Why Gerry Adams is wrong on the Belfast agreement
By Dr Austen Morgan When Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams yesterday told that Prime Minister that any agreement with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) would be in breach of the Good Friday Agreement, he was wrong. Theresa May’s slowly gestating confidence and supply...
Why Ruth Davidson et al are wrong on the DUP and gay rights
By Jeffrey Dudgeon Ruth Davidson and others have taken fright at the idea of the Conservatives doing a deal with the DUP — because of its record on gay rights and social issues generally. Here’s why they are wrong. A word about myself. I was the victorious...
Election 2017 – Benjamin Disraeli: ‘There is no finality in politics’
‘I have done a terrible, terrible thing. I have voted Labour for the first time. My father and grandfather would turn in their graves, but I was worried about my pension. All I have is my house and the state pension that I manage on.’ These were the words of a typical...
The DUP: no longer Ulster’s abominable ‘No’ men
Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), founded by Ian Paisley, has long been portrayed on the mainland as bigoted and “thran”, an Ulster expression meaning cussed or stubborn. Even Lord Mandelson, one of the more Unionist-friendly secretaries of state for...
