Being nice to the religious

I find myself in a moral dilemma. I’ve forgotten why I’m supposed to be nice to the religious, any more than I ought be polite to a pickpocket. I suppose there is a basic standard of courtesy I ought to offer all my fellow humans: don’t set fire to...

I love this time of year

Late October is dreadful in many ways; children excited about possible encounters with representatives of the undead community, teachers giddy with the excitement of being allowed out to protest in the centre of Dublin, stores trying to work out if it’s time to...

Bizarre endgame?

So the election has stopped being personal, and now become simply arrogant. Whilst confidence is important, the playing of songs like ‘Signed, sealed, delivered’ at rallies seems somewhat ill-advised, particularly with so many UK Labour party members (some...