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 […]
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Structures, structures, never were there such convenient structures
What are structures, anyway? And how can they be peace-threatening? I ask because the notion of ‘IRA structures’ has been tossed around mightily over recent days, not least by the three-wise-persons panel who declared that the IRA army council still existed, and that it gave orders/provided an over-arching umbrella for Sinn Féin and the IRA. […]
In and out and gates and rogues
Are the DUP and the UUP rogue political parties? After yesterday, there’s a case to be made that both are. Assuming that ‘rogue’ means acting with no regard for the law. This shows in a number of ways. Take the killing of Jock Davison and Kevin McGuigan. Both these were brutal, violent acts – but while […]
We all believe in the principles of British justice. Don’t we?
Picture by Andy 101 I don’t always agree with David Ford, leader of the Alliance Party, but I do agree with something he said this morning. He was being interviewed by Noel Thompson, I think, and was asked why his party hadn’t followed the lead of the UUP and quit the Executive. His reply was […]