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Robinson’s brinkmanship finally went over the brink

Posted By: September 12, 2015

THE IRISH NEWS – Saturday 12 September 2015 Newton Emerson. Irish News ( Belfast). Saturday, September 12, 2015 Peter Robinson is all tactics and no strategy, which is how his brinkmanship ended up going over the brink. Each step the DUP leader took during the past two weeks to triangulate himself between the UUP and […]

America’s dark and not-very-distant history of hating Catholics

Posted By: September 12, 2015

CatholicismProgressives and conservatives are in a rare unity welcoming Pope Francis to the US, but anti-Catholicism was rampant before John F Kennedy was presidentRory Carroll in Los Angeles. The Guardian. Saturday 12 September 2015 Congress and the United Nations rolling out their red carpets, nuns working overtime to bake communion hosts, prison inmates carving a walnut throne, tickets for events snapped […]

Politics stumbles into unknown

Posted By: September 11, 2015

Irish News Editorial. Friday, September 11, 2015The first minister steps aside, all but one DUP ministers resign and the Stormont institutions hang by a thread. To call the current political situation an unmitigated shambles would be an understatement.Peter Robinson backed himself into a corner with his ultimatum on Wednesday demanding adjournment or suspension.When Sinn Féin, the […]

Resignations create maximum drama but have few practical implications

Posted By: September 11, 2015

John Manley.Irish News ( Belfast). Friday, September 11, 2015 All the portents indicated that Stormont was doomed and that the DUP would pull the plug on devolution just ahead of the teatime news. But in a move that surprised the pundits and left most of them scratching their heads, Peter Robinson pulled not a rabbit […]

Resignations create maximum drama but have few practical implications

Posted By: September 11, 2015

Resignations create maximum drama but have few practical implications John Manley.Irish News ( Belfast). Friday, September 11, 2015 All the portents indicated that Stormont was doomed and that the DUP would pull the plug on devolution just ahead of the teatime news. But in a move that surprised the pundits and left most of them […]

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