This election raises questions for the out-going Executive, but also questions for the out-going Opposition. Much Opposition criticism of the Executive appears to deny the basis…
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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…
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…
The post-election negotiations have yet another issue on the agenda – the position of chair for the next talks on the past. Secretary of State James…
Mike Nesbitt’s vision of “partnership not domination” on eamonnmallie.com has been welcomed by a swathe of the political spectrum. Here is “strong” Unionism which exhibits a…
The arrival of the visiting party leader was much anticipated. The talks leading up to it had not been without their problems. Political parties possess a…
Debate was passionate. Speakers, from either side of the argument, delivered speeches ranging from reasoned argument to accusation and personal attack.Such was the nature of the…
To look for meaning in difficulties has never been strong within unionism. To focus blindly on what has happened rather than the opportunities presented by…
Maybe Mike Nesbitt is playing a smart game of chess. Or maybe he can’t even visualise toppling dominoes. He’s the enigmatic (flip-flopping?) ‘moderate’ who takes a…
‘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…
When Tom Elliott called me earlier this year and asked me would I speak at the Annual General Meeting of the Fermanagh Ulster Unionist Association, I…
Room 21 – The inside talk – Brian Rowan on the first day of all-party negotiation at Stormont They talked about a photograph…
After the local and European elections, is Northern Ireland any better off? Nearly 50% of the electorate who opted out of the process probably…
The first cuckoos of spring… again? Like the first cuckoos of spring and with elections imminent, appeals for unionist unity and pacts are in…
In peace processes across the world there will be things that all sides won’t want to know but, here, there is no credible explanation for…