by RuthDE | Feb 11, 2019 | 2019, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
The Government has capitulated to a distorted view of the Good Friday Agreement, argues Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 11 February 2019 With Lord (David) Trimble as the leading claimant, along with, so far, Lord (Paul) Bew, UUP councillor Jeff Dudgeon and me (under... 
by RuthDE | Feb 4, 2019 | 2019, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
Being consistent and unbending on backstop can wrestle concessions from EU, argues Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 4 February 2019 I was lamenting on Saturday, as I so often do these days, the complete uselessness of the current British Government in its negotiations... 
by RuthDE | Feb 3, 2019 | 2019, Journalism, Reaction
Published: 1 February 2019I can’t resist joining the Reaction argument over Irish journalist Fintan O’Toole. Writing for this site earlier this week, Eilis O’Hanlon, my esteemed colleague on the Sunday Independent and the Belfast Telegraph, accused him of having... 
by RuthDE | Jan 28, 2019 | 2019, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
Sinn Fein is bent on expanding Republic’s disastrous attempts to revive the tongue, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 28 January 2019 I’m fed up with the all-Ireland double standards that surround a language for which I have respect and affection and... 
by RuthDE | Jan 28, 2019 | 2019, Journalism, Sunday Independent
Will another republican crackpot be planting a bomb in honour of Soloheadbeg in 3019, asks Ruth Dudley EdwardsPublished: 27 January 2019’Whoever is responsible for this bomb in our Beautiful City tonight,” tweeted Fiachra McGuinness, proud son of Martin,... 
by RuthDE | Jan 25, 2019 | 2019, Daily Telegraph, Journalism
Published: 24 January 2019 “If you’d like to push me and speculate on what might happen in a no-deal scenario in Ireland, I think it’s pretty obvious – you will have a hard border”, said Margaritis Schinas, the EU Chief Spokesperson on Tuesday,... 
by RuthDE | Jan 21, 2019 | 2019, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
Tory grandee may be best Prime Minister we never had, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards, but he knows very little of this place Published: 21 January 2019 A revered and popular MP last week, apropos the Prime Minister, said: “She’s still going back to the DUP... 
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 14, 2019 | 2019, Journalism, Sunday Independent
Sinn Fein’s refusal to allow its representatives to vote with their consciences may prove very costly, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 13 January 2019 ‘How many Cork people does it take to found a movement to break the political cartel?”... 
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...
