Jeffrey Donaldson, DUP Leader, Peace Process Rejectionist
So here we go again. Ten years of successive leaders in the Democratic Unionist Party being hailed by the usualContinue Reading
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Lyra McKee’s Angels With Blue Faces. A Story Ignored
The fatal wounding of the Irish journalist Lyra McKee during an indiscriminate New IRA gun-attack on PSNI officers and armouredContinue 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
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
Dominic Raab Fakes Brexiteer Concern For Peace In Ireland With Anti-EU Diatribe
Despite some British press claims to the contrary there seems to be precious little evidence that the so-called European ResearchContinue Reading
Edward Carson: Ulster And Ireland, Puppets In The Political Games Of The Conservative Party
The problem with selective quotes is that they tend to create a selective view of the person being quoted. ThisContinue Reading
UUP Lord Kilclooney Attacks Leo Varadkar With “Typical Indian” Jibe
For over thirty years, the Monaghan-born politician John Taylor, who sits as Lord Kilclooney in the upper house of theContinue 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 Madness Of Brexit Britain, From David Trimble To Iain Duncan Smith
The insanity continues. David Trimble, the former chief of the centrist Ulster Unionist Party, now eclipsed among pro-union voters inContinue Reading
Fake Democracy: A Super-Majority Requirement For A United Ireland
The former deputy leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, John Taylor, has taken to making the headlines in recent yearsContinue 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
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
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
Sir Edward Carson And The Politics Of Ulster Unionist Alt-Democracy
Before Donald J Trump, before the politics of the alt-right in the United States, there was Sir Edward Carson and theContinue Reading
Appeasing The Orange Trumps Of British Unionism In Ireland Has Failed
It’s sometimes difficult to remember that there is a distinction to be drawn between unionists as an ethno-national minority inContinue Reading
So Far, The Cash-For-Ash Scandal Is A Very Unionist Affair
With the election to the cross-community assembly in the north-east of the country due to take place on the 2nd ofContinue Reading
Is The DUP Hoping To Pull A Trump In Any Future Stormont Election?
The north-east of the country will almost certainly be heading for a regional election sometime in the next few weeks if, as expected today, the DemocraticContinue Reading
A Reunited Ireland And The Rejectionist Politics Of Northern Unionism
A longer guest post by Mark Petticrew, a politics’ student at the University Of Ulster Jordanstown, examining the contrasting obstacles British unionismContinue Reading
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Unionists Outraged By Mafia III Game. World Asks, What Are Unionists?
Those damn Irish unionists are at it again! From the Australasian gaming website, Game Planet: “Irish Unionists call for ban onContinue Reading
The Eleventh Night, The Twelfth Of July And Britain’s Colony In The European Union
As is now the norm, on the night of July 11th a significant part of the unionist – or pro-British – minority in IrelandContinue Reading
The Killer Of Jo Cox, The Springbok Club And It’s Unionist Associations
Following on from the brutal death of the British Labour MP, Jo Cox, at a constituency meeting in West Yorkshire the UK and internationalContinue Reading
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