ONE YEAR AGO this week, the Stormont Assembly was restored, after the DUP struck its Safeguarding the Union deal with Rishi Sunak’s government. The unionist
AFTER Sir Jeffrey Donaldson lost the Democratic Unionist Party’s leadership election to Edwin Poots six weeks ago, the victor failed to mention his defeated rival
EVEN BEFORE the G7 summit started this week in Cornwall, Joe Biden was expected to lecture Boris Johnson on the ‘peace process’ in Ulster, and
THIS WESTMINSTER government is keen to talk up its opposition to separatism and claim Boris Johnson practices ‘muscular unionism’. That type of rhetoric is all
LAST WEEK, Northern Ireland’s official centenary passed with a relative lack of fanfare and there were several reasons why the celebrations were muted. Firstly, large
DURING Andrew Marr’s verbal mauling of Nicola Sturgeon on Sunday morning, the First Minister claimed she didn’t know how Scotland’s finances would be affected by
THE DEATH of the Duke of Edinburgh meant things were much quieter over the weekend in Northern Ireland, after a turbulent Easter week. There were
IN NORTHERN IRELAND, the most reliable opinion polls show consistent support for the Union with Great Britain. So why has overheated chatter about the province’s
WHEREVER SEPARATISM EXISTS in the UK, you can be sure that it will be nourished by a steady diet of grievance. As far as nationalists
IN BRITAIN, we are generally proud of our reputation for tolerance, fair-mindedness and moderation. These attitudes, which some people argue are under attack, can be
REMEMBER how the SNP asserted that Scotland should have a relationship with the EU mirroring Northern Ireland’s Brexit deal? Whatever happened to that argument? It’s