The Brexit Angst Of The Irish Revisionists
Dennis Kennedy, the former deputy editor of the Irish Times, has an opinion piece in his old newspaper, banging theContinue Reading
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Dennis Kennedy, the former deputy editor of the Irish Times, has an opinion piece in his old newspaper, banging theContinue Reading
Following several months of torturous negotiations, in the early hours of Monday the 4th of December, the government of theContinue Reading
The final, much-delayed agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union – including, Ireland – has been published, spellingContinue Reading
Bar the elected representatives of the liberal-leaning Alliance Party and a handful of others, almost the entirety of pro-union opinionContinue Reading
Taking a step away from the insanity that is Brexit politics in the United Kingdom, let us dip a toeContinue Reading
The political humiliation of Theresa May, the inept prime minister of the United Kingdom, continues, with the news this morningContinue Reading
Early on Monday morning it seemed as if several months of torturous negotiations between Dublin, Brussels and London had paidContinue Reading
The insanity continues. David Trimble, the former chief of the centrist Ulster Unionist Party, now eclipsed among pro-union voters inContinue Reading
If anything encapsulates the political insanity gripping the United Kingdom, surely it must be the sight of the reactionary LabourContinue Reading
It has become standard fare among left-wing activists and politicians in the United Kingdom to accuse the political editor ofContinue Reading
Despite numerous attempts by right-wing commentators in the United Kingdom to dismiss or downplay the issue, questions about the originsContinue Reading
On the issue of the United Kingdom’s poisonous legacy colony in Ireland it’s rare to find a bit of non-apologistContinue Reading
There’s a plausible report by Dara Doyle on the business and current affairs website, Bloomberg, claiming that the Fine Gael-led governmentContinue Reading
The finance minister of the United Kingdom, Philip Hammond, is regarded by most commentators as one of the less enthusiasticContinue Reading
When Theresa May made her speech this morning at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, very few people indeed couldContinue Reading
On the 5th of June 2017, just four days before the general election in the United Kingdom, a group known asContinue Reading
It seems that the Democratic Unionist Party has successfully completed its hijacking of the United Kingdom’s foreign relations. Or atContinue Reading
Despite several months of talks – and non-talks – the Democratic Unionist Party still doesn’t get it. There will beContinue Reading
Arlene Foster, the curmudgeonly leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, is allegedly lending a sympathetic ear to a coterie ofContinue Reading
The United Kingdom has published its position paper on post-Brexit relations between Ireland and the UK-administered Six Counties and onContinue Reading
Despite vociferous denials and protests to the contrary, by both politicians and journalists, since the general election of 2011 theContinue Reading
I think it’s fair to describe the “alternative-right” as something of an amorphous political movement. While it has a philosophicalContinue Reading


















