That picture pose on the steps of Parliament Buildings yesterday told the story of the day. There is a new spring in the Sinn Fein step.…
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I think my Green Party team and I are justified in our claims to be a little more tired than other candidates and agents following the…
This was a day when so much changed. There was a photo-finish in terms of seats and the share of the vote. The DUP just got…
This week, the DUP are playing the same Project Fear card they played last May, and in every Election they have ever fought. Since they entered…
Picture by @AntrimLens The days before an election usually follow a similar pattern. As the finish line draws ever closer, nerves are frayed, nails are bitten…
Picture by @AntrimLens Several years ago Sinn Féin set out our view that the most effective truth recovery mechanism was an International Independent Truth Commission set…
Some faded campaign posters, re-cycled from the Fresh Start election of May 2016 appeared within days of the announcement of the election. Election literature has been…
Team Green were on the doorsteps in South Belfast battling through storm Doris on Wednesday evening and a woman shook my hand and said “it’s lovely…
On 17th September 1997 David Trimble, flanked by David Ervine and Billy Hutchinson, returned to the George Mitchell talks in the full glare of the world’s…
If after this election - now just a few days away - two big issues are not resolved, then nothing will have been achieved and nothing…
Stormont has never been held in high esteem by the general public. £5 land deals, Red Sky, NAMA, expenses scandals, Social Investment Fund slush fund and…
Bedfordshire Chief Constable Jon Boutcher has described his complex investigation here in Northern Ireland as “a long journey”. Just how long, he is not prepared to…
It’s strange the things that cause a stir on social media, as I found out recently when I changed my social media profile pictures to a…
I doubt if many people track US president Donald Trump and DUP leader Arlene Foster more assiduously than I do. The two leaders have many traits…
‘Fight With Cudgels’, Goya, 1823 Do they think that little of us? Are we that base and that cheap? Are we that antiquated a society…