The British are an odd people. Yesterday Labour MP Dawn Butler was ejected from the House of Commons for saying Boris Johnson has lied repeatedly. Eh? They threw her out? And if you’re protocol-sensitive, maybe stiffen your sinews. The EU is gritting its teeth and breathing hard as the UK yet again demands major […]
July, 2021
Hubert Lane and the paragons of virtue – by Donal Kennedy
This article first appeared in the Irish Democrat THOSE WHO have enjoyed Richmal Crompton’s ‘William’ stories – (and who, having read them, did not?) may recall Hubert Lane. For those unfamiliar with the stories, William was a Huckleberry Finn translated to commuter belt Kent, an eleven-yea-old scapegrace and leader of a gang rejoicing in the name of The Outlaws. If they had […]
INTELLIGENCE AND THE IRISH TIMES
The IRISH TIMES has scant respect for Irish law or the intelligence of its readers. Witness “The Irish Times View on Dessie O’Malley” 22 July A jury of free citizens acquitted Charles Haughey, Captain Kelly and others of conspiracy to import arms illegally.Garret Fitzgerald had to pay substantial damages to Captain Kelly for repeating the […]
Dessie O’Malley: who he was and what he did
I never met Dessie O’Malley, who died yesterday. When we were on a family holiday in Connemara, I once glimpsed him in a hotel, talking animatedly and cheerfully to a group of admirers. You didn’t need a potted biography to know that this was a man who had known political power. I did know his […]
‘Killing Kelly’ A review of George Galloway’s latest documentary – by Fra Hughes
The strange death of Dr. David Kelly was exposed on celluloid at the premiere of the Killing Kelly documentary screened at the Everyman Theatre Muswell Hill North London on Saturday, July 17 2021 at 9 pm. I was invited to attend. This is the second in what could well turn out to be a series […]
A TALE OF TWO NEIGHBOURS
NEIGHBOUR 1: I’ve decided about going to work. We’ve talked it over in our house and we’ve decided it’ll be better if I stop the car-share thing with you and take my own car. NEIGHBOUR 2: Well I’m sure myself and the others will be sorry to hear that. There’s nothing we can say that’d […]
A date must be set for an Irish border poll – by Peter Kissel & Marty Glennon
A date must be set for an Irish border poll The time to set a firm date for a referendum on Irish unity is now. The legal requirement for a border poll as envisioned in the 1998 Good Friday (Belfast) Agreement needs to be embraced and facilitated by the Irish and British governments. The GFA […]
IRISH AMERICAN UNITY CONFERENCE CONDEMNS PROPOSED AMNESTY FOR BRITISH SOLDIERS
July 19, 2021…. In announcing that it will institute a statute of limitations for all criminal offenses committed during the so-called Troubles, the United Kingdom stands in lockstep with other notorious outlaw regimes that have little respect for law or human rights. This action, primarily to protect British Army killers who were part of the […]
Planning for a reunited Ireland: how are we doing?
You can easily get left behind. Until this morning I thought that while nationalists in the North were pushing for a reunification referendum, unionists in the north were insisting that a border poll shouldn’t be so much as considered. Emma Souza, writing in today’s Irish Times, makes one very valid point and one surprising and […]
PAT + JUDE TALK ABOUT THE HEATWAVE, MICHEÁL MARTIN & BORIS JOHNSON, AND OF COURSE…SEX. It ain’t ‘alf ‘ot, Mum. – wasn’t that the name of a TV series ‘way back? And isn’t it ‘ot these days? Do you love it, and if you do, why? Rain isn’t acid rain, usually, so why do we […]