The DUP’s attempt to turn racism into a border issue was political opportunism at its most transparent and least convincing. Faced with public anger over racist attacks, its instinct wasn’t to confront the prejudice on display but to reach for its favourite all-purpose explanation: the Irish Sea border. It was a remarkable performance. Houses […]
Author Jude Collins
Brits Suddenly Interested In The North Of Ireland Since They Colonised It – by Newry Spud
English loyalists and unionists across the UK have confirmed they’ve never been as concerned about “community safety” in this part of the world since their ancestors arrived here during the Tudor conquest and decided the best way to make friends was to take the land, rename half of it, and act shocked when people […]
Poor us, stuck with a porous border
It happened umpteen times during the Troubles, and it would appear to be thriving in North Belfast. I’m referring to people whose lives are threadbare, income seriously limited, and who feel a grudge against…well, what have you got? During the troubles it was working-class Catholics/nationalists. Thirty years of cruelty followed the burning of Catholic […]
Try talking rationally, guys
It’s simple, really. All mice eat cheese. Johnny eats cheese Therefore Johnny is a mouse Or try this: My sister lives in Portadown Nathan Dootery lives in Portadown Therefor Nathan Dootery is my sister. I could go on, but the absurdity of this kind of reasoning is blindingly obvious. […]
‘Alien cultures’ and that knife attack in Belfast last night.
“These are the times that try men’s souls” Thomas Paine said in 1776, referring to the struggle of North America for independence from Britain. Indeed, Thomas. And today, in 2026, is a time which reveals men’s souls – and brains – as they respond to the knife attack in North Belfast last night. By […]
The border and bread-and-butter stuff
A nice man with an equally nice name has a column in the Irish News today where he points to something important: too many political decisions are made with an eye to the next election. I’m with him there. It’s only human – we all need a roof over our head and grub on the […]
PAT+JUDE TALK ABOUT SCARVES IN SCARVA, IRELAND TO PLAY ISRAEL, 3 ‘WRONG KIND OFJEW’S, &WHITHER SF?
Carla Lockhart of the DUP has been pictured standing with a group of men in Scarva, with scarves over their faces. They’re objecting to the pro-Palestinian rally that was taking place in the area. Were the masked men right to cover their no-doubt-flawless features? Was Carla right to identify with them? Do you know […]
The Assassination of Mokoena Letsie in South Africa – by Joe McVeigh
By Joe McVeigh Mokoena Letsie (40) was an outspoken critic of Netanyahu and the Zionist regime in Israeli. He supported Palestinian freedom and many other causes at home in South Africa and around the world. He was assassinated at his own home in North West province S.Africa on Wednesday 27 May by 2 […]
Poetry for the Times we live in by Joe McVeigh
One of my favourite poets is Donna Ashworth who lives in Scotland and produces wonderful poems/reflections that comfort and challenge. I would like more people to know about her poetry and read her insightful poems. THERE WILL BE DAYS by DONNA ASHWORTH There will be days my friend,When you feel like you […]
PAT+JUDE TALK ABOUT THE HEALY-RAE BLOOD FEUD, TRUMP’S BIRTHDAY PRESENT (CAGE FIGHTING) & MORE, MORE
You know the Healy-Raes? The TDs with the cap and the enormous Kerry accent? It seems they’ve fallen out…Or Is it all an attention-getting manoeuvre? Trump’s 80 th birthday is on the horizon, and apparently his big treat will be to have cage-fighting on the White House lawn. Conor McGregor may not be there, […]