by RuthDE | Jan 14, 2019 | 2019, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
With no Assembly, City Hall largest democratic forum here, and it’s not easy to watch, says Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 14 January 2019 Last week I watched about an hour of the Belfast City Council webcast, which at various times made me laugh, fume, plunged... 
by RuthDE | Jan 7, 2019 | 2019, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
The spaghetti alphabet of organisations seem to have one-track agenda, according to Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 7 January 2019 When did well-meaning people here concerned about everyone’s human rights appear to allow the organisations they supported to become... 
by RuthDE | Jan 2, 2019 | 2018, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
Never underestimate how much Ireland’s past can be used to endanger the present, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 24 December 2018 There was a bizarre sequence of events last week at a bungalow near Strokestown in Roscommon that has got the Republic in a... 
by RuthDE | Dec 31, 2018 | 2018, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
Revealed: the fantasy reality show line-up of those who got under my skin in 2018. By Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 31 December 2018 Annually, after wide consultation, I provide a list of people I think Northern Ireland would be better off without. Since the object... 
by RuthDE | Dec 17, 2018 | 2018, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
Leavers and Remainers don’t agree about much, but most would like the PM to go, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 17 December 2018 Matthew Parris on Saturday in his latest despairing Times column about Theresa May asked: “At what point does tenacity... 
by RuthDE | Dec 10, 2018 | 2018, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
I may be known for my attacks on Sinn Fein, but I hold no bias on subject of paramilitarism, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 10 December 2018 A tweet last week after I’d had an altercation with James Wilson of the Loyalist Communities Council said:... 
by RuthDE | Dec 4, 2018 | 2018, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
Talking to the spokesmen for paramilitaries gives them a status they don’t deserve, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 3 December 2018 I see loyalist ex-paramilitaries are unhappy with Mrs May’s deal. We are told by the chairman of the Loyalist... 
by RuthDE | Nov 28, 2018 | 2018, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
Martin McGuinness’ brother latest recruit to growing anti-abortion movement, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 26 November 2018 One of the most famous quotes attributed to the Dublin writer and wit Brendan Behan is that the first item on the agenda of any... 
by RuthDE | Nov 21, 2018 | 2018, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
Free speech is no excuse for being abusive to someone of a differing viewpoint, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 19 November 2018 The neighbours are having an almighty row,” wrote Gene Kerrigan in yesterday’s Sunday Independent. “Screaming,... 
by RuthDE | Nov 13, 2018 | 2018, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
If we fail to stand up against the social media bullies then everyone is vulnerable, writes Ruth Dudley EdwardsPublished: 12 November 2018 Last week’s target for a vengeful left-wing mob was Sir Roger Scruton, assailed because he had been appointed by Secretary...
