Can Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill save Northern Ireland?
The appointment of a new executive by the Northern Ireland Assembly on Saturday was a hugely significant moment. There was…
It is still early days for the DUP’s new power-sharing deal
It has been nearly two years since the last elections for the Northern Ireland Assembly. Sinn Féin, for the first…
Jacques Delors: an unlikely Brexit hero
‘Up yours, Delors!’ It was the perfect headline for the Sun: crude, defiant, unambiguous and directed at a Frenchman. The paper’s…
Why can’t the Tories come up with a good nickname for Keir Starmer?
When a nickname really hits its target, there is a satisfying beauty about it: a quippy sobriquet that catches the…
The truth about Ireland’s Troubles amnesty law challenge
Christmas is a time when those who are closest to each other fight most bitterly. Ireland, which is bringing a…
Dominic Cummings is right about the trouble with cabinet leaks
It’s a pity that Dominic Cummings’s rude WhatsApp messages dominated the headlines following his appearance at the Covid inquiry this…
Why does the BBC think we need a Today programme podcast?
Is there really room in the crowded market for a new podcast about politics, presented by two male Oxbridge graduates?…
Britain’s shrinking army faces an uncertain future
Old soldiers never die, the song goes, they just fade away. Next year, General Sir Patrick Sanders, Chief of the…
