There was a time when politicians in Ireland lived in fear of saying or doing something that would earn them ‘the belt of a crozier’ – a Catholic bishop criticizing them in public. Gregory Campbell of the DUP has no such fears. In fact, on the Irish Examiner’s website yesterday, he’s the one that’s doing the belting, […]
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Monday morning blues or Monday morning blue skies?
“We had a successful election”. “You can’t be worried about something that happened three days ago” If I tell you that these two statements were uttered by the same person, you may be a little surprised. If I tell you that they were uttered before half-past nine this morning on the Nolan show, by Gregory […]
Gregory and how to goad
I was on the train to Dublin when I heard of Gregory Campbell’s latest public statement. Now before we go any further I want to say that I’ve met Gregory on a number of occasions and have always found him polite and courteous – even likeable. But just as the Tories shouldn’t elect their new […]