May, 2022

Well. That was interesting. Not riveting. Not absorbing. But interesting. If we were to go by last night’s TV performance, things are looking very bad for unionism. Let’s look at each contributor, starting at the top (or bottom, depending on how you see these things). JEFFREY DONALDSON wasn’t himself at all – hasn’t been for […]

 I was feeling seriously lazy this morning and so I dipped into the Nolan Show as something that was unlikely to provoke an episode of thinking.  Nolan was making his way through the Sinn Féin manifesto and pausing after each point to create the aural equivalent of the empty chair. That’s because, it seems, Sinn […]

AONTÚ is one of the smallest parties running in the Assembly election. We talk to its leader Peadar Tóibín about the party’s policies. Are they just an anti-abortion party or do they have an economic vision as well? And what about Aontú and a border poll – when should that happen? And what needs to […]

As the Russian special operation continues in Ukraine now entering its third month of hostilities, it appears Zelensky and the fascists in charge of Ukraine have some new supporters. As the remnants of the Azov battalion hide in the underground bunkers of Mauriopol, reminiscent of the fall of the Reichstag, cowering in the dark from […]

A blind man or woman on a swiftly-galloping stallion could have noticed how presenter Mark Mallett hacked off a red-meat chunk and tossed it  to the anti-Sinn Féin parties in last night’s UTV debate. Eager to provide a counterweight for the DUP and the UUP’s refusal to say they’ll accept the will of the electorate, […]