Published: 5 August 2019 He’s only been in the door five minutes and has hardly begun putting names to faces, yet already Julian Smith, the new Secretary of State, has had to order an internal review into a problem he must find preposterous – the...
The former Constance Gore-Booth, a Protestant noblewoman from Co Sligo, embraced many causes in her lifetime: feminism, republicanism and, finally, revolution. But what part did she play in the murder of unarmed police constable Michael Lahiff? Published: 20 July 2018...
The exploitation of leaks is leaving politicians terrified of making any decisions, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 16 February 2018 I was about to begin writing about rumours, distortions, meaningless Civil Service drafts, pointless speculation and other linked...
