SDLP And SF Stand Aside In Counter To The UUP And DUP Deal
Well, that was an interesting seventy-two hours in northern politics. Last Friday the incoming leader of the Ulster Unionist Party,Continue Reading
Tag: Democratic Unionist Party – DUP
The Orange Card: Justified By The DUP, Tories, Labour And Lib Dems
On the 16th of February 1886, Lord Randolph Churchill, a member of the troublesome “Fourth Party” backbench faction of theContinue Reading
Remainer Or Leaver, Ireland Has No True Allies In The UK Brexit War
By now it must be clear to even the most optimistic or obdurate Remain-supporter in the United Kingdom that soonerContinue Reading
The UK Concedes A Backstop For An All Stop
So after two years of contentious negotiations abroad and political chaos at home, London has returned to the original “NorthernContinue Reading
DUP Allegedly Met With Loyalists Week Before Brexit Terror Threats
The veteran Irish journalist and author Brian Rowan has taken to Twitter to claim that the leadership of the DemocraticContinue Reading
An Irish Sea Border, The DUP And Loyalist Threats Of Bombs
Judging by the more informed speculation in the Irish and international press it seems that after two years of prevaricatingContinue Reading
UK Brexit Plan Of Customs Centres And Zones Risks Return To A Militarised Border
Despite the numerous media claims to the contrary, by both optimists and apologists, there is very little evidence that theContinue Reading
The Politics Of A No-Deal Brexit For The Tories, The DUP And Sinn Féin
Call my bluff? I sometimes wonder if the threat of a disorderly no-deal exit from the European Union on OctoberContinue Reading
Border Poll: The No-Deal Brexit Plan Fintan O’Toole’s Westminster Suggestion Ignores
Although this article is dismissive of Fintan O’Toole’s suggested plan for defeating a no-deal Brexit, outlined in last week’s IrishContinue Reading
Boris Johnson’s Belfast Visit And Meetings Signals New DUP Alliance
According to a terse official statement issued yesterday by the government in London, during a series of meetings in BelfastContinue Reading
A Unionist Perspective On The DUP And Brexit
As a “small u” unionist, from a Protestant background, I was more than content with the situation in Northern IrelandContinue Reading
Julian Smith, Northern Ireland Secretary Of State. And A DUP Ally?
Boris Johnson, the freshly installed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, has announced that Julian Smith is to become hisContinue Reading
Boris Johnson: New Conservative Party Leader, Next UK Prime Minister
So that’s it. After much debate and acrimony Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson has been elected as the leader ofContinue Reading
Border Poll Warnings, Same-Sex And Abortion Rights Votes At Westminster
The very public warning by Simon Hoare, the senior Conservative Party MP and Chairman of the Northern Ireland Affairs SelectContinue Reading
Tory Leadership Contender Michael Gove: An “Orange” Unionist
By all accounts the headline-making confession of cocaine use by Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food andContinue Reading
Amnesty For The British Army, Prosecution For The Irish Republican Army
The high-profile campaign by conservative politicians and media figures in the United States to absolve US military personnel of theirContinue 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
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
2019 Northern Local Elections Results: A New Trend Or An Anomaly?
Following nearly three days of counting the results of UK-administered local government elections in the north-east of the country areContinue 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 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
European Parliamentary Elections: A Proxy Border Poll?
Such is the pace of the Brexit beast as it charges towards the no-deal cliffs, by the time I publishContinue Reading
