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What is the unionist fixation with extremist English politicians?

What is the unionist fixation with extremist English politicians?

GAVIN Robinson – he’s the charisma-free DUP leader, in case you don’t know – took Reform’s Robert Jenrick for a walk on the Shankill last...

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Unionist gooseberries at St Patrick’s Day love-in are truly a lost tribe

Unionist gooseberries at St Patrick’s Day love-in are truly a lost tribe

WELL, it’s over, the ordeal in Washington that is. Micheál Martin survived. Better than that, he emerged unscathed. Opposition parties criticised...

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Britain, the EU, and escaping the state we’re in

Britain, the EU, and escaping the state we’re in

THERE’S a new book out tomorrow from Will Hutton, author and journalist, formerly principal of Hertford College Oxford. Thirty years ago he wrote...

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Britain has never come to terms with the loss of empire

Britain has never come to terms with the loss of empire

THURSDAY week ago, after it emerged a French frigate was at Limassol in Cyprus and Spanish, Italian, Greek and Dutch ships were on the way to help...

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Observe the DUP, marching out of step with Britain to war again

THE DUP love Britain being at war. It’s their chance to maximise their notions of loyalty, of patriotism, to urge the British government to go...

11.03.2026 20

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As Ireland takes over the EU presidency, what place is there for the north?

AS you probably know, the Republic will take over the presidency of the EU Council in July. At present Cyprus holds the position, which lasts for six...

07.03.2026 20

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The ‘northern parliament’ will never work – it’s 20th century politics

My colleague Alex Kane has argued that it is time for a rethink by nationalists on Irish unity. He correctly described the 2019 conference ‘Beyond...

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Secrecy, spending and a royal reckoning

UNFORTUNATELY, much as many people would like it to be so, the present crisis afflicting the British Royal Family (they prefer capitals) does not...

28.02.2026 10

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How Britain’s attempt to criminalise the IRA ended in disaster

SUNDAY coming marks the 50th anniversary of a turning point in Britain’s approach to the Troubles. From March 1 1976, Special Category Status was...

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Will it be guns or butter for Britain? The choice affects us all

THE Romans called it ‘mos maiorum’, an unwritten rule or code of behaviour, an ancestral custom which was followed automatically and...

21.02.2026 20

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DUP idiocy ensures the poorest are becoming even poorer

BEING attached to declining Britain carries many penalties for the north: no, or slow income growth, growing child poverty, lack of investment, poor...

18.02.2026 30

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The criminalisation of peaceful protest in modern Britain

On July 18 1912, as the British prime minister Herbert Asquith and Irish nationalist leader John Redmond travelled along Sackville Street (now...

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By-elections provide crucial test for united Irish opposition

12.02.2026 10

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Could Britain edge back closer to the EU?

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Why do unionists not want a representative PSNI, Alex?

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When will unionism produce a leader capable of doing a deal with Dublin?

31.01.2026 10

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Shameless DUP show they only uphold the rules they like

29.01.2026 40

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The Russians aren’t invading Ireland, so why spend more money on defence?

24.01.2026 20

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Latest talk of unity just shows how unionism is truly a lost tribe

22.01.2026 40

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Who controls the airwaves in a united Ireland?

17.01.2026 30

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Competing with the TUV to be the tough guy will get Gavin Robinson nowhere

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Don’t be surprised about Venezuela: the US has always been a ruthless, rapacious empire

11.01.2026 20

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Why does Dublin refuse to talk about Irish unity?

08.01.2026 20

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A tale of two new year messages - and one load of claptrap

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As political turmoil spreads across Britain in 2026, will unionists accept their future lies on this island?

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Starmer making same mistakes as Thatcher over hunger strikers

27.12.2025 30

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2025 provides more proof that the Stormont experiment has failed

24.12.2025 30

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Messing with rights means messing with the Good Friday Agreement

20.12.2025 20

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Alliance are right: The DUP only want to govern by diktat

18.12.2025 20

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Denton confirms what has been known about ‘unionist justice’ for decades

13.12.2025 20

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100 years after the Free State abandoned the north, what has changed?

10.12.2025 30

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After 25 years, it’s time to accept that Stormont has failed

07.12.2025 10

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Stormont is a pantomime and DUP is playing the role of baddie

03.12.2025 10

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Brian Feeney: Gavin Robinson’s Covid inquiry comments betray unionist world view

28.11.2025 10

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Forget the Budget, Britain’s problems are all about Brexit

27.11.2025 10

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How to stop a stampede of asylum seeking crossing the border

21.11.2025 20

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It looks like 2027 will be the last ever Assembly election

20.11.2025 20

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When Britain decided unionists were the problem

15.11.2025 10

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Why does the DUP want to hand over hard-won rights?

13.11.2025 10

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Unionist hostility means the Executive can never work

07.11.2025 10

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Did unionists go to Israel to enhance their Millwall syndrome?

06.11.2025 10

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What if Trump and Farage are not an aberration but the new normal?

01.11.2025 10

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Voters give government parties a kicking with Connolly election

30.10.2025 10

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How Sinn Féin went from outsiders to part of the political fabric

25.10.2025 20

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Soldier F will be last veteran tried for a Troubles killing

23.10.2025 20

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For the English, the call now is for a nation once again

18.10.2025 10

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All bets are now off in this disunited kingdom of Britain

15.10.2025 20

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Ian Paisley, the UVF and how the Troubles began

10.10.2025 20

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The SDLP has joined the nationalist consensus on a border poll

08.10.2025 20

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The English have already mentally left Ireland

04.10.2025 20

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