April, 2021

A domestic caretaker outside the paramedic’s entrance of Blackpool Victoria Hospital, June 17, 2020 Last week, on March 23, the UK marked the anniversary of its first lockdown. Its Covid-19 death rate per 100,000 people stood at 190, the highest among the G7 economies. The next highest rates were Italy (173) and the US (165). […]

News Letter readers suggest that I reply to its publication of Dr. Birnie’s comments on the article that began: “Joe Biden: ‘My ancestors left Ireland because of what the Brits had been doing.’”   Dr. Birnie imputes error to President Biden, he repeats the “famine” story we were all taught in school, and writes “… more should […]

It appears that First Minister Foster isn’t one bit pleased that the Chief Constable of the PSNI and the Public Prosecution Service haven’t  delivered the required guilty verdict on Sinn Féin over the Bobby  Storey funeral. What’s the point in a police service or a prosecution  service if they won’t come up with the result you want? And as if that wasn’t enough, we’re now doomed to part-time flying of the Union flag, while the rest of the UK gets to do it every day of every week of every month in the year. Pat and I discuss both these intolerable situations… Press ‘Play’

         CR Gas’ or Dibenz Oxazepine, also referred to as ‘DBO’, is a chemical weapon developed by the British Ministry of Defence as a battlefield control agent – “Known as RCAs (Riot Control Agents), they are dispersed as aerosols or sprays, causing irritation of mucous membranes of the eyes, respiratory tract, and skin.”  – Handbook […]

Dear Deputy First Minister, If we’re to judge by today’s media reports, your apology for the whole Bobby Storey funeral thing has been met with stony faces and grim head-shaking. For you to say that you are “truly sorry” your actions at the Bobby Storey funeral have caused hurt, and that you now offer “a […]