The timing of the MP’s suspension is difficult for the Tories, the DUP and SF, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 23 July 2018 I can’t pretend to be astounded by the news about DUP MP Ian Paisley in relation to eye-wateringly luxurious and undeclared...
Deep divisions remain between North and South – and within the North itself Published: 17 June 2018 As I was ruminating on the implications of Leo Varadkar allegedly telling Fine Gael TDs that “the plates are shifting in Irish politics”, I...
The British Government has been weak, the Irish gullible and the EU cynical, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 4 June 2018 I regret all sorts of things about the timid way in which the British Government is negotiating Brexit and the foolishness of the Irish...
Published: 15 February 2018 It has been another groundhog week in Northern Ireland, with British and Irish politicians pleading for compromise in pursuit of renewed power sharing and the preservation of peace, and leaks to the media from both nationalists and...
