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English nationalism has shattered my sense of belonging in Britain

Posted By: October 23, 2016

I argued against Scottish independence in 2014. In the current climate, I’m not so sure Ian Jack. The Guardian. Saturday, October 22, 2016 On a few occasions recently I’ve overheard myself talking despairingly about “the English”. I feel ashamed of it. I don’t think of my wife or my children as “the English” or my friends, neighbors and colleagues as “the […]

Stakeknife probe- bias concerns rejected by English chief constable

Posted By: October 22, 2016

Bedfordshire Police Chief Constable Jon Boutcher is facing concerns that the Stakeknife probe will focus on state actors and ignore the IRAPhilip Bradfield. News Letter (Belfast).Thursday, October 20, 2016The chief constable of Bedfordshire has addressed concerns that a probe into Stakeknife will focus on state actors at the expense of IRA personnel involved in some 50 related murders.Stakeknife was an Army agent within […]

Northern Ireland is not on radar of UK government, Fianna Fáil warns

Posted By: October 22, 2016

Niall O’Connor and Colm Kelpie.Irish Independent. October 17, 2016Fianna Fáil has strongly criticized British Prime Minister Theresa May after it emerged that her powerful Brexit cabinet committee has no permanent slot for the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, James Brokenshire.Mr. Brokenshire will instead attend meetings of the committee, which is mapping out Britain’s exit from the European Union, at the request […]

Loyalist-linked groups paid from poverty fund

Posted By: October 22, 2016

Newton Emerson. Irish News (Belfast). October 22, 2016 Concern continues to grow about loyalist-linked groups benefitting from Stormont’s Social Investment Fund. However, a wider threat is being missed. The £80 million fund is part of the Executive Office’s overall anti-poverty and cohesion strategy, another key part of which is the £45 million urban villages program. This will build clusters of commercial units in deprived parts […]

Don’t Vote For Change—You Just Won’t Get It

Posted By: October 22, 2016

“Which brings us to Stormont. Eighteen years after the new power-sharing assembly began, 100,000 children here live in poverty. Despite Catholic parties in government, over 30 per cent of children in west Belfast remain in poverty and Derry and Strabane still have the highest unemployment rates.”   Patrick Murphy. Irish News. Saturday, October 22, 2016If voting made any difference they probably wouldn’t let […]

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