offered many fine contributions to Irish culture, though perhaps none more so than an English languageContinue Reading
Pat Finucane, The Assassination Of An Irish Lawyer By British Terrorists
More on the slow unravelling of the secrecy and deception which obscured most aspects of Britain’s counter-insurgency war in Ireland from the lateContinue 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 Rump British Colony In Ireland Goes Into Monty Python Mode
So the regional political parties in the north-east of Ireland, the last administrative rump of the British colony on this islandContinue Reading
David Cameron Versus Ed Miliband In Sky News Channel 4 Debate
For those who missed it, the big Sky News / Channel 4 television debate in Britain featuring the Conservative’s David CameronContinue Reading
Nigel Dodds, Deputy PM Of Britain And Her Overseas Colonies
So Nigel Dodds, the Mr. Bland of Unionist politics in Ireland and the leader of the DUP’s motley crew of MPsContinue Reading
The Monster Raving Loony Unionist Party
In the second decade of the 21st century the British people as a whole have little interest and even lessContinue Reading
No Human Rights, No Belfast Agreement, No Peace Process
The Lallands Peat Worrier has written a lengthy post excoriating the Conservative Party in Britain following prime minister David Cameron’sContinue Reading
Scottish Democracy Meets X Factor
In the recent Scottish referendum 44% of voters said “Yes” to an independent Scotland. In contrast 56% of voters saidContinue Reading
That Pre-Vote Pledge By The British Party Leaders
Taking about broken promises the above image is taken from today’s edition of Britain’s right-leaning Times newspaper. So much for all-partyContinue Reading
Scotland Votes No, Scotland Gets Tory/UKIP (DUP/UUP/TUV) Rule?
Some interesting polling in Britain which shows that the centre-left Labour Party is still in the lead over the governingContinue Reading
The Orange Government Of Britain
While the multi-millionaire children’s author JK Rowling was busy bankrolling the “No” campaign currently fighting Scotland’s independence referendum elsewhereContinue Reading
Bye-Bye Peace Process! Hello Orange World Order!
A terrifying report from the Guardian newspaper for anyone who knows anything about the history of modern Ireland: “David CameronContinue Reading
Ireland’s British Troubles
Interesting revelation from court documents released in Belfast (via the Detail), where Ciarán Martin, the former Security and Intelligence adviserContinue Reading
Greater England Or Great Britain
Journalist Ed West has an interesting article in the (former?) British establishment newspaper, the Daily Telegraph, examining the controversy raging around the attempts byContinue Reading
The SNP, Scotland And The Ireland Scenario
Has the British Prime Minster David Cameron hit the self-destruct button on the so-called United Kingdom? The legalistic diktats fromContinue Reading
The SNP And The EU – We Have The UK Surrounded
Just a quick post to note the latest – unprecedented – polling numbers for the SNP, reported in the Herald Scotland overContinue Reading
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