Tag: DUP
Scotland’s been DUPed
This was more about Scotland and the danger we might chose to leave the UK as May's government stumbles from farce to incompetence to international distrust and plays it all again on a never ending roundabout.
Are the Tories gagging democracy?
By Dorothy Bruce
Theresa may is fond of pontificating about British values – a belief in democracy, upholding the rule of law, a deeply embedded...
For 100 years we had the Irish Question – now it’s...
Commentary by Russell Bruce
For a 100 years we had the Irish Question - now it’s the British Question
The impasse over the Irish border between...
The Barnett bypass won’t survive Tory deflection and abuse of UK...
Commentary by Derek Bateman
The Barnett Bypass is the worst example I recall of what is an accepted funding formula being exploited unfairly for raw...
Theresa, the DUP, and the pipsqueak ‘representing’ Scotland in Cabinet
Commentary by Derek Bateman
What is a Secretary of State for? Scotland’s was abolished in 1746 when naughty highlanders attempted some pre-emptive devolution but was...
The after-party hangover and that terrible feeling of regret
Commentary by Carolyn McCole
For Teresa May, this must feel like the morning after a bad party. Going in with the expectation of making more...
The yawning chasms within British Conservatism over its DUP love-in
Commentary by Russell Bruce
The people have spoken, the bastards
So said Dick Tuck in his concession speech following his loss in the 1966 California State...
Martin McGuinness: Different perspectives of his life, revealed in death
The death of former Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness sparked conflicting responses from political observers and the media, mainly because of his...