The Unionist Argument Against The Irish Language Is A Colonial One
At the weekend I was interviewed by a metropolitan American journalist doing some background research into Brexit and the possibleContinue Reading
Tag: Democratic Unionist Party – DUP
The DUP, AggregateIQ And Data Mining For The Alt-Right And Far-Right
With the press and news media focusing on the Russian Federation’s alleged contribution to the election of Donald Trump toContinue Reading
With The Tories In Their Pockets, The DUP Reject Equality And Progress
Search for the word “reactionary” on Google and the search engine gives you a rather handy definition: “Opposing political orContinue Reading
The Constitutional Research Council, Backing The DUP And The Tory Right
Among the many things linking the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom and the far-right Democratic Unionist Party in theContinue Reading
The Tory Deal With The Extremist DUP Was To Prevent A “Reversion To The Troubles”?
Michael Fallon, the accident-prone secretary of state for defence in the United Kingdom, has produced a decidedly odd explanation forContinue Reading
The New Conservative Party And DUP Backdoor Coalition In The UK
So that’s it. Following its electoral humiliation earlier this month the Conservative Party government in the United Kingdom has givenContinue Reading
The DUP And Its Potential Deal With The Tories: It’s The Border, Stupid!
Journalists are just as susceptible to “fake news” as anyone else, especially when the news chimes with their own beliefsContinue Reading
The DUP Turns The Screws On The Tories, While Demanding Respect From The UK
During the corruption scandal which finally brought down the power-sharing executive at Stormont in late 2016, early 2017, the DemocraticContinue Reading
Arlene Foster’s Letter Concerning Irish Gay Couples Marrying In Scotland
Talking of the Democratic Unionist Party, in the immediate aftermath of the general election in the United Kingdom, Marco Biagi,Continue Reading
The DUP’s Greatest Fear? The Liberal Secularists Of The UK
Sammy Wilson, one of the ten, ultra-nationalist Democratic Unionist Party MPs expected to vote Theresa May and the Conservative PartyContinue Reading
The List Of DUP Demands Delaying The Backdoor Coalition With The Conservatives
Though the surprisingly prolonged talks between the Democratic Unionist Party and the Conservatives may give the appearance of inevitable failure,Continue Reading
Jeremy Corbyn: I Fully Understand The Many, Many Aspects Of Irish History
And the people of Ireland wish we could say the same of Theresa May and her wretched fundamentalist-appeasing Conservative PartyContinue Reading
Tory-DUP Deal In London Makes Fianna Fáil-Sinn Féin Coalition More Likely In Dublin
Irish and British political commentators are already warning of unintended consequences stemming from the backdoor-coalition deal between the Conservative PartyContinue Reading
The Tories Form A Backdoor-Coalition With The DUP – And UDA, UVF And RHC
As I’m sure most readers are aware, Theresa May’s Conservative Party has formed a backdoor-coalition with Arlene Foster’s Democratic UnionistContinue Reading
DUP Secures The Backing Of British Terror Groups In The UK General Election
Over the last several months the political opponents of the Democratic Unionist Party have repeatedly criticised the grouping’s ever-closer tiesContinue Reading
The New Partition: Britain’s Brexit Border In Ireland
In a recent discussion stemming from an article examining the mysterious – and unprecedented – pro-Brexit campaign donations gifted to the Democratic UnionistContinue Reading
The DUP, The Constitutional Research Council And Brexit’s Dark Money Secrets
Back in February ASF examined the financing of the Democratic Unionist Party’s Brexit campaign, in particular the revelation that a secret donation hadContinue Reading
Arlene Foster And The DUP Have Not Ended Their Opposition To An Irish Language Act
As usual the unionist-leaning (or apologising) press in Ireland has pounced on a few questionable claims by Arlene Foster, leader ofContinue Reading
Theresa May And Britain Heads For A Brexit-Mandating General Election
Theresa May, the right-wing prime minister of the United Kingdom and a politician who couldn’t find her country’s legacy colony on the islandContinue Reading
The DUP Tries Some Irish Outreach As Speculation Over Another Election Grows
With the multiparty and intergovernmental talks to restore the peace-brokered northern assembly “parked” until after Easter, speculation is growing thatContinue Reading
The TUV And The De-Briticisation Or Decolonisation Of Ireland
Jim Allister, leader of the hardline Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV), recently had this to say about the establishment of genuineContinue Reading
A Pan-Unionist Axis Will Be Seen As Electoral Gerrymandering By Northern Nationalists
With the Democratic Unionist Party gnashing its teeth and pointing fingers of blame at Sinn Féin, it seems unlikely that the regionalContinue Reading
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