Posted By: March 05, 2018
Fiona Hamilton. The Times. London. Friday, March 2, 2018The government has publicly acknowledged for the first time that agents acting on behalf of MI5 are allowed to carry out criminal activity in the UK.Theresa May published yesterday a previously secret order governing criminal activity by the security service. She revealed that the Investigatory Powers Commissioner, who scrutinizes the work of the intelligence […]
Posted By: March 04, 2018
“Sometimes there are simply no words for the silliness of English politicians on Ireland. Rees-Mogg, a good Catholic boy, is the latest example. In this article from the Sunday Express, he claims it is the Irish Government and the EU that are threatening the Good Friday Agreement! Now that takes chutzpah, as we say in […]
Posted By: March 04, 2018
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by Irish National Caucus “Unionism opposed Home Rule, even to the extent of taking up arms [1912-1914], but it later settled for exactly that when Irish partition gave Unionists their own state. However, the Stormont government opted for political repression and anti-Catholic discrimination. … Its present weakened state dates from the misuse of Stormont’s one-party rule and the […]
Posted By: March 02, 2018
IRISH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING Distributed by Irish National Caucus David Hughes. Irish News. Belfast. Friday, March 2, 2018 Mrs. May has found her authority diminished since a disastrous General Election which she called to get a mandate for Brexit but ended having lost the Tories’ House of Commons majority. Theresa May has been given a stark warning that her Brexit red lines […]
Posted By: March 01, 2018
“There’s not a lot worth celebrating at this 20-year milestone, but how different could it have been if Unionism had the bravery to embrace the process and reassure their electorate instead of constantly peddling poor mouth politics.”Allison Morris. Irish News. Belfast. Thursday, March 1, 2018 Unionism is in a pretty dire place.Events of the last few weeks have highlighted that – and […]