The President flaunts his Irish descent, but is blind to the truth about the EU’s imperialistic Protocol Published: 10 June 2019 Joe Biden is a classic of the type: a man of tenuous Irish descent who loudly declaims his Irishness yet clearly has little experience or...
The narrative that Boris is responsible for problems in the North hinders the search for actual solutions Published: 15 April 2021 Our Prime Minister consistently reminds me of William Brown, Richmal Crompton’s 11-year-old hero, a natural leader whose optimism leads...
In the latest essay in our series, RUTH DUDLEY EDWARDS writes that the NIO has come up with is a Sinn Fein wish list on legacy, but it is not too late to fight back Published: 2 October 2018 In four decades of following events in Northern Ireland closely, I’ve seen...
Referendum to widen franchise on poll for head of state is new republican battleground, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 13 August 2018 Referendums, as we know all too well since the battles in the UK over Brexit and in the Irish Republic over same-sex marriage...
Foster and Robinson have made important speeches recently which we need to discuss, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: 12 August 2018 I’ve been reading and hearing a lot recently about unionist attitudes to the possibility of losing a border poll on a united...
Have my Irish compatriots forgotten how the EU once treated Greece? Published: 30 April 2018 Another week, another bromance, this time between Michel Barnier, the EU’s Brexit negotiator, and the Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar. The cynical Brussels game of suckering...
Despite the fuss, my criticisms of the Belfast Agreement have nothing to do with Brexit, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards Published: Sunday 25 February 2018 Last week an article of mine in The Daily Telegraph sparked off a big row between Brexiteers and Remainers over the...
