Stormont Elections: 42% Pro-Union, 41% Pro-Unity, 16% Other
A lot of partisan views have been expressed on the results of last week’s regional elections in the north ofContinue Reading
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A lot of partisan views have been expressed on the results of last week’s regional elections in the north ofContinue Reading
So here we go again. Ten years of successive leaders in the Democratic Unionist Party being hailed by the usualContinue Reading
It seems that Edwin Poots, the new head of the Democratic Unionist Party, is taking no prisoners in his contestContinue Reading
As I have noted several times before, when it comes to loyalist violence in the north of Ireland, while BritishContinue Reading
Following a decade of sympathetic coverage by journalists and commentators pushing the narrative that the Democratic Unionist Party was trulyContinue Reading
When Arlene Foster, the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party and joint First Minister of Northern Ireland, told a BBCContinue Reading
During some of the most difficult days of the nascent Irish-British peace process the late bomb-maker turned peace-maker David Ervine,Continue Reading
As I wrote a few weeks ago, during the decades of the so-called Troubles while unionist terrorists may have pulledContinue Reading
Threats? What threats? That is the question on a lot of minds as scepticism continues to grow about recent claimsContinue Reading
In the wake of the United Kingdom’s stuttering final exit from the European Union it seems that the veteran newspaperContinue Reading
One of the more enjoyable aspects of last week was watching the mental gymnastics of Arlene Foster and other representativesContinue Reading
It’s somewhat ironic that one of the worst newspapers in the country, the editorially repugnant News Letter, is also homeContinue Reading
Over the last few days I have had a rather testy exchange by email with a commentator from a northernContinue Reading
Here we go again! From the New York Times: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will use the prospect of aContinue Reading
Well, that was an interesting seventy-two hours in northern politics. Last Friday the incoming leader of the Ulster Unionist Party,Continue Reading
On the 16th of February 1886, Lord Randolph Churchill, a member of the troublesome “Fourth Party” backbench faction of theContinue Reading
By now it must be clear to even the most optimistic or obdurate Remain-supporter in the United Kingdom that soonerContinue Reading
So after two years of contentious negotiations abroad and political chaos at home, London has returned to the original “NorthernContinue Reading
The veteran Irish journalist and author Brian Rowan has taken to Twitter to claim that the leadership of the DemocraticContinue Reading
Judging by the more informed speculation in the Irish and international press it seems that after two years of prevaricatingContinue Reading
Despite the numerous media claims to the contrary, by both optimists and apologists, there is very little evidence that theContinue Reading
Call my bluff? I sometimes wonder if the threat of a disorderly no-deal exit from the European Union on OctoberContinue Reading