Northern Ireland Secretary of State, Shaun Woodward was speaking at the Labour Party Conference today.. and talking tough [or perhaps just setting himself a target in his new job? - Ed]. It doesn’t change any of the detail on the target date for that issue – which has already been acknowledged by government. But in his description of the St Andrews Agreement as “not an a la carte menu for devolution” did he remember something else on that menu?
Which reminds me…. Platform for Change’s driving force Robin Wilson has produced a corrective to the notion that the lessons of the NI conflict are easily exportable. Like myself, Robin is associated with the Constitution Unit. He introduced his new book in a CU blog which I here reproduce. The water crisis in Northern Ireland [...] read our review »
More as a trailer than a review – as it’s out on Thursday– I draw attention to Fintan O’Toole’s latest polemic “Enough is Enough – how to build a new Republic“. Fintan has been promoting the book vigorously on this side of the water, on Radio 4’s Start the Week and here at greater length [...] read our review »
What was life like for children of political activists during the Troubles? A new book by Bill Rolston and published by Guildhall Press during the summer has collected together the stories of twenty Children of the Revolution whose parents’ activities – and in many cases, imprisonment – had a significant affect on childhoods and life [...] read our review »