In the current talks on dealing with the past the UK government is asserting a veto determining what will and will not be disclosed; this under…
‘“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…
‘Where there is discord may be bring harmony’ - This extract from the prayer of St Francis uttered by incoming Conservative Prime Minister Rt Hon Margaret Thatcher…
After Polling Day on May 7 2015 there will be 650 MPs elected to Westminster. What numbers do Cameron and Miliband need to form a government?…
‘I have always made one prayer to God, a very short one. Here it is: “O God, make our enemies ridiculous.” And God granted it.’ -…
UKIP leader Nigel Farage, SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon and SF leader Gerry Adams have a common denominator - the establishment parties hate them for what they…
As Naomi Long said scathingly on BBC the other day, managing to sound simultaneously polite and caustic, nobody ever accused Peter Robinson of displaying…
Gregory Campbell’s comment on the recent Downing Street reception for the DUP, brings to mind an old expression – peanut politics. David Cameron would…
Only a few days ago, the peace process appeared to be coming apart at the seams over the controversial arrest of Gerry Adams. Accusations…
You just have to read a couple of lines in Declan Kearney’s regular blog for the Belfast Telegraph to realise we’re not out of…
At the end of a week of a lot of huffing and puffing at Stormont with First Minister Peter Robinson threatening to ‘blow the…
How trust is lost in a policing heart beat.