Elections are supposed to provide answers.
When the people speak, the politicians are supposed to respond
accordingly. Not so in the North.
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Published March 13, 2007
Brown doesn’t give tuppence about this place
We’re at present in the lull before the storm - and what a storm it
will be.
Published March 7, 2007
Power-sharing in North must not be stopped
By the standards of western democracy, the election in the North must
be one of the most bizarre ever to have taken place.
Published March 1, 2007
Apologies are the latest cheapo wheeze
Has Peter Hain been outed for the political opportunist he is?
Published February 25, 2007
Policing no longer a tool of the British state
For centuries policing was an instrument
of British state power and the armed wing of unionism.
Now it can be neutralised.
Published February 20, 2007
Unionism will pay dearly if Blair is humiliated
There will be an election unless Paisley has the guts to say he will
not share power with Sinn Féin.
Published February 15, 2007
Repeating the pattern of the top brass
Anybody wondering how Ronnie Flanagan came to believe he’d get away
with claiming memory loss about his role in collusion should recall
Mike Jackson and Bloody Sunday.
Published February 10, 2007
Reunification is solution to partition problem
Overwhelming is the word that springs to mind to describe the decision
and the mood at Sinn Féin’s Ard Fheis last Sunday when more than 800
delegates backed the party leadership’s policing proposal.
Published February 5, 2007
Sit and watch intra-unionist bigot-fest
Only when the election is safely over and the DUP has consigned its UUP
rival to oblivion will Paisley be able to contemplate delivering on his
political obligations.
Published February 1, 2007
Yes, there is an alternative to supporting the British Crown forces in Ireland.
Published January 27, 2007
The goal of a united Ireland remains absolute but the means by which it
can be achieved no longer needs to involve armed actions.
Published January 22, 2007
There was no great surprise at the end of it. Who expected a different
result?
Published January 17, 2007
DUP’s creative ambiguity has limited lifespan
For the first time in his 50 years in politics Ian Paisley snr is
facing a reality he probably thought he would never have to face.
Published January 12, 2007
SF is up for the challenges of peace making
Evidence that the leadership of Sinn Féin is set once again to stretch
republicans to the outer limits of their commitment to the peace
process is very obvious.
Published January 8, 2007
DUP’s mindset is fossilised in 17th century
The current DUP leadership is a political Jurassic Park but if the mindset
exhibited on the Today programme is anything to go by, then the
prospect the coming men offer is back to the future.
Published January 4, 2007
Sinn Féin and Policing the North
Those with experience of Sinn Féin manoeuvring will have recognised
recent signs that a policy change is in the air.
Published December 29, 2006
DUP dissenters can afford to wait a year or so
The DUP is a victim of its own success.
Published December 23, 2006
SF quite right to make policing a deal-breaker
Unionists like to claim that nationalists are a kind of
sub-species who enjoy criminality and endorse lawlessness.
Published December 18, 2006
Time won’t change stark choice DUP faces
With Martin McGuinness as his co-equal deputy first minister, Ian Paisley is now
shakily wearing the crown of transitional first minister.
Published December 13, 2006
The truth is that the British government couldn't care less what the
taoiseach says about 1974-76 any more than the Russian government cares
about what John Reid says about anything
Published December 7, 2006
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