On Saturday last, I was in a very crowded lecture hall in St Mary’s University College where they were discussing the economics of a united Ireland. As I write I’m half-listening to a recorded radio discussion, where Jonathan Powell and Ray Bassett are exchanging views on the backstop and reactions to it. Buy a newspaper […]
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The DUP: its word is its bond. Or something.
A few factual matters, so we’re clear about what is being asked for up at Stormont and what was agreed prior to the present Stormont talks. “Both parties [the Tory Party and the DUP] will adhere fully to their respective commitments set out in the Belfast Agreement and its successors.” That’s a statement […]
‘What was Fintan talking about and was it a nice thing to say?’
OK – your starter for 10. Who or what was Fintan O’Toole talking about when he said this in a recent article: ‘We have to be careful about this, however.”? Was it a) A decision about men peeling off their tops in hot weather. b) Prince Philip’s decision to cut back on “working” 110 days per […]