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TORIES DISPLAYED CLEAR ANTI-NATIONALIST BIAS

Posted By: May 13, 2015

“Let’s leave aside her[ Secretary of State , Theresa Villiers] refusal to step in during the loyalist riots of 2013, her caving in to the daft pan-loyalist/unionist ‘commission’ on north Belfast, her interventions to prevent full inquests and inquiries into security force killings, her refusal to endorse the Haass proposals in case they annoyed unionists. The clinching evidence of pro-unionist bias against […]

Historic UK election leaves more questions than answers for Stormont

Posted By: May 10, 2015

By Steven McCaffery, The Detail( Belfast). May 8, 2015THE two big unionist parties in Northern Ireland enjoyed hugely emotional, punch-the-air moments, as the results of the general election emerged.The Ulster Unionist success in seizing Fermanagh-South Tyrone from Sinn Féin was a cherished victory.And the DUP’s retaking of East Belfast satisfied an almost obsessional determination to recover the seat Peter Robinson lost […]

EXTRAVAGANT SECTARIANISM WILL PROVE A COSTLY LUXURY

Posted By: May 09, 2015

Patrick Murphy. Irish News.( Belfast). Saturday, May 9, 2015 AUSTERITY. That’s the winner of Election 2015. As David Cameron settles into Downing Street for another five years we are faced with the harsh economic reality of the Stormont House Agreement, another significant reduction in welfare provision and a forlorn hope that the private sector will […]

FRACTURING UK WILL BE RULED BY CELTIC FRINGE

Posted By: May 06, 2015

Brian Feeney.Irish News ( Belfast). Wednesday, May 6, 2015   FOR the past week to 10 days the airwaves and newsprint have been full of English politicians denying they will enter coalition with this party or that party. The Lib-Dems will not enter a coalition that contains Ukip. Ed Miliband will not have a coalition […]

CAMERON TACTICS END ONE-NATION TORYISM

Posted By: May 04, 2015

Tom Kelly.Irish News ( Belfast). Monday, May 4, 2015   IN A few days the leaflets will start to waste away in your compost heap and the weather-beaten election posters will begin to resemble what the fatigued politicians actually look like. The choices may all look the same but in truth, even in Northern Ireland, […]

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