by RuthDE | Mar 16, 2022 | 2022, Daily Telegraph, Journalism, March
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...
by RuthDE | Jun 16, 2020 | 2020, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism, June
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...
by RuthDE | Mar 7, 2020 | 2020, Journalism, March, Reaction
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...
by RuthDE | Mar 2, 2020 | 2020, Belfast Telegraph, Journalism, March
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...
by RuthDE | Feb 18, 2019 | 2019, February, Journalism, Sunday Independent
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...
by RuthDE | Feb 23, 2018 | 2018, Journalism, Sunday Independent
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...