The strange rebirth of Sinn Féin
Under Mary Lou McDonald the party is on the path to power – but can she keep its uneasy alliance…
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Under Mary Lou McDonald the party is on the path to power – but can she keep its uneasy alliance…
ByWhile the DUP burdens Northern Ireland with a stubborn lack of imagination, Sinn Féin has become dynamic and smart.
ByIt is easier for some to see the US president’s visit as a snub to the UK than accept it…
ByThe president is looking to reaffirm US influence on the island.
By22 May 1998: Irish republicans have at last accepted partition. That is the true meaning of the Good Friday agreement.…
ByKeir Starmer and Rishi Sunak lack the idealism and vision that enabled the Northern Ireland peace deal 25 years ago.
ByBoris Johnson’s best efforts failed to bring down the Windsor Framework.
ByThe leader of Northern Ireland’s nationalist Social Democratic and Labour Party on Brexit, power-sharing and updating the Good Friday Agreement.
ByThe “Windsor framework” may restore the UK’s reputation. Whether the PM sees any electoral benefit is another matter.
ByIf the Prime Minister is forced to rely on Labour votes it will be a major blow to his authority.
ByLabour wants a closer relationship with the EU, so it makes sense to get that now while casting Brexiteers as…
ByThe former PM’s warning over the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill has been timed to cause maximum difficulty for his replacement.
ByThe Conservative Party is too ignorant about the country to make Brexit work.
ByThe former PM argued it could be amended to prevent one party from collapsing the executive.
ByIf Labour wins the next election it will face nationalist opponents in Scotland and England. Could the UK survive?
ByWhether or not the Prime Minister defies his backbenchers over the Northern Ireland protocol will be a defining test.
ByTo understand what is happening between the UK and EU right now, we need to go back in time.
ByJoe Biden has a new British PM to deal with, but the same Northern Ireland protocol problem.
ByThe Foreign Secretary needs to burnish her Brexiteer credentials for a leadership bid.
ByVoters have more pressing concerns on their minds than squabbles with the EU over Brexit.
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