by RuthDE | Jan 9, 2024 | 2024, Belfast News Letter, January, Journalism
It’s a strange thing to watch the gradual erosion of respect for institutions in England, where I’ve lived most of my adult life. Published: 9 January 2024 I am no revolutionary, but it’s happened to me too. I had no training whatsoever when in the late...
by RuthDE | Oct 28, 2019 | 2019, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism, October
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...
by RuthDE | Nov 5, 2018 | 2018, Journalism, Sunday Independent
The disastrous Sinn Fein electoral performance has seriously weakened Mary Lou McDonald, says Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 4 November 2018 So who really runs Sinn Fein? The same people as always, mostly. Despite what seem to be Mary Lou McDonald’s occasional...
by RuthDE | Oct 3, 2018 | 2018, Belfast News Letter, Journalism
In the latest essay in our series, RUTH DUDLEY EDWARDS writes that the NIO has come up with is a Sinn Fein wish list on legacy, but it is not too late to fight back Published: 2 October 2018 In four decades of following events in Northern Ireland closely, I’ve seen...
by RuthDE | Feb 26, 2018 | 2018, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
The exploitation of leaks is leaving politicians terrified of making any decisions, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 16 February 2018 I was about to begin writing about rumours, distortions, meaningless Civil Service drafts, pointless speculation and other linked...
by RuthDE | Feb 23, 2018 | 2018, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism
Self-righteous bigots condemning what they don’t understand is so annoying, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published 12 February 2018 The obsessively progressive Guardian newspaper has it in for the Freemasons. The most recent assault was precipitated by...
