May, 2022

 I may be wrong, but I can’t recall anyone  else mining these diaries for the light or darkness they throw on John Redmond, John Dillon. T.P.O’Connor and Joe Devlin of the Irish Parliamentary Party, nor on Michael Collins and Eamon de Valera, whom Scott met, nor the reflection they cast on himself.  Scott was intimate […]

I find it unnerving, how wise journalists and other deep thinkers become when they check things in the rear-view mirror. For example, how many got Sinn Féin’s thunderous performance in the South’s last general election  before it happened? Right, none. The fact that Sinn Féin itself didn’t get it right in advance doesn’t change the […]

AMERICAN BREXIT COMMITTEE  1919 CHESTNUT ST, SUITE 1724  PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103    John M. Corcoran Esq, Chairman  Michael J. Cummings, Secretary    Phil. NYC, Boston & Wash.  Well done to Sinn Fein and to all those who placed their trust  in their commitment to serve all in N. I.  Keep calm and carry on!!!  Remember Britain has now spent […]

  On BBC Radio 4 today ( Saturday 7 May 2022) a correspondent asserted that Sinn Fein had waged war for the independence of Ireland in the early 20th Century Sinn Fein never waged war. But in December 1918 it won a landslide victory, pledged to establish an Independent Irish Republic in a General Election […]

  So now we’ve moved from the election campaign to the post-election era. Was the SF victory in terms of seats a true reflection of their percentage share of first preferences? Will Sir Jeff stick to his no-protocol/no Executive position? And if he does will people in the unionist community get fed up with a […]

What is there left to say that hasn’t been said? Let’s see. As soon as the results were in, according to Sir Jeff during the election campaign, Sinn Féin would be up on their hind legs yelping at the moon about the need for a border poll.  When Mary Lou McDonald referred to the work […]

With word coming in that the average turn-out of voters for the Assembly election is hitting around 54%, while in 2017 it hit around 64%, an obvious thought occurs: why is it that nearly half the eligible population doesn’t bother to vote? More important, can anything be done about this? To answer the first question:the […]

As you doubtless know, there’s this gentleman’s agreement that there be no talk about an election for 24 hours before the polls open. I’ve always thought that a dumb arrangement: the politicians don’t stop canvassing 24 hours before polling, so why should the media? Fortunately, however, there’s multi-channel TV now, and  on France 24 yesterday […]

Funny we don’t hear so much talk about ‘personation’ today. That was the term they used to use to explain away the increase in Sinn Féin votes – they were voting early and voting often. The wisest (and most Machiavellian) words I heard on the subject were from Bernadette McAliskey, fado fado. She explained how […]

      Where to next for the Russian ‘special operation’ in Eastern Ukraine after the complete liberation of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions of the Donbass? Well if I was in charge the next step after fully liberating Mauriopol from the Azov fascists and right wing nationalist Ukraine army units with their paid mercenary […]