Sadly, Sinn Fein is perhaps the closest to power of all the populist movements in Europe that have displayed unhealthy sympathies for Russia Published: 15 March 2022 Last week, caught on the hop by the behaviour of Vladimir Putin, for whom it has a soft spot, Sinn...
A new breed of ‘offence archaeologists’ waging war on anyone holding dissenting views, says Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 15 June 2020 What sort of decrepit rock did you climb from under you absolutely hideous harridan?” tweeted one of my critics last week. “You’re...
Published: 6 March 2020 If you thought the Corbyn Labour Party would be a disaster for the United Kingdom, spare a thought for the Republic of Ireland, of which I am a non-resident citizen, where Sinn Fein is on the rise. It is still believed by the security forces...
I’m pleased to report yet another victory for the right to tell the truth about this party, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 1 March 2020 I didn’t know until last week that there had been three complaints to the Independent Press Standards...
An outbreak of sanity over statues runs into Sinn Fein’s tunnel-vision problem, writes Ruth Dudley EdwardsPublished: 17 February 2019’I want to build a Belfast, which is a City for All,” wrote SDLP Councillor Tim Attwood in a recent letter to a...
Gerry Adams has left his chosen successor a horrendous collection of problems, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: Sunday 11 February 2018 In normal political parties almost everyone wants to be leader. But how many senior people in Sinn Fein truly envy Mary Lou...