They still want an an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. Revenge seems to be the motto .The argument about” what a victim is ” is still fastened to the lips of William McCrea’s own Democratic Unionist Party {DUP}. They cannot move on without a definition set down in law […]
April, 2015
So near and yet so far
It’s funny the distaste and ignorance ( in the true sense of the word) of many unionists when it comes to matters regarding the south of Ireland. Who can ever forget Wendy Austin’s splendid comment about the occasion on which she “drove into Ireland”? Certainly many unionists have a soft spot for (and a holiday […]
Maggie and Nigel and what comes with them
“She brings her father, her mother, her sister and her brother, Oh! I never see Maggie alone. She brings her uncles and cousins, she’s got ‘em by the dozens, I never see Maggie alone.” Remember that one? It was part of the soundtrack of my childhood. But it has bang-up-to-date relevance as well. Especially if […]
Mutually assured destruction: yes, they’re mad. And bad.
Sometimes the irony is too much, so vast it’s hard to describe. But I’ll try. During the Scottish leadership debate on Thursday, the SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon made it clear that a ‘red line’ issue for her party would be the renewal of the Trident nuclear submarine fleet, which would cost up to £100 billion. A […]
BOREDOM IN NORNEVERLAND by Harry McAvinchey
The usual irony deficit has been exposed once again in Norneverland . Of course the media should know better how to take a joke but then again I’ve come across the same problem while writing , myself .Sometimes a wee chuckle and a twinkle in the eye doesn’t translate down onto the written words on […]
The Mechanism (or The Basket Case. Part One) by Randall Stephen Hall
23.1.15. Just click on the audio link or cut and paste it into your search engine. Thanks. https://soundcloud.com/hugh-midden-speaks/the-mechanism-4-4-15 When many of us came here . . . (now what do I mean by “us”or “came here” or “when” ?) When indeed? I’m talking about the Plantation of Ulster around 1610. I’m talking […]
England, arrogance and national independence
Suzanne Moore has an interesting piece in today’s Guardian. Titled “England’s arrogant nationalism has been a gift to the SNP”, she argues that English Tories and Labour have been fixated on Nigel Farage and UKIP, because he is one of their own. Noting the repeated assaults on Nicola Sturgeon in last night’s debate, that she might […]
Five things I learnt inside twenty minutes
I’m fresh (??) off the Nolan Show on BBC Radio Ulster/Raidio Uladh. I’d say I was on for twenty minutes roughly; but it’s amazing what you can learn in a short time. I learned five things. 1. Quite a few politicians and commentators who express compassion for the lonely death of Jean McConville are shedding crocodile tears. […]
OBJECTIFICATION OF MEN by Harry McAvinchey
What’ s with this current objectification of men? I thought this kind of behaviour was outlawed long ago. Wasn’t there a hue and cry about Page Three Girls flaunting their nipples in the tabloid Sun newspaper, only a mere few months ago?.Many deemed it unworthy , even unseemly and misogynistic that bare -breasted women […]
Oh, those primitive people in Fermanagh/South Tyrone!
So. You enjoying the coverage of the election campaign in Fermanagh/South Tyrone? Thanks to BBC and UTV reports, it’s now clear that Fermanagh/South Tyrone is stuck in the past. Almost daily references, verbal and visual, to the ‘dreary steeples’ and people mindlessly and tribally voting for orange or green. We still haven’t learnt, we’re told, […]