Should Hilary Benn set out clear criteria for the circumstances in which to call a border poll? I’ve always been among those suggesting that the secretary of state should. It would hold British feet to the fire over actually calling a poll and give United Irelanders something concrete to focus their energies on. And at […]
August, 2024
WE DON’T HAVE THE WORDS
By Randall Stephen Hall . How is it we don’t have the words? We don’t have the words anymore. Or the vision to create any peace Anywhere, in the world, these days ? Where have the peace makers gone? Or do they rarely reach the micro-phone? Never make it to the platform. Never […]
PAT+JUDE TALK ABOUT 40K CORPSES IN GAZA. THE WOES OF THE SDLP, ELON MUSK INTERVIEWS D TRUMP, & DRUGS
Yesterday was the anniversary of the Omagh bomb – over thirty human beings killed. Remember the horror of it all? Now hear this: more than 40,000 people have been killed in Gaza – and yet the killers tell us they are being as restrained as possible. Yuck. Elon Musk did an extended interview with Trump. […]
Talk of Long Kesh and…what was that other place?
Why is there suddenly a lot of talk about the use of the Long Kesh H-block site? Wasn’t that knocked on the head when, fearing he’d lose votes to the TUV, the UUP and the Alliance Party, Peter Robinson went to America and from that safe distance told his government partners and other Stormont politicians […]
Those Derry Riots
The links between the present and the past can be baffling and sometimes embarrassing. In recent days there has been rioting in Derry, leaving 10 PSNI officers injured and in need of treatment. The attacks followed the parade of several thousand Apprentice Boys through the streets of Derry and along its walls. Colum Eastwood, leader […]
PAT+JUDE SAY FAREWELL OLYMPICS, ASK IF THE SOUTH OF IRELAND IS A FAILED STATE, & BOOKS THEY LIKE…
What will we all do now that the Olympics are over? Was the closing ceremony as tedious as the opening one? And should the south spend €500 million on training athletes for the next Games? Stephen Collins in the Irish Times has a column today where he links Sinn Féin with Hugo Chavez of Brazil […]
Further Stifling of the Immigration Debate – by Carl Duffy
The philosophy of animalism in George Orwell’s Animal Farm was reduced to asimplistic slogan of ‘four legs good, two legs bad.’ This was done with the intention thatall the adherents of animalism could unthinkingly show support for the governingideology. Similar, simplistic thinking has also dominated the immigration debate.Supporters of the current levels of immigration […]
Donald and his ear problem
To say you’re a conspiracy theorist – that is, things weren’t quite the way they’re told – is to leave yourself open to the charge of mental derangement. But I’m willing to take the risk. Donald Trump was fired at and hit during an assassination attempt a few weeks ago. Trump declared that but […]
Losing Sight of Facts – by Michael Lagan
Now that the racists (Yes, they are racists and indeed fascists) have been put back in their boxes, and the rioting has been somewhat reduced, has anyone noticed that the reason all this trouble started, the murder of three young girls, has been largely forgotten about? Bebe King, Elsie Dot […]
BREXIT CHANGES EVERYTHING; U.S. CAN LEAD IRISH UNITY – by Mike Cummings
AMERICAN BREXIT COMMITTEE 1919 CHESTNUT STREET, SUITE 1724 American Brexit Committee Chairman John Corcoran Esq. (PA) has released letters sent to Biden Administration officials urging a new policy of holding Britain accountable for its murderous mendacity in N. I. “For the past 14 years,” stated Corcoran,” the Labor Party has willingly collaborated with the […]
