MICHEAL MARTIN will be visiting the White House on Wednesday. What line should he take – the touch-feely Macron line, the upright restrained Starmer line, or what? And will he mention the word ‘Gaza’, or would that be to risk a shouting match with President Trump? A week is a long time in politics and half an hour is a long time in the Oval Office.
Emma Little-Pengelly will be visiting Trump also, but Michelle O’Neill will not. What do you think she’ll introduce herself as – the Deputy First Minister or the joint First Minister? Are there any possible advantages to using one title or the other?
Thomas Gould is a Sinn Féin TD who has been arrested and questioned about a firm he once worked for. He was then discharged and continues to protest. his innocence. Why did the Irish Times choose to link him with Martin Ferris, the IRA and other events from forty or fifty years ago?
If there were a a united Ireland, what kind of provision – if any- should be made for unionists?And should any provision be permanent?
Oh, and does the ordinary Joe/Josephine in the street give a damn about politics? Should s/he?
Right – press the button, would ya?
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