New IRA Interview On The Border, Brexit And Armed Resistance
Featured below is an interview by Channel 4 News in Britain with a spokesperson for the so-called New Irish RepublicanContinue Reading
Tag: Hard Border
UK Brexit Plan Of Customs Centres And Zones Risks Return To A Militarised Border
Despite the numerous media claims to the contrary, by both optimists and apologists, there is very little evidence that theContinue Reading
Poll: Majority Support In The North Of Ireland For Reunification
Regional data from the latest poll by Lord Ashcroft, the former Conservative Party deputy chairperson turned polling guru in Britain,Continue Reading
Unionist And European In A Time Of Brexit
“Sure hasn’t it always been that way” A couple of years back, in a throwaway comment to a close friend,Continue Reading
Another Bizarre UK Brexit Plan: Ireland Should Swap EU Rules For UK Rules
While ministers and officials in the United Kingdom may have spent the last few days arguing that a leaked governmentContinue Reading
Operation Yellowhammer Dossier: UK Hard Border In Ireland Inevitable
The leaking of a confidential British government report to The Sunday Times in London has added new weight to theContinue Reading
Michael Gove: UK Will “Safeguard” Security On The Island Of Ireland
It says much for the political and cultural tone deafness of the current crop of leaders in the United KingdomContinue Reading
A Unionist Perspective On The DUP And Brexit
As a “small u” unionist, from a Protestant background, I was more than content with the situation in Northern IrelandContinue Reading
Victoria White: The British “Are Not Fit To Govern Northern Ireland”
As regular readers know I have a rather low regard for the political and social commentary of the newspaper columnistContinue Reading
Border Poll Warnings, Same-Sex And Abortion Rights Votes At Westminster
The very public warning by Simon Hoare, the senior Conservative Party MP and Chairman of the Northern Ireland Affairs SelectContinue Reading
Boris Johnson Considering Northern Referendum On Backstop Protocol
Several weeks ago the former Conservative Party politician Michael Portillo observed on a BBC current affairs show that there wereContinue Reading
UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt Equates “Irish Blood” With Being British
Following a number of media appearances over the weekend I think I may have been overgenerous in my interpretation ofContinue Reading
Lord Bew And The Policy Exchange: Misrepresenting The Backstop Protocol
World by Storm has done an excellent job of rebuffing the latest Brexit-facilitating proposals from Lord Bew and the PolicyContinue Reading
Sajid Javid: Pay Ireland Hundreds Of Millions To Erect A UK Border
It seems that Sajid Javid, the Secretary of State for the Home Department in the United Kingdom and a chiefContinue Reading
Planning For A United Ireland: Sooner Rather Than Later
In previous years the poor-to-disastrous showing by Sinn Féin in the national and regional local government and European Parliament electionsContinue Reading
Brexit: Behind Closed Doors. How The DUP And The Brexiteers Took Europe Hostage
The second part of the BBC documentary Brexit: Behind Closed Doors might as well be called “How Arlene Foster BlewContinue Reading
The DUP Loses Staunch Ally With The Firing Of Gavin Williamson
The sacking of Gavin Williamson, the British Secretary of State for Defence, has robbed the Democratic Unionist Party of oneContinue Reading
Nancy Pelosi Warns Britain: Do Not Harm The Good Friday Agreement
While some politicians and commentators in the United Kingdom may be have little more than contempt for the Good FridayContinue Reading
SBS Dateline: Is Brexit Amplifying Old Tensions In Northern Ireland?
The destabilising effects of Brexit on the Irish-British peace process is the focus of this documentary by Dateline, a currentContinue Reading
The Daily Beast Gets It Wrong On Ireland And The UK Brexit
Nico Hines, the London editor of The Daily Beast, has co-written a rather misleading article on the question of theContinue Reading
For The DUP A Hard Border Is The Very Definition Of Brexit
The lecturer Paul Burgess has written a blunt opinion piece for RTÉ castigating the Irish government for its handing ofContinue Reading
The UK Offers Power Over Brexit And The Backstop Protocol To The DUP
So it seems that the perennial wrecker of Irish and British politics, the Democratic Unionist Party, is being asked toContinue Reading
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