Stacking Shelves On The Front Line
A few weeks ago, the thought of supermarket workers being the holy grail of society would be madness. Now, these are the key workers on...
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- Jan 14, 2020
- 5 min
How and Why was the Deal Done?
New Decade, New Approach. A 62 page deal hammered out by the parties, Julian Smith, Secretary of State, and Simon Coveney, Tánaiste. By...
- Jan 5, 2020
- 4 min
Election Reflection - UUP
In the 2001 General Election, the UUP held the most seats of any party in Northern Ireland with 6 MPs under the leadership of David...
- Jan 4, 2020
- 4 min
Election Reflection - SDLP
Back in the 2017 General Election, the SDLP struggled. They lost all their Westminster seats – Belfast South, Foyle and South Down –...
- Jan 3, 2020
- 4 min
Election Reflection - Alliance
The Alliance Surge – a wave of recent electoral successes for the remain supporting party. They have seen victories in the most recent...
- Jan 2, 2020
- 4 min
Election Reflection - Sinn Féin
Ask someone from Sinn Féin about the election, they’ve got just cause to say it was a good night. Retaining Fermanagh and South Tyrone...
- Jan 1, 2020
- 4 min
Election Reflection - DUP
On election night, the eyes of the DUP were glued to the exit poll. The result of this in 2017 brought a tremendous spotlight upon the...
- Dec 20, 2019
- 5 min
The Election: A Night to Remember
Election night at the Belfast Titanic count. 6 seats being counted including 3 nail-biting marginals: Belfast North, East and South. I...
- Nov 3, 2019
- 4 min
Election Battlegrounds
Never before have Northern Irish MPs had such influence in Westminster. Since 2017, the 10 DUP MPs have, somewhat precariously, held the...
- Oct 13, 2018
- 3 min
Queen's Latest Graduate
Hillary Rodham Clinton: First Lady, State Senator for New York, Secretary of State, and now, an Honorary Graduate of Queen’s University,...
- Mar 27, 2018
- 4 min
Day 7: Should Northern Ireland Move On?
You’re in Great Britain and you mention Northern Ireland to someone. What do they think of? More optimistically, they might think of Game...
- Feb 24, 2018
- 4 min
Is Equal Marriage on the Horizon for NI?
Last week, Karen Bradley was asked a written question on legislation for equal marriage in Northern Ireland. The questioner – Conor...
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