Author Jude Collins

Don’t you just love the Tories? George Osborne had barely closed his mouth from announcing that the British government would be using the benefits system in the UK as a financial gun to force families to be smaller and to drive under-25s – whether they wanted to or not – back into the family nest, […]

I like George Monbiot. For a start he knows an awful lot of stuff, and for another he’s not afraid to speak out. He had an article in The Guardian  the other day that almost literally took my breath away. It was about those Kenyans who had been mistreated by the British during the struggle […]

I like George Monbiot. For a start he knows an awful lot of stuff, and for another he’s not afraid to speak out. He had an article in The Guardian  the other day that almost literally took my breath away. It was about those Kenyans who had been mistreated by the British during the struggle […]

I was down Dungannon way yesterday at a local history conference. Predictably, their theme was the decade of centenaries and how to respond to them. I enjoyed it considerably. When you’ve informed and skilled speakers like Diarmaid Ferriter and Brian Walker, you can hardly go wrong. What I felt was lacking, though, was a commentary […]

I was down Dungannon way yesterday at a local history conference. Predictably, their theme was the decade of centenaries and how to respond to them. I enjoyed it considerably. When you’ve informed and skilled speakers like Diarmaid Ferriter and Brian Walker, you can hardly go wrong. What I felt was lacking, though, was a commentary […]

So – who do you fancy for the American election –  the president or the challenger? Because the result will have repercussions that will certainly affect the electorate but also the world in general. Yes indeed – on Sunday the Venezualan people will make a momentous decision.  Hugo Chavez, if you’ve been following the American […]

So – who do you fancy for the American election –  the president or the challenger? Because the result will have repercussions that will certainly affect the electorate but also the world in general. Yes indeed – on Sunday the Venezualan people will make a momentous decision.  Hugo Chavez, if you’ve been following the American […]

1. I was listening to Joe Duffy’s Liveline programme on RTÉ just now and I heard Dickie Rock – remember him? – say that it was strange Jimmy Saville never got married. Good point, Dickie. Didn’t even get married once.  Creepy.  Know what I mean?2. Paul Gambuccini was on the telly yesterday and he said it […]

1. I was listening to Joe Duffy’s Liveline programme on RTÉ just now and I heard Dickie Rock – remember him? – say that it was strange Jimmy Saville never got married. Good point, Dickie. Didn’t even get married once.  Creepy.  Know what I mean?2. Paul Gambuccini was on the telly yesterday and he said it […]

There was a brouhaha a few weeks ago that some MLAs were going to visit ‘Communist Cuba’ to look at their health system, which by all accounts is exemplary. The thinking behind the objection was, of course, that by admitting that a (vaguely) Communist system might produce something good would by implication suggest that capitalism […]