April Articles

Colm Murphy was a monster who brought tragedy to countless good people

I should warn you that I have no patience with the injunction not to speak ill of the dead. Published: 25 April 2023 If they’re bad, say so. I’m not a hater, but it’s a great pleasure to be able to say I think about unrepentant murderers like Martin McGuinness...

Belfast Agreement @25: Without David Trimble’s courage and brains, Northern Ireland would have ended up with joint authority

When she reflects on the past 25 years, Ruth Dudley Edwards is haunted by memories of her two close friends, David Trimble and Lyra McKee, two gifted but very different people who bookend that period Published: 18 April 2023 For the last few weeks I've been listening,...

From my sickbed I have enjoyed seeing the Scottish National Party on the slide

I hope everyone’s been having a good Easter. Published: 11 April 2023 Apologies for the graphic detail, but I’ve been out of action for three weeks since I slipped on a wet pavement, broke two small bones in my lumbar region and incautiously accepted painkillers that...

Unionism needs to be clever and not assume that compromise makes you a Lundy

I’ve only been a declared unionist for a very short while and already I’m a Lundy. Published: 12 April 2022 Most recently this accusation has been levelled at me over a tweet I wrote the other day in response to the defaced poster of Doug Beattie showing him with a...