A wonderful word that “differ” .Look at it ; doesn’t it look just a bit odd when you pull it out of context ? Words taken in isolation are wonderfully abstract things to look at , aren’t they? What about the word “agreement” sitting there too? Agreement ? So what does it mean to you […]
January, 2017
RHI WE CRY by Randall Stephen Hall
I was inspired this morning by connecting an image of the broken mouth sculpture (its waters no longer run) at Queen’s University Library, Belfast to our broken politics up at the Assembly in Northern ireland. RHI WE CRY. By Randall Stephen Hall © 19.1.17 Like the broken front teeth Of a beggar man The […]
An bhfuil tú amaideach, Nelson?
Maybe you heard Nelson McCausland argue on air yesterday that an Irish Language Act would cost £100 million a year. Perhaps he should view this video before he exercises his hamely tongue on the topic again…
RHI smoke and the difference between a SPAD and a Minister
Claire Hanna was on Raidio Uladh /Radio Ulster just now and she made one very valid point: the wood-pellet scheme is creating a lot of smoke and it’s hard to see through it. However, the testimony yesterday by Dr Andrew McCormick to the Public Accounts Committee has provided flares, helping us see what direction the […]
‘Uncovering the Truth about the British role in the north of Ireland (Part III)’ by Joe McVeigh
‘Operation Motorman’, was introduced by the British army and the British government in July 1972 as a deliberate strategy to put an end to the insurgency created by the Civil Rights movement. Towards the end of October, as ‘Motorman’ was about to finish, British army chiefs with the approval of their political masters in London, […]
‘Arlene Foster – What fracking interest?’
Friday, 25 November 2011 I once went to a movie called Giant in the County Cinema in Omagh. It starred Rock Hudson and was all about Texas and ranchers and cowboys and oil and stuff. I’ve forgotten everything in it except one moment where Rock is in a field on his own. Looking very soulful, […]
‘The Lame Duck Taoiseach’ by Jessica McGrann
Fair play to Mrs May for setting out her stall of reasonable demands for a smooth brexit. England has a land border with France via the channel tunnel and she makes it crystal clear there will be no free movement here or elsewhere between England and the EU. The free movement will end pretty […]
LOOT FOR SOOT , GIVE POOTS THE BOOT ON ST ANDREWS AGREEMENT
Are you feeling up for a bit of a laugh? Fancy getting that old funny -bone tickled with a goose-down feather for a change ,instead of sitting about with a long horse’s face? It’s my usual thing to see the funny side of life ,if it is obviously daft as a box full of frogs […]
Nelson swings his bits on Talkback
You probably heard Nelson McCausland on the BBC’s Talkback an hour or so ago. He was on with Carál Ní Chuilín, explaining how an Irish Language Act would cost £100 million a year and how you wouldn’t be allowed to buy a house in a Gaeltacht area if you didn’t speak Irish. He also […]
‘ Private or Public? The End of Thatcherism’ by Donal Lavery
When the Financial Crash and the Great Depression of the 1930s occurred, financial services were but a fraction of their size of the economy as it stands today. Indeed, it’s a surprise that this has lasted as long as it has, given that Marx predicted ‘financialisation’ of the whole economy to be the end-point of […]