The good news and the not so good news about the Windsor Framework
27
From The Times The taxpayer has spent billions of pounds preparing Britain for post-Brexit food checks that are to be scrapped as part of Labour’s reset with the European Union. Later this month Andy Burnham is due to unveil a …
The Beginning of the End
1112
Do you remember how it began? Or how you felt when you heard the news? That Donald Trump… the reality TV show host, the self-promoting guest star of sitcoms and movies galore, the man who once took a ‘stone cold …
Back to the Future: Could Belfast’s DeLorean Test Track Become a Linear Park?
716
Whenever I visit a new city, I usually spend a fair bit of time scrolling through Instagram and doing countless web searches to find interesting things to see and do while I’m there. I’ll also have a look at Atlas …
US Midterm Elections sees a Blue wave as Democrats take Congress and the Senate…
3193
Last night was a brilliant result for the Democrats as voters rejected the kleptocracy of the Trump regime. So far, Democrats have flipped Senate seats in Michigan, Texas, Iowa, Kansas, North Carolina, South Carolina and Ohio with more to come. …
From Now On, Everything Changes..
754
So, is this it? Are Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson about to pull the plug on ‘Blue Lights‘ for good? Or will the show live on in some other incarnation, heading in a new direction? Before we get into that, …
Go East, Old Man IV: A ballot where nobody votes no
445
From a Dartmouth parade ground to a Belfast youth club, a Moscow kitchen table and a Tibetan lake, Peter Emerson traces the chance encounters that turned an ex-submariner into a lifelong critic of yes-or-no voting. He also asks what ancient Asia might teach us about deciding things together.
America goes to the polls today in their midterm elections…
1481
I’m sure many of you will join me in hoping that the Republicans get the absolute political sh*te kicked out of them today at the polls. Has there been a more corrupt presidency than Trump? He oversees what is basically …
SDLP proposes moving Stormont to Belfast city centre…
2585
Via the Irish News: The SDLP wants to shut down Stormont and move the Assembly to a “more appropriate and more accessible” building in Belfast city centre. The party argues that its plan will “bring democratic decision-making closer to the …
Slugger End of Year Review tickets are now on sale…
1069
Our always popular live event returns to the Black Box on Tuesday, the 15th of December 2026. Join Alex Kane, Allison Morris and Alan Meban as they reflect on the year in politics. This event is sponsored by Brown O’Connor- Ireland …
What ‘Before the Vote’ gets right and wrong about welfare and living standards…
717
Chapter 3 of John Doyle’s Before the Vote: Planning for a united Ireland compares living standards, welfare payments and poverty in the two jurisdictions. Its evidence on basic payment rates is accurate, and many of those rates are much higher …