It takes bravery to put your head above the parapet and challenge convention, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 1 July 2019 I went last week to the award of the Contrarian Prize in London. The dictionary definition of a contrarian is “a person who opposes or...
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...
A new book offers a moral solution to the legacy issue that is bedevilling negotiations, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 30 April 2018 Dear Secretary of State, You have been given the thankless job of trying to restore the Executive by squaring circles and...
They vote together and they care only about so-called progressive policies, claims Ruth Dudley Edwards Published 15 January 2018 What has happened to the Alliance Party, which used to pride itself on its independence and its commitment to democratic values? Here are...