Hindus are dismayed at Northern Ireland (NI) Census 2021 Questionnaire developed by Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) for not having an independent category for Hindu and other minority religions. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that although NISRA claims that census “looks at who we are and how […]
March, 2021
Trouble in Scotland
It’s fair to say that Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon, the two people who have done most to bring Scotland to the verge of independence, are not best mates right now. Last week Salmond denounced the massive conspiracy of the SNP and the Scottish civil service and just about everyone else, saying they had conducted […]
Sammy and the Lyon by Michael Lagan
Gordon Lyons was on the radio today claiming he had a responsibility as Agriculture Minister, albeit a stand-in for Edwin Pools, to “do what is best for the people of Northern Ireland”. He claimed the reason he halted the building of all permanent Irish Sea border post structures and halted all recruitment was because […]
Scottish independence: fatally wounded?
It’s fair to say that Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon, the two people who have done most to bring Scotland to the verge of independence, are not best mates right now. Last week Salmond denounced the massive conspiracy of the SNP and the Scottish civil service and just about everyone else, saying they had conducted […]
PAT + JUDE TALK ABOUT BANK CLOSURE, THAT RIOT IN DUBLIN, AND MITCH MCCONNELL – MAN OR RAT?
The Bank of Ireland has announced that 103 of its branches across the island of Ireland will close. Is this simply technology developing and something we must accept? That riot in Dublin at the weekend – was it a riot? Why did the Garda Commissioner say there were far Left elements involved – and then retract his statement. Do people have a right to plan and demonstrate if they wish? And finally in the US, Mitch McConnell. In the days after the invasion of the Capitol building by Trump demonstrators, McConnell denounced Trump – but now he says he’d have no bother supporting him, if he is the Republican party candidate. Is this Mitch bending to the democratic wish of the Republican party, or trying to ride two political horses? Turn on, tune in, drop out….
Northern Ireland, That Tunnel and a Backdoor to Europe? by Fra Hughes
Why does the idea of a tunnel between the west coast of Scotland and the Northeast coast of Ireland induce such merriment and ridicule from so many in the media and in society at large? No one is suggesting that all flights between Britain and the North of Ireland should be cancelled. That the ferries […]
Sammy and the Good Lord Trimble
This blog first appeared as a column in The Andersonstown News Only a fool would squeeze all unionists into one category. Like nationalists and republicans, unionists come in all shapes and sizes, all temperaments and outlooks. Let’s take an example: Sammy Wilson of the DUP and the good Lord David Trimble. Sammy is red-cheeked and a bit overweight, the good Lord is thin-lipped and somewhat […]