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Brian – yes, I can hear your exasperated sigh from the other page – knows my fondness for Sherlock Holmes.
Brian – yes, I can hear your exasperated sigh from the other page – knows my fondness for Sherlock Holmes.
Writing in 1976, Professor Richard Rose noted: "Many talk about a solution to Ulster’s political problem but few are prepared to say what...
Writing in 1976, Professor Richard Rose noted: "Many talk about a solution to Ulster’s political problem but few are prepared to say what...
I've been occupying this space long enough (around a decade, I think) for most of you to know that I'm a pessimist when it comes to politics.
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During the hoopla for the Belfast Agreement’s 25th anniversary a few months ago we witnessed lots of well-rehearsed emotion, self-congratulatory...
I'm a bit of a nerd when it comes to opinion polls.
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We need to talk about the UUP and SDLP.
We need to talk about the UUP and SDLP.
I don’t belong to the school of thought that says political opinion polls should either be ignored or taken with a spade full of salt.
I don’t belong to the school of thought that says political opinion polls should either be ignored or taken with a spade full of salt.
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Micheál Martin was making no bones about it.
The DUP has a problem: some of its members, key players among them, are endangering the party’s electoral chances and the union itself. We know this...
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Alex Kane: Unionism needs to sit down and talk Jeffrey Donaldson won’t have been one bit surprised that the contents of an email he sent to DUP...
Alex Kane: Unionism needs to sit down and talk Jeffrey Donaldson won’t have been one bit surprised that the contents of an email he sent to DUP...
At 5pm on January 9 2017, Martin McGuinness brought down the NI Assembly and Executive.
At 5pm on January 9 2017, Martin McGuinness brought down the NI Assembly and Executive.
An old friend, who went on to be a very successful and influential figure in the UK business world, would, when we met up for a chat on his return...
An old friend, who went on to be a very successful and influential figure in the UK business world, would, when we met up for a chat on his return...
We’ve spent a lot of time since April remembering and ‘celebrating’ the signing of the Good Friday Agreement and the referendum...
We’ve spent a lot of time since April remembering and ‘celebrating’ the signing of the Good Friday Agreement and the referendum...
It’s a funny old world.
It’s a funny old world.
The front page of yesterday’s Irish News carried the sort of headline guaranteed to cause palpitations across sections of unionism and loyalism:...
The front page of yesterday’s Irish News carried the sort of headline guaranteed to cause palpitations across sections of unionism and loyalism:...
On March 24 1972, William Whitelaw was appointed Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, after Brian Faulkner’s cabinet had refused to accept...
On March 24 1972, William Whitelaw was appointed Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, after Brian Faulkner’s cabinet had refused to accept...
Earlier this week I was in a part of east Belfast I hadn't been to for years: at the invitation of a former member of a unionist party who has...
Earlier this week I was in a part of east Belfast I hadn't been to for years: at the invitation of a former member of a unionist party who has...
In the absence of an agreed narrative about how and why we reached our present position, the big two community blocs will continue to rely on and...
In the absence of an agreed narrative about how and why we reached our present position, the big two community blocs will continue to rely on and...
As soon as the ink had dried on the Good Friday Agreement it was inevitable that Sinn Féin, the SDLP and other elements of political and...
As soon as the ink had dried on the Good Friday Agreement it was inevitable that Sinn Féin, the SDLP and other elements of political and...
So, what happens next? The election is over and Sinn Féin, having bested the DUP in seats and votes at last May’s assembly election, has...
So, what happens next? The election is over and Sinn Féin, having bested the DUP in seats and votes at last May’s assembly election, has...
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Thursday’s local elections in Northern Ireland should be about local issues: such as bins, burials, street lighting, rates, community services,...
Michelle O'Neill played a blinder at the coronation, according to a DUP MLA
Michelle O'Neill played a blinder at the coronation, according to a DUP MLA
Would a specific and clearly outlined accommodation of political/electoral unionism help to persuade agnostics from a unionist background to support a...
Would a specific and clearly outlined accommodation of political/electoral unionism help to persuade agnostics from a unionist background to support a...
Three weeks today – May 19 – counting will start for the local council elections.
One thing now seems pretty clear – the DUP is trying to find a pathway (the word has popped up in a number of interviews with its spokespeople...
One thing now seems pretty clear – the DUP is trying to find a pathway (the word has popped up in a number of interviews with its spokespeople...
Ballygawley Roundabout, one of my followers on Twitter, asked me an interesting question on Tuesday morning: "Alex, what are your views on a new...