I’ve been thinking about the Scot Nats Party. It’s hard not to, since they’re receiving almost as much coverage in the English and Irish media as they no doubt are in the Scottish media. And there are a number of points that come home with paradoxical force. 1. The Scot Nats lost the referendum […]
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So tell me, Nigel…
Oh dear. Oh dear oh dear oh dear. If the DUP had gone into a huddle and said “Right guys, let’s think of something that’ll make it harder for any UK party to go into coalition with us. Mmm. Let’s see… Sammy – could you say something about evolution?…Nah, doesn’t have that zing. Edwin – […]
Roberta McNally, David Simpson, Catherine Seeley and two people
First person: Have you heard? Roberta McNally has declared that Catherine Seeley, the Sinn Féin candidate for Upper Bann, is a tramp. She’s also spoken of the nationalist/republican population of that area as ‘taigs’. Second person: And your point is? Roberta McNally isn’t even a DUP member. First person: True. But she did sign the […]
Paul Givan: a Christian or a hypocrite?
The DUP’s Paul Givan was on TV a fe weeks ago talking about his move to insert a Conscience clause in legislation which would protect people like the Ashers. You remember the Ashers: they’re the people who in all conscience couldn’t respond to a gay couple cake request, because it clashed with their values. As I […]
Paul Givan: so hard to read
The DUP’s Paul Givan was on TV a couple of weeks back, talking about his move to insert a Conscience clause in legislation which would protect people like the Ashers. You remember the Ashers: they’re the people who in all conscience couldn’t respond to a gay couple cake request, because it clashed with their values. […]