We Need a New Recipe for Flags
Irish Border Poll
14 January 2026
By Paul Breen John Hume once famously said that “you can’t eat a flag.” What he meant was simple. Real politics is about living standards,
By Paul Breen John Hume once famously said that “you can’t eat a flag.” What he meant was simple. Real politics is about living standards,
John Alderice is not known for hyperbole. In fact, the quietly-spoken former Alliance leader and
‘Losers’ consent’ is definitely my phrase of the week. Employed by the eminent political scientist,
It was the matter-of-fact tone that struck me. Sir John Major, when asked whether he
A guest post by author Ben Collins. It is often said that two things in
1. Shinners on a roll This was a spectacular result for Sinn Fein, by any
Imagine people in Britain were told Brexit would not happen because only a narrow majority
There’s something of an irony about Northern Ireland’s local elections taking place two weeks after
A guest post by journalist and blogger Theo Macdonald. The term ceasefire babies describes those
Ray Bassett is a former Irish diplomat and was intimately involved in preparing the groundwork