Brexit Britain’s Leave And Remain Camps Are Equally Ignorant Of Ireland
Given that the political history of Ireland has been forcibly bound up with the history of England since the 12thContinue Reading
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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
Backstop Deal Under Threat As Theresa May Accuses Europeans Of Jumping The Queue
With the ink barely dry on the draft withdrawal agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union, Sky News inContinue 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
Theresa May’s Brexit Draft Deal: The Reality Of Post-Brexit Relations In Europe
By any measure the recently published “Draft Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and NorthernContinue Reading
Boris Johnson And The British Suddenly Decide That Being A “Colony” Is A Bad Thing
The image of senior politicians from the former heartland of the British Empire vociferously condemning the European Union for itsContinue 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
Senior British Official: “Ireland Is Fucked” In Proposed UK-EU Deal
The headline claim comes from a sparsely detailed and frequently contradictory exclusive by The Sunday Times newspaper in Britain, suggestingContinue Reading
British Army Blowing Up A Cross-Border Bridge. A Brexit Warning
From an avowedly partisan television news report broadcast to UK viewers in September 1975*, a video clip of soldiers andContinue Reading
Plans For Brexit Food And Medicine Flotilla Stuns British Ministers
By all accounts, yesterday’s meeting of the British cabinet to discuss the latest twists in the country’s stalled withdrawal negotiationsContinue Reading
UK Cabinet: “Northern Ireland” Is Leverage In Brexit Negotiations With The EU
Leverage in Brexit talks with the European Union. That is is how senior officials in the government of the UnitedContinue Reading
Boris Johnson’s Father On A Hard Border: The Irish Shoot Each Other, That Is Something They Do
Stanley Johnson, the right-wing political commentator and father of Boris Johnson, the United Kingdom’s former Secretary of State for Foreign andContinue Reading
If The UK Reneges On The Backstop Agreement, Can It Be Trusted On Any Brexit Deal?
Simon Coveney, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, has warned his counterparts in the United Kingdom that they must abideContinue Reading
The DUP Threatens Political Chaos If Theresa May Crosses Its Blood Red Brexit Lines
It seems that the Democratic Unionist Party is sticking to its tooth-and-nail opposition to a compromise Brexit deal between theContinue Reading
Majority Of UK Leave Voters Would Risk Peace For Brexit
87% of people in the north-east of Ireland who voted in favour of the United Kingdom withdrawing from the EuropeanContinue Reading
DUP Boss Arlene Foster Issues “Blood Red” Warning To The UK Premier Theresa May
For people familiar with the coded language of British unionism in Ireland there is no denying the subliminal threat behindContinue Reading
Will Theresa May Face Down Arlene Foster To Secure The EU-UK Backstop Deal?
Is the United Kingdom about to compromise on its hardline negotiations with the European Union over the issue of theContinue Reading
UK Ex-Minister David Davis Believes British Pounds Are Accepted Currency In Ireland
Further evidence, if evidence is required, that senior politicians in Britain haven’t a clue about Ireland. Even the bit ofContinue Reading
Brexit Paranoia: UK Ministers Promote Conspiracy Theories And Fake News
With the Conservative Party government in the United Kingdom unwilling – or unable – to reach a reasonable withdrawal agreementContinue Reading
Brexit Turmoil In Britain. Will Theresa May Call A Snap General Election?
Will she or won’t she? That is the question concerning Theresa May and the possibility of a snap general electionContinue Reading
DUP Forced UK Prime Minister Theresa May To Drop Compromise Plan With EU
While it’s not exactly noted for its informed political reporting, there seems to be some substance behind the claim byContinue Reading
Jeremy Corbyn Rejects An Irish Sea Border But Offers No Concrete Alternative
If the assessment of the press in Britain is correct, Theresa May seems to have brought her tottering government toContinue Reading
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