There are few things as funny as the English nation with a piece of moral indignation between its teeth. Chris Huhne may struggle to see the funny side of that but he’s certainly experiencing it at the moment. Huhne was got for speeding ten years ago and claimed his wife (now ex-) was the driver, […]
Author Jude Collins
Where does it hurt?
There’s a danger when you feel strongly about something that you’ll see attacks and opponents where none exist. Which is why I try to check my initial reaction to a lot of the things I encounter in the media. Last Thursday was an example. I was watching The View, the BBC’s successor to Hearts and […]
Where does it hurt?
There’s a danger when you feel strongly about something that you’ll see attacks and opponents where none exist. Which is why I try to check my initial reaction to a lot of the things I encounter in the media. Last Thursday was an example. I was watching The View, the BBC’s successor to Hearts and […]
Fearless and original journalism
I see the VO today is maintaining its usual creakingly-high standards of even-handedness . On p 18 Patrick Murphy lays into Gerry Adams and Sinn Féin, and on p 19 Newton Emerson lays into, um, Sinn Féin and several others. It’s what we media people call balance. Murphy has a truly enquiring mind: he asks […]
Fearless and original journalism
I see the VO today is maintaining its usual creakingly-high standards of even-handedness . On p 18 Patrick Murphy lays into Gerry Adams and Sinn Féin, and on p 19 Newton Emerson lays into, um, Sinn Féin and several others. It’s what we media people call balance. Murphy has a truly enquiring mind: he asks […]
Mindless violence? I think not.
Given the enduring nature of violence and political unrest, it’s tempting to conclude it’s in our nature. And what nature doesn’t supply is made up for by nurture, as old bad habits are handed on to a new generation. I hope I haven’t done Malachi O’Doherty an injustice by extracting that as a central notion […]
Mindless violence? I think not.
Given the enduring nature of violence and political unrest, it’s tempting to conclude it’s in our nature. And what nature doesn’t supply is made up for by nurture, as old bad habits are handed on to a new generation. I hope I haven’t done Malachi O’Doherty an injustice by extracting that as a central notion […]
We get the politicians we deserve. And the police too?
The Nolan show was discussing the matter of policing last night. The questions tended to be directed at comparisons between the way the police have dealt with the flag protesters and the way they’ve dealt with (and will deal with?) nationalist protesters when they tried to block the road at Ardoyne to prevent an Orange […]
We get the politicians we deserve. And the police too?
The Nolan show was discussing the matter of policing last night. The questions tended to be directed at comparisons between the way the police have dealt with the flag protesters and the way they’ve dealt with (and will deal with?) nationalist protesters when they tried to block the road at Ardoyne to prevent an Orange […]
Gerry Adams and that apology
I’m just off air from the Nolan show where I was discussing with Gregory Campbell and another individual (whose name I missed) the apology that Gerry Adams offered in the Dail for the killing of garda Jerry McCabe. It wasn’t a discussion that got very far but it did raise a number of issues that […]