When I first noticed the former First Minister wearing a crown on her lapel I did not pass much remarks. I thought it was just for some special occasion like her queen’s birthday. I have noticed since then that this badge is a permanent fixture on all her jackets –an ongoing public expression of loyalty […]
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Voting or writing the croppy requiem: today you decide
What a beautiful Spring morning! Given my infirmity, I was transported to the polling station by the present Mrs C. I don’t usually vote in the morning, but I preferred as few people as possible to see my slim and elegantly muscled frame reduced to a creeping shell. Alas, there were plenty of people coming in […]
Mike and the sin for which there is no forgiveness
A long, long time ago, when men wore big heavy winter coats with a belt tied around the middle and no male head went uncovered, when women didn’t create unemployment by making silly demands to be part of the paid workforce but stayed at home and minded the children – way back then there […]
Plausible Paul Givan and his jolly japes
Well, now that most of us have got over the heady excitement of an election prospect in grim mid-winter, it’s maybe time to have a look at the opening jousts in the campaign (yes I know Referee Brokenshire hasn’t blown his whistle yet, but when did anything he said or did have any real significance?) […]
People Before Profit is neither Orange nor Green – hooray!…But hey, wait a minute…
Well, that was interesting. Or maybe not. Just as the south’s election finally gets decided in the form of a new/second-hand government, the weeks of noiseless campaigning up north have come to a muted climax, as the winners beam and the losers try not to look as though someone had put a hole in their chest. […]
The south’s election and the media
“Cabin fever” they called it in Canada. It was that point nearing the end of a long, cold winter when people began to ache for the outdoor freedom that Spring would bring. In the south of Ireland, cabin fever is gripping commentators and politicians, with Joan Burton saying she is looking forward to the general […]