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
Tag: Democratic Unionist Party – DUP
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
Four Brexit Votes: UK Parliament Says No To Everything, Yes To Nothing
Following another night of parliamentary chaos in London I’m reminded of the (apocryphal) demand by King Henry II of England,Continue Reading
Whatever Happens, The DUP And Brexit Has Made A Reunited Ireland Inevitable
It’s been a remarkable seventy-two hours for the Democratic Unionist Party. Its leaders have gone from being fêted as theContinue Reading
For The DUP A Hard Border Is The Very Definition Of Brexit
The lecturer Paul Burgess has written a blunt opinion piece for RTÉ castigating the Irish government for its handing ofContinue Reading
The UK Offers Power Over Brexit And The Backstop Protocol To The DUP
So it seems that the perennial wrecker of Irish and British politics, the Democratic Unionist Party, is being asked toContinue Reading
Will The UK Revoke The Backstop Protocol By Abusing The Vienna Convention?
According to press reports, the dysfunctional Conservative Party government in the United Kingdom is trying to gain parliamentary support forContinue Reading
UK’s Theresa May Claims “Legally Binding Changes” To Unchanged Backstop
The United Kingdom’s inevitable climb down over its objections to the Backstop Protocol in the Draft Withdrawal Agreement with theContinue Reading
Dominic Raab Fakes Brexiteer Concern For Peace In Ireland With Anti-EU Diatribe
Despite some British press claims to the contrary there seems to be precious little evidence that the so-called European ResearchContinue Reading
The UK Has “Ripped Up the Good Friday Agreement”
A dire assessment by Ian Blackford, the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) in the House of Commons, on theContinue Reading
Theresa May To Achieve Brexit By Rewriting The Good Friday Agreement?
Last week ended with press reports that Theresa May, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, was discussing plans withContinue Reading
The Mysterious Institute For Statecraft, The Integrity Initiative, And British Black Ops
Two weeks ago the Sunday Mail newspaper in Scotland published details of an investigation into the activities of the InstituteContinue Reading
Boris Johnson Plays Orange Card In Bonkers Speech To Rapturous DUP Conference
The United Kingdom’s colony on the island of Ireland, from the historical Thirty-Two Counties to the contemporary Six Counties, has longContinue Reading
Ireland’s British Apologists Become Brexit Sympathisers
One of the odder complaints emanating from those Irish writers and commentators who have devoted their professional careers to actingContinue Reading
The EU’s Michel Barnier: No Accord, No Transition For UK Without The Backstop
Rumour, speculation, leaks and unattributed briefings seems to be the order of the day, as the Irish and British mediaContinue Reading
