by RuthDE | Jan 30, 2024 | 2024, Belfast News Letter, January, Journalism
I could never bear Nicola Sturgeon. It wasn’t because of her politics. I like many people I don’t agree with. But her narcissism and self-righteousness made my flesh creep. And I thought it a disgrace that her husband Peter Murrell was the chief executive of her...
by RuthDE | May 10, 2022 | 2022, Belfast News Letter, Journalism, May
I couldn’t stand Piers Morgan until he lost his job on Good Morning Britain for telling the truth about Meghan Markle Published: 10 May 2022 Then I overlooked his crassness, praised his moral courage and wished him well in his new job with Talk TV. But the honeymoon...
by RuthDE | Feb 16, 2021 | 2021, Belfast News Letter, February, Journalism
The sun is shining, the weather forecast is encouraging, the target of vaccinating the 15 million most vulnerable people in the United Kingdom by February 15 was met ahead of time, and despite the mean-spirited way in which Brussels is persecuting Northern Ireland, I...
by RuthDE | May 18, 2020 | 2020, Journalism, May, The Article
Published: May 15 2020 When he was in his cradle, the Good Fairy promised Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson that he would become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and the Bad Fairy chuckled malevolently and said “Wait till he sees what I’ve got in store for him.”...
by RuthDE | Nov 4, 2019 | 2019, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism, November
New Act of Union needed that guarantees rights and autonomy of each UK region, says Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 4 November 2019 I’m back from Indianapolis, where I was (excuse the boast) ‘international guest of honor’ at Magna Cum Murder, a...
by RuthDE | Feb 22, 2018 | 2018, Daily Telegraph, Journalism
Published: 24 January 2018 Spare a thought for Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of the Scottish Government and – faithfully supported by her husband, chief executive Peter Murrell – up to now the unchallenged leader of the Scottish National Party. Confronted by...