The DUP’s Stormont Proposal Is About The Restoration Of Unionist Supremacy
Despite several months of talks – and non-talks – the Democratic Unionist Party still doesn’t get it. There will beContinue Reading
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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
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
Joint Authority Or Sovereignty Over The North, A Good Friday Agreement Mark II?
There has been a lot of speculation in recent weeks about the possibility of establishing joint-authority or sovereignty between IrelandContinue 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 Unionist Dilemma In Ireland, Self-Interest Versus Nationality In A Post-Brexit Europe
Jonathan Powell, the former chief of staff to prime minister Tony Blair and the lead negotiator for the United Kingdom duringContinue 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
The Real Cost Of Irish Language Act In The North Would Be £2 Million A Year
Conradh na Gaeilge, the prestigious Irish language advocacy organisation, has released a series of legislative proposals it believes will bring greater linguisticContinue Reading
Melanie Philips And The Revanchist Politics Of Brexit Britain
The supremacist nature of British, or rather, Greater English nationalism is summed up in this extract from a series of oddly contradictory and counterfactualContinue Reading
Arlene Foster And The DUP Strikes Back With Demands For A Pan-Unionist Axis
Given the poor overall result for unionism in the regional election to the assembly at Stormont, many commentators expected Arlene Foster, the troubledContinue Reading
Northern Assembly Election Results 2017, A Win For Progressive Nationalism
The final results from Thursday’s vote for the regional assembly in the north-east of the country has ushered in aContinue Reading
#AE17 Northern Assembly Election Results
Still early in the count, lots of transfers and recounts to go, but so far the overall vote has increasedContinue Reading
Irish National And Regional Elections, The Dark Before The Dawn?
There seems to be a fair degree of pessimism surrounding the outcomes of the recent national and regional elections, one resultingContinue Reading
The National Flag Of Ireland Flies Over Stormont
The Green, White and Orange flies over the north-east’s regional assembly building at Stormont. We are living in the end days ofContinue Reading
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