by RuthDE | Jul 15, 2019 | 2019, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
Bungling Secretary of State should have known Bill would be hijacked, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 15 July 2019 The only thing you can say for Karen Bradley as Secretary of State is that she’s managed to unite Northern Ireland’s political parties.... 
by RuthDE | Jul 9, 2019 | 2019, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
Christian beliefs of Trump’s number two should be treated with respect, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 8 July 2019 On Friday internet publication TheJournal.ie addressed itself to the news that the US Vice President Mike Pence is expected to visit Ireland... 
by RuthDE | Jul 1, 2019 | 2019, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
It takes bravery to put your head above the parapet and challenge convention, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 1 July 2019 I went last week to the award of the Contrarian Prize in London. The dictionary definition of a contrarian is “a person who opposes or... 
by RuthDE | Jun 24, 2019 | 2019, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
Published: 24 June 2019 Well, I finally made up my mind who I want to be the next Prime Minister. Having vacillated over the past few weeks, I’ve realised that it’s got to be Boris Johnson. I write that as headlines are full of a domestic row with his... 
by RuthDE | Jun 17, 2019 | 2019, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
For the sake of Ireland, Naomi Long needs to avoid being entrapped by Sinn Fein, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 17 June 2019 After the Northern Ireland local elections last month, Sunday Independent columnist Eoghan Harris cast a critical eye at the... 
by RuthDE | Jun 10, 2019 | 2019, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
We must challenge cynical attempts to make terrorists the good guys, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 10 June 2019 We’ve had a week being reminded of what we owe those who fought on and after D-Day to defeat the Nazis. We’ve also had another... 
by RuthDE | Jun 3, 2019 | 2019, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
The party is used to riding two horses but it is now becoming more difficult, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 3 June 2019 Sinn Fein will be poring over the entrails of the recent election, but will they have the capacity to understand the severity of their... 
by RuthDE | May 28, 2019 | 2019, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
Published: 27 May 2019 Once I realised that Theresa May was possibly the worst British Prime Minister ever, I kept blessing Margaret Thatcher for having been such a success that she made it okay for a female Prime Minister to fail. During all the wailing about... 
by RuthDE | May 23, 2019 | 2019, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
The Left flaunts its utter hypocrisy with its views of President Trump and President Xi, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 20 May 2019 When I was growing up in Roman Catholic Dublin in the 1950s and 1960s, the people my circle and I used to find most infuriating... 
by RuthDE | May 13, 2019 | 2019, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
Romanticising those who murdered in the name of Ireland is no path to glory, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 13 May 2019 Sara Canning said last Wednesday evening on Channel 4 News: “No one’s going to tell me what I can and can’t say at this... 
