Peter Robinson, A Reunited Ireland, And Unionism’s Narrowing Options
Last week’s speech by Peter Robinson, the former leader of the Democratic Unionist Party or DUP (and for many years,Continue Reading
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The UK Is Holding The Peace Process As A Political Hostage In Its Brexit Negotiations
There are few other British historical figures more controversial – and more reviled – in the popular culture of IrelandContinue Reading
The DUP Nominates Biblical Creationist Nelson McCausland To The Education Authority
In the United Kingdom the Conservative and Unionist Party, to give the mainstream right-wing political group its full title, isContinue Reading
The UK Customs Bill Amendments Makes The Return Of A Hard Border Inevitable
Less than two weeks after announcing a much derided compromise plan to solve the United Kingdom’s failed Brexit negotiations withContinue Reading
Violence In Derry And Belfast Reminds Us That The Troubles Are Far From Over
If the last several days of small-scale rioting in Derry has proved anything, it is the ability of violence –Continue Reading
Arlene Foster And The DUP’s “Crimean Bridge” To Scotland
Following the military annexation of the Ukrainian region of Crimea by the Russian Federation in early 2014, supposedly in responseContinue Reading
The Difficult Brexit Question Bring Us Back To The Only Sensible Answer: Brits Out
According to apparently well-sourced press reports, officials from the United Kingdom are currently touring the capitals of Europe, briefing prettyContinue Reading
Retaining MEPs For The North Of Ireland Is A Peace Process Necessity
The suggestion by Seán Kelly, the leader of the Fine Gael contingent in the European Parliament, that Ireland’s two additionalContinue Reading
Generational And Supermajority Voting. How To Gerrymander A United Ireland Referendum
When the Irish civil rights movement emerged in the United Kingdom’s colonial territory on the island of Ireland during theContinue Reading
The Cash-For-Ash Scandal, The Disclosures Tribunal, And EU Colonialism
The Democratic Unionist Party is a political grouping which prides itself on its opaque nature. The internal workings of theContinue Reading
The British Are Offended By The DUP Anti-Abortion Stance. But Not By Its Sectarianism
It seems that the steady normalisation of the Democratic Unionist Party in the mainstream of British politics has come toContinue Reading
The UK Threatens The EU. And Then Claims The Beaches Of Donegal!
One gets the impression that Brexit Britain is like a wild animal caught in a steel trap, driven wild withContinue Reading
Jeremy Corbyn Visits Belfast, The British Press Revives The Troubles
The hysterical reaction by a significant section of the news media in the United Kingdom to the forthcoming visit byContinue Reading
The British Labour MP Kate Hoey Is Still Fighting The Troubles
The motivations behind the majority pro-leave result in the United Kingdom’s 2016 Brexit referendum are complex, though there is aContinue Reading
Rival Tory Factions Compete For Influence In Brexit Britain
If we are to believe the reports from the Irish and international press, it seems that Theresa May, the lacklustreContinue Reading
The DUP And Tories Demand An Amnesty For The British Army Death Squads
The Military Reaction Force or MRF was a covert British Army unit which operated in the greater Belfast area duringContinue Reading
UK Ministers Demand General Amnesty For British Army War Crimes In Ireland
Around 5.00pm on Monday the 23rd of October 1972, thirty-one-year-old Michael Naan drove into his isolated farm in the townlandContinue Reading
The DUP Deploys Alt-Right Rhetoric To Attack Dublin And Brussels
Earlier today, an Taoiseach Leo Varadkar used the latest session of the All-Island Civic Dialogue forum to strongly refute theContinue Reading
The EU Rejects The UK’s Fantastical Brexit Border Plans
With the news that the European Union has comprehensively rejected the United Kingdom’s written proposals to deal with the anomalousContinue Reading
British Terrorists Presented As Loyalist Paramilitaries With Statement On Criminality
There are some events, illustrative of the hypocrisy which runs through the very core of British unionism in Ireland, whichContinue Reading
DUP Boss Arlene Foster Would Choose Exile Over A Reunited Ireland
There were several interesting items in last Wednesday’s BBC documentary, My Dad, the Peace Deal and Me, featuring the IrishContinue Reading
UK Poll: British Voters Want Brexit More Than They Want The North Of Ireland
In light of a YouGov poll for LBC, a popular national radio station in the United Kingdom, indicating that aContinue Reading
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