by nabidana | Aug 26, 2015 | Northern Ireland
The decision of the Ulster Unionist Party to seek to withdraw from the piss-weak simulacrum of government in Northern Ireland is not an indication of a party having finally rediscovered its moral and political purpose – or if it is, it’s an indication of a...
by nabidana | Dec 3, 2014 | Northern Ireland
Sinn Féin and the DUP may not agree on much, but one thing they do agree on is the exercise and maintenance of political power. Theirs is a murky, unpleasant world, an agreed apartheid where each is content to wield influence and control over their own ghettoised...
by nabidana | May 11, 2010 | Uncategorized
Rejoice, just rejoice. As Gordon Brown made the single best speech of his life, resigning his commission, I doubt many in the country who care about these things had a dry eye. I’m delighted to see the Labour Party in opposition, and I’m hoping that...
by nabidana | Apr 4, 2010 | politics
Chris Grayling has apparently been recorded secretly (but not secretly enough) suggesting that in a B&B, owners should be able to reserve the right of service to gay couples who wished to stay there. Chris then releases a statement making it clear that he...
by nabidana | Sep 7, 2009 | Uncategorized
So in my previous post, I explained that some organisations were putting up really godawful posters for the Lisbon Treaty. And I think most people agree that very many of them are pretty substantially awe-inspiring. I was awfully inspired on a few of them to pull...
