“Throw a union jack across a donkey’s back and they’d vote for it” –that used to be the charge against unionist candidates (and yes, of course, Virginia, ‘donkey’ needs to be changed to ‘grinning hyena’ in the case of Paul Givan). To be fair, all parties have their share of donkeys, and a tricolour has […]
May, 2019
Don’t just sit there – get out and vote! Unionism needs you.
OK, it’s rolling the eyes and sighing time again. What kind of people are we, anyway? Here we have local elections, electing councilors who arrange bin collection and the like, and what do we do? We go all tribal. We vote for the two biggest parties and guarantee the continuing stalemate. And if you think […]
TWO LETTERS ARISING FROM ILL-INFORMED AND ILL-WILLED COMMENT ON THE 1916 RISING by Donal Kennedy
FROM THE IRISH TIMES, Monday 18 November 2013 – “Sir, I understand that the peoples of Sweden and Switzerland were the only Europeans to suffer less from violence than the people of Ireland these past 100 years ;and Ireland’s good fortune stems from the actions of Pearse, Connolly and their comrades. […]
How to shut up an articulate opponent
Hands up if you know (Lord) Paul Bew? I don’t mean know in the sense that you go for the occasional pint together, but know who he is? At the danger of teaching my granny to suck eggs, here’s some of his background. Once a member of People’s Democracy (remove that woman – she appears […]