Mick Fealty of the invaluable website sluggerotoole.com wrote for so many of us on Sunday after hearing the terrible news. Published: 22 February 2022 “The DUP MLA Christopher Stalford was one of the good guys. He was always sincere in his politics, proud of the fact...
Last Christmas was the first for years that I didn’t write a column about people I would like to deport to a desert island. Published: 28 December 2021 With Covid busily ruining the lives of so many, it seemed tasteless to wrench from their families even people like...
Nationalist or unionist, if you care about the well-being of the island of Ireland, this is a time to be positive, writes RUTH DUDLEY EDWARDS. Published: 29 December 2020 I plead with my nationalist friends to take the advice of Colum Eastwood in his first address as...
One reason that I, originally from the southern nationalist tribe, became extremely fond of Ulster Protestants, was that mostly that they say what they mean Published: 22 December 2020 Culturally, my tribe is keen on what’s known as creative ambiguity. I’m not, not...
I’m very relieved that Secretary of State Brandon Lewis did not cave into the pressure from politicians at home and abroad by setting up a public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane. Published: 1 December 2020 He has not said there will never be such an inquiry,...
Why does the party slavishly urge obedience to the World Health Organisation, asks Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 13 April 2020 Among all the questions to ask Michelle O’Neill about Sinn Fein’s health policy concerns is her new-found enthusiasm for the...
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...
This is the time to learn from mistakes and search for the positive and constructive, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 29 December 2019 I’m in too good a mood to hurl myself crossly into writing my annual list suggesting who should be deported from Northern...
If our new PM remains resolute, he may yet unravel the torturous Irish border conundrum Published: 25 July 2019 There are, as yet, precious few signs of either the Dublin establishment or Northern Irish nationalists sharing Prime Minister Johnson’s sunny optimism...
