These are bad days to be a Tory. The latest defector from the Tories to Farage’s Reform Party is Robert Jenmerick, who ran for the Tory leadership. Kemi Badenoch, the present Tory leader (they’ve had so many) fired him hours before his defection. Are the Tories doomed? Is it possible to think of Farage as […]
Trump v the Cuban commies
President Trump has not said he’s “locked and loaded” for an attack on Cuba. That reference was to Iran. But that doesn’t mean he likes the way Cuba is run. He’s on record that he doesn’t like the Cuban habit of locking up its own citizens (no,no, Virginia, the poor man is getting old – […]
The State of Israel – by Joe McVeigh
The state called Israel is a political construction by the British after World War II just as ‘NE.Ireland (sometimes cleverly called ‘Ulster’ )is a political construct by the British after World War I. In fact, a former British PM (Balfour) referred to the new state of Israel as another ‘little Ulster’ […]
The word that dare not speak its name
As I write this, my brother is in Altnagelvin Hospital, seriously ill. When I tell people that he is approaching his ninetieth birthday, they shrug their shoulders literally or metaphorically. If you’re ninety, well, you’ve had a good innings, you should be ready to lay your burden down. Speaking as another old man myself, […]
PAT+JUDE TALK ABOUT A RACIST PHILANTHROPIST, SHAY GIVEN &THE H WORD, & TRUMP IS’ ‘LOCKED &LOADED’ A generous donor recently offered Letterkenny Youth and Family Service “a sizeable sum” providing the service used it for Irish people. Have a look at our video and discover what the LYFS did and whether they should have […]
Three little local matters
With Trump plodding, standing, jumping on human rights throughout the world, it’s difficult to know if local concerns matter. They seem sideshows to world events. But it’s worth checking out a few. 1. Casement Park. With the state of world events, matters like football pitches seem irrelevant, local, too small to deserve attention. But we […]
PAT+JUDE TALK ABOUT TRUMP THE KIDNAPPER, WHAT CHINA WILL DO WITH TAIWAN, MAN UTD & SACKING MANAGERS So – Donald Trump has moved to a new stage where, if he doesn’t like the way another country is working – especially a South American country – he can simply kidnap him AND his wife, and […]
Distracting words from the Commander-in-Thief
Have you watched this video where Trump laments the fact that the US should have ‘kept the oil’ when it invaded Iraq? It’s worth watching. Meantime, why do you suppose he killed over 90 Venezuelans in boats? He claimed they were carrying drugs but has offered no proof. And, of course, summary execution is not […]
Are there some truths better left buried?
I had my twice-weekly chat with Pat McArt earlier today, and we somehow landed on a topic I hadn’t thought about before. It sprang from an article by Denis Bradley in The Irish News (the newspaper that once loved me but it’s all over now). He was talking about the search for truth about what happened […]
PAT+JUDE TALK ABOUT SOFT POWER, THE PROBLEM WITH TRUTH &THE PAST, & WHY PEOPLE KEEP VOTING FF &FG
Ireland isn’t exactly a world power, but it does carry one magic talent – soft power. St Patrick’s Dau and the world turned green is one example. The Department of Foreign Affairs is pushing Bloomsday and St Brigid’s Day and other dates and occasions. Maybe they even have a soft spot fo Kneecap? Is it […]