by RuthDE | Sep 10, 2026 | 2026, Belfast News Letter, Journalism, September
Listening to political speeches is normally hard to endure, but last week I went voluntarily to listen to the Leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition. Published: 10 September 2026 I am a great fan of Kemi Badenoch, and I’m proud to say that when others were...
by RuthDE | Mar 27, 2025 | 2025, Belfast News Letter, Journalism, March
I was transfixed last year by the brilliant three-volume biography of Margaret Thatcher by Charles Moore. Published: 26 March 2025 I still feel faintly guilty at having let down that giant in a world full of political pygmies by failing to vote for her in 1979,...
by RuthDE | Nov 7, 2024 | 2024, Belfast News Letter, Journalism, November
Well! Well! well! We knew Donald Trump didn’t do things by halves but his comeback has been — appropriately — mega. It has stunned the world. His supporter, Elon Musk, doesn’t waste words. “Game, set and match” was his tweet as the key American election results came...
