Professor Vernon Bogdanor is a constitutional expert of distinction and independent-mindedness. Published: 23 February 2021 He voted Remain, partly, he said in an article in the Daily Telegraph on February 5, because of fears it might pose problems for Northern...
The sun is shining, the weather forecast is encouraging, the target of vaccinating the 15 million most vulnerable people in the United Kingdom by February 15 was met ahead of time, and despite the mean-spirited way in which Brussels is persecuting Northern Ireland, I...
As I got to know people in Northern Ireland who had been caught up by terrible events, I developed a great admiration for ordinary people who cope courageously with extraordinary challenges. Published: 9 February 2021 Most recently we have the phenomenon of Captain...
For almost two decades there have been intense and often enlightening debates about innumerable contentious subjects on the blogsite Slugger O’Toole. Published: 2 February 2021 Since Saturday, there has been such a discussion after the distinguished historian,...
I’ve no interest in football, but I’ve become a great admirer of this fine man, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 23 February 2020 I’ve never had any interest in football, but I can still remember as a schoolgirl in Dublin in 1958 being appalled...
We should honour those people who were forced to choose and took the courageous path Published: 16 February 2020 Here’s a story for anyone who has ever wondered how they would behave in wartime. Would they be cowards? Would they be heroes? Roy Kells, who was...
Published: 13 February 2020 Last month, Northern Ireland Secretary of State Julian Smith was the Spectator’s Minister of the Year. This month, to the bewilderment of politicians on both sides of the Irish border, he was fired by the Spectator’s Parliamentarian of the...
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: 5 February 2020 It was a matter of pride in the United Kingdom that so many voters refused even to contemplate a Corbyn government because of the Labour leadership’s toleration of anti-Semitism and its sympathy with terrorists. However, it’s looking as if a...
Sinn Fein is zooming up in the Irish polls, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards. Let’s hope voters reject them Published: 2 February 2020 Since Thursday night I’ve been celebrating in private with various Brexiteer friends who, like me, are rejoicing that the...
