April Articles

Jim McDowell stood up for the poor against paramilitaries, gangsters and drug dealers

​“He had more guts in his little finger than all his detractors,” wrote a journalistic friend to me about Jim McDowell last week, after the news of his death. Published: 30 April 2026 The detractors of this glorious human being included paramilitaries of all stripes,...

Holier-than-thou Keir Starmer is a prime minister who won’t stand up for anything or anyone

​I get a lot of simple pleasure from the name of our prime minister’s nemesis, Sir Olly Robbins, which sounds like a dodgy character in a Regency comedy. Published: 23 April 2026 couldn’t stand Sir Keir Starmer — whom I thought leaden, smug, hypocritical and holier...

President Connolly has shown that she has the potential to be a serious problem

​Catherine Connolly, the smiling woman who has replaced Michael D Higgins as Irish president, looked good at the Dublin General Post Office commemoration of the 1916 Easter Rising. Published: 9 April 2026 ​Despite her left-wing sympathies, she wasn’t frightening any...

Media outlets that champion free speech deserve your support

​Before getting stuck into the latest threat to free speech, I should declare that I’m on the Northern Ireland advisory council of the Free Speech Union (FSU) and a News Letter columnist. Published: 2 April 2026 Yes, I was born and reared a (sceptical) Roman Catholic...

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