Tribal politics at very heart of scandal over botched green energy scheme, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 28 October 2019 In the last few days travelling in the American Midwest, my constant companion was Sam McBride’s riveting Burned: The Inside Story Of...
The late Brian Kennaway, Michael Phelan and Ian Wilson did so much for reconciliation, says Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 21 October 2019 I feel keenly the loss of three fine Orangemen. Michael Phelan and Brian Kennaway, who both became close friends, and Ian Wilson,...
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...
Published: 19 October 2019 Having begun as a slightly reluctant Leaver, I have become very hardline over the last three years in reaction to the undermining by Establishment Remainers of attempts to implement the will of the people of the United Kingdom by getting out...
Published: 18 October 2019 Before the 2016 referendum I, like so many others, dithered about how to vote, not least because I was concerned about how Brexit could affect the Republic of Ireland, of which I am a citizen. I was born and brought up in Dublin, but I’ve...
Published: 17 October 2019 Twitter is a useful safety valve. I’ve been enjoying some reactions to a bizarre performance last night on Channel 4 News by a beefy chap in a balaclava – whose identity was protected by a weird voice-over, more Scottish than Irish. He...
Loyalist activist drew strong, often hostile, opinions, but his family suffered greatly, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 14 October 2019 Last week mainstream and social media were alive with controversy about loyalists, following the latest fascinating Spotlight...
‘Heresy-hunting’ now at a level where contrary views can see you being ostracised, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 7 September 2019 I’ve just read The Madness Of Crowds, a wonderful book by my intrepid friend Douglas Murray about what is behind the hysterical...
