Almost two decades have passed since the ceasefires that would give birth to peace deals, since politicians shook hands and desperate citizens signed ‘yes’, since weapons…
Author: David
“Gee, I wish we had one of them doomsday machines.” General “Buck” Turgidson, Dr. Strangelove DUP MP Jeffrey Donaldson opened his mouth in Westminster…
In one of the hundreds of op-eds written following the Paris attacks, the Guardian’s Lucy Mangan talks about the “need for silence” in the wake of…
‘“Do you know what Ireland is?” asked Stephen with cold violence. “Ireland is the old sow that eats her farrow.”’ – James Joyce, Portrait of The…
The internet imploded yesterday in reaction to the powerful maiden speech by Scottish National Party MP Mhairi Black. The riveting speech lashed the “out-of-touch” Tories, austerity…
“And all of them were caught in something larger than themselves. Some of them hated the mathematics that drove them, and some were afraid, and some…