The narrative that Boris is responsible for problems in the North hinders the search for actual solutions Published: 15 April 2021 Our Prime Minister consistently reminds me of William Brown, Richmal Crompton’s 11-year-old hero, a natural leader whose optimism leads...
With its open economy, Ireland is particularly vulnerable to Europe’s descent into senseless vaccine nationalism Published: 23 March 2021 If you take the Pfizer vaccine,” said the Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin – one of the sanest voices emerging from the EU, as the...
Published: 16 November 2020 Is the US-UK relationship imperiled by Joe Biden’s deep affection for Ireland, which is furious with the UK over Brexit? Superficially, at least, Boris Johnson has some reason to be concerned. First, the argument goes, there are those...
The Democratic Party has a habit of falling for bogus Irish republican narratives Published: 18 September 2020 If it wasn’t for that strain in the Democratic party that takes leave of its senses when it thinks about Ireland, we shouldn’t worry that President Joe Biden...
The general election results in Republic make me ashamed of my country, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 10 February 2020 Today I am ashamed of my country, a vast number of whose voters have intentionally or unwittingly just endorsed a fascist party. This reminds...
Published: 19 October 2019 “Sod the United Kingdom. Great Britain is fine. Leave Northern Ireland to Ireland.” This tweet was forwarded to me by a London-based, Conservative and staunchly Northern Irish Unionist friend as I began writing this. It came, he said from...
If our new PM remains resolute, he may yet unravel the torturous Irish border conundrum Published: 25 July 2019 There are, as yet, precious few signs of either the Dublin establishment or Northern Irish nationalists sharing Prime Minister Johnson’s sunny optimism...
Published: 21 June 2019 With charm, diplomacy and brains, there is no reason why he can’t secure concessions from Ireland Writing earlier this week, the Irish Times columnist Fintan O’Toole was in despair at the prospect of Boris Johnson becoming Tory leader. “Who...
Published: 19 May 2019 John Lippitt, who has died aged 90, was an unorthodox, swashbuckling civil servant who dominated British industrial policy in the 1970s and later became a commercial negotiator for GEC in China and South East Asia. When in 1980 he was persuaded...
Published: 23 April 2019 “What we are seeing is a new breed of terrorist coming through the ranks, and that is a very worrying situation,” said Detective Superintendent Jason Murphy on Saturday, as two teenagers were being questioned in Belfast under the Terrorism Act...
