Author Jude Collins

Following on from my Blog “Each Actor on His Ass…..” I think that some readers may believe in a level playing field for all humanity and that each human has rights and responsibilities. Moses came down from a mountain with a set of rules, which if followed’ would save a lot of grief. The French Revolutionists […]

At the time of writing (I have to start with that phrase since these days anything can and often does happen), the mad gallop of Boris and his Brexiteers towards the Brexit cliff-edge seems to have been slowed if not stopped. So is there a small dark part of us that feels disappointed? At the […]

– Liam Neeson is a fine actor and, when given a good script is a man to admire. But when speaking for himself he can appear a clown. Once, after a friend of his was raped by a man with a dark skin, he says he wanted to murder any black person he met. Some years […]

 I don’t always agree with Alex Kane, the unionist commentator, especially when he’s displaying his tendency to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. But credit where credit is due: in today’s Irish Times he makes a highly valuable point about Brexit. “The softest of soft Brexits – in the next few weeks […]

Have the top brass at RTÉ lost the run of themselves, become drunk on the wine of their own power? It would appear so. They’ve just fired one of the genuinely colourful commentators in their sports department. I’m referring to Joe Brolly. Don’t get me wrong. Sometimes I think Joe is talking very good sense. […]

Here’s Arlene Foster, after the DUP’s meeting with Boris Johnson: “During today’s meeting, the Prime Minister confirmed his rejection of the Northern Ireland-only backstop and his commitment to securing a deal which works for the entire United Kingdom, as well as our neighbours in the Republic of Ireland.” So is that it? The hope that, […]

I’ve just read in The Guardian a highly interesting and important article, particularly  for us here in our NE Nest. It’s by Nathan Robinson and it’s entitled ‘Media bias is OK – if it’s honest.’ Here’s a taste of what he’s saying: “It should be obvious that there can’t be such a thing as a […]

I Distributed to Congress by Irish National Caucus. “ Boris has met his match in Leo. Taoiseach Varadkar is giving a command performance. Irish-Americans say : Yes, to the “Backstop. No, to a hard Border. And better still, No damn Border at all. Fr. Sean McManus No “Backstop” is same as no deal for Ireland, Taoiseach […]

I missed  the Leo and Boris show when it went out live yesterday morning, but I caught up with it on RTÉ News and later, on BBC. It was an interesting contrast in reporting styles. In the RTÉ clip,  they showed Leo doing most of the talking and Boris standing there silent, like a confused […]

I was waiting for my electric car to charge (shut up, Virginia) yesterday, so I passed the time by ambling into the service station and checking out the Sunday papers. Even though it now costs nearly THREE QUID, on an impulse I bought The Sunday Times. Here’s how old I am: I remember  when The […]