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,
The night Tim Pat Coogan and Ray Bassett experienced The 12th – From Bassett’s new
Martin Burns is a recent graduate of Queen’s University, Belfast. He has worked as a
The Irish Unity Dividend by Ben Collins Reviewed by Kevin Rooney Ben Collins’ book ‘The
by Ray Bassett Next week in Dublin sees the launch of Ray Bassett’s ‘The Traveller’s
Kevin Rooney On holiday last summer I got chatting to a couple of Irish women
Dr Paul Breen, UCL, thinks there was something different about the recent irishborderpoll.com debate on ‘The Irish Unity Dividend’ in Westminster. Below he explains why.
As English Nationalism rises, support for ending Partition rises. As the North languishes in economic and political failure, support for Irish Unity rises more. Across opinion polls support for the Union falls while support for Irish Unity grows.
Wednesday October 15th, 7pm, Portcullis House, Westminster
And then there were just three. After all the shape throwing and eccentric candidates with exaggerated claims, when nominations finally closed at midday on Wednesday 24th of September, only three candidates had made it past the nomination stage.