2019 Northern Local Elections Results: A New Trend Or An Anomaly?
Following nearly three days of counting the results of UK-administered local government elections in the north-east of the country areContinue Reading
Tag: Social Democratic and Labour Party – SDLP
European Parliamentary Elections: A Proxy Border Poll?
Such is the pace of the Brexit beast as it charges towards the no-deal cliffs, by the time I publishContinue Reading
Ex-SDLP Leader Mark Durkan Becomes Fine Gael European Candidate
The news that Mark Durkan, the former leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, has suspended his party membershipContinue Reading
That Embarrassing Fianna Fáil And SDLP Partnership
So, it turns out that today’s big announcement by Fianna Fáil of its long-heralded expansion into northern politics is lessContinue Reading
Fianna Fáil May Expand Into The North But New Voters Mean New Obligations
The thought occurs that while Sinn Féin may be showing early signs of stress in the balancing act between nationalContinue Reading
Will The SDLP Disband If Fianna Fáil Expands Northward?
Here we go again. The last decade has witnessed many press reports on Fianna Fáil’s supposed intention to stand forContinue Reading
Ex-UUP MP Danny Kinahan Has The Most Enthusiastic Wikipedia Entry Of Any Irish Politician
Like many observers, I was less than impressed with the mediocre leadership record of Alasdair McDonnell, the former South Belfast MPContinue Reading
The SDLP Calls For A Referendum On A Reunited Ireland. Or Does It?
Well this is somewhat unexpected. The Social Democratic and Labour Party, the minority nationalist grouping in the UK-administrated Six Counties,Continue Reading
The SDLP And Colum Eastwood: Make Me Green, But Not Just Yet
So is it Colum Eastwood, the SDLP leader, or the members of the press who are sending mixed messages on the regional party’sContinue Reading
DUP Favours British Beer-Swilling Thugs Before Irish Special Needs Children
In April of this year, Arlene Foster, the belligerent leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), the majority pro-UK partner in theContinue 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
It’s The Democracy, Stupid
Pat McCarthy, who was imprisoned without trial by the British in the early 1970s for alleged membership of the (Official) Irish Republican ArmyContinue Reading
Contender For Leadership Of British Labour Plays The Orange Card
For the last four decades the Irish and British Labour parties have declined to formally or fully establish local branches or stand candidates for electionContinue Reading
Tiocfaidh Ár Lá
Talking of gay rights, its been mixed a week both nationally and regionally, with the latest polls predicting a comfortable “Yes” majorityContinue Reading
DUP and UUP Agree Candidates For Pan-Unionist Axis
So the blog We In Coming Days got there first with the headline-grabbing news that the main British Unionist partiesContinue Reading
The Irish Struggle
Twenty-eight years ago officials from the government of Ireland tasked with managing Dublin’s interests in the north-east of the country asked their BritishContinue Reading
The SDLP. Why?
Okay. The SDLP is in the crapper, Margaret Ritchie’s leadership has made things worse, and they badly need somethingContinue Reading
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