The UK’s New Tactic With The EU: Threats Of Loyalist Violence
As I have noted several times before, when it comes to loyalist violence in the north of Ireland, while BritishContinue Reading
Tag: Ulster Defence Association – Ulster Freedom Fighters – UDA – UFF
DUP Cynically Exploits UDA Gang Violence In Derry And Belfast
During some of the most difficult days of the nascent Irish-British peace process the late bomb-maker turned peace-maker David Ervine,Continue Reading
The DUP’s Homegrown Proud Boys: UDA, UVF, RHC
As I wrote a few weeks ago, during the decades of the so-called Troubles while unionist terrorists may have pulledContinue Reading
The Orange Card: Justified By The DUP, Tories, Labour And Lib Dems
On the 16th of February 1886, Lord Randolph Churchill, a member of the troublesome “Fourth Party” backbench faction of theContinue Reading
Remainer Or Leaver, Ireland Has No True Allies In The UK Brexit War
By now it must be clear to even the most optimistic or obdurate Remain-supporter in the United Kingdom that soonerContinue Reading
DUP Allegedly Met With Loyalists Week Before Brexit Terror Threats
The veteran Irish journalist and author Brian Rowan has taken to Twitter to claim that the leadership of the DemocraticContinue Reading
Game Of Thrones And The Troubles: Justifying The Killing Of Civilians
While there is some contention and uncertainty over the precise figures, authors and researchers generally agree that just over 35%Continue Reading
DUP Declines To Comment On Support Of Loyalists Militants In The European Election
As voters in the north-east of the country go to the polls to elect three MEPs to the European Parliament,Continue Reading
Ex-UDA Gunman Johnny “Mad Dog” Adair Gets The YouTube Treatment
I honestly don’t know what to make of this rather fawning interview by the Scottish YouTuber James English with theContinue Reading
Jeremy Corbyn Visits Belfast, The British Press Revives The Troubles
The hysterical reaction by a significant section of the news media in the United Kingdom to the forthcoming visit byContinue Reading
The Total Of Conflict-Related Deaths After 1998 And The End Of The Irish-British Troubles
Since the signing of the multiparty and intergovernmental Good Friday Agreement of April 1998, and up to December 2017, nearlyContinue Reading
Lionel Shriver, The UFF Mug and British Terrorism In Ireland
The left-leaning Guardian newspaper in Britain seems to have a bit of a myopic soft spot for its former columnist,Continue Reading
British Terrorists Presented As Loyalist Paramilitaries With Statement On Criminality
There are some events, illustrative of the hypocrisy which runs through the very core of British unionism in Ireland, whichContinue Reading
The DUP Fudges Denial Of Talks With Loyalist Terrorists On The Stormont Deal
A not unsurprising exclusive from the Irish News in Belfast, claiming that the ultra-right Democratic Unionist Party consulted with representativesContinue Reading
DUP MP Ian Paisley Jr. Urges No Surrender To The EU In The UK Parliament
For over a century the rallying cry of “No Surrender!” has been a feature of British separatist politics and violenceContinue Reading
The British Government Is Culpable For House Expulsions By British Terrorists In Belfast
On the 5th of June 2017, just four days before the general election in the United Kingdom, a group known asContinue Reading
The Greatest Threat To Ireland Is Narco-Terrorism Not Islamic Terrorism
What is the single greatest threat of terrorism for modern Ireland? Is it radicalised Muslim youths declaring loyalty to theContinue 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
Jeremy Corbyn’s Problem: The Irish Have Terrorists But The British Have Paramilitaries
There is an old joke from the UK-administered north-east of Ireland, one that has a great deal of truth behind it. DuringContinue Reading
Peter Robinson, the DUP And Britain’s Counter-Terrorists
While the debate continues in Britain over the motives of murderer Thomas Mair, the killer of Labour MP Jo Cox, hisContinue Reading
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