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
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As voters in the north-east of the country go to the polls to elect three MEPs to the European Parliament,Continue Reading
The second part of the BBC documentary Brexit: Behind Closed Doors might as well be called “How Arlene Foster BlewContinue Reading
Following nearly three days of counting the results of UK-administered local government elections in the north-east of the country areContinue Reading
The sacking of Gavin Williamson, the British Secretary of State for Defence, has robbed the Democratic Unionist Party of oneContinue Reading
So it seems that the hard-right Democratic Unionist Party is back in the news again. Not for trying to holdContinue Reading
Such is the pace of the Brexit beast as it charges towards the no-deal cliffs, by the time I publishContinue Reading
Following another night of parliamentary chaos in London I’m reminded of the (apocryphal) demand by King Henry II of England,Continue Reading
It’s been a remarkable seventy-two hours for the Democratic Unionist Party. Its leaders have gone from being fêted as theContinue Reading
The lecturer Paul Burgess has written a blunt opinion piece for RTÉ castigating the Irish government for its handing ofContinue Reading
So it seems that the perennial wrecker of Irish and British politics, the Democratic Unionist Party, is being asked toContinue Reading
According to press reports, the dysfunctional Conservative Party government in the United Kingdom is trying to gain parliamentary support forContinue Reading
The United Kingdom’s inevitable climb down over its objections to the Backstop Protocol in the Draft Withdrawal Agreement with theContinue Reading
Despite some British press claims to the contrary there seems to be precious little evidence that the so-called European ResearchContinue Reading
A dire assessment by Ian Blackford, the leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) in the House of Commons, on theContinue Reading
Last week ended with press reports that Theresa May, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, was discussing plans withContinue Reading
Two weeks ago the Sunday Mail newspaper in Scotland published details of an investigation into the activities of the InstituteContinue Reading
The United Kingdom’s colony on the island of Ireland, from the historical Thirty-Two Counties to the contemporary Six Counties, has longContinue Reading
One of the odder complaints emanating from those Irish writers and commentators who have devoted their professional careers to actingContinue Reading
Rumour, speculation, leaks and unattributed briefings seems to be the order of the day, as the Irish and British mediaContinue Reading
The Irish-born author and activist Richard Seymour, who hails from a unionist background in County Antrim, has written an excoriatingContinue Reading
Not everyone who votes for the DUP dresses up in KKK clothing and poses with clenched fists outside an IslamicContinue Reading
I doubt that you will find a better summation of the delusions still gripping the Brexit movement in the UnitedContinue Reading