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Do Words Matter?: Book Review of Political Discourse and Conflict Resolution – Debating Peace in Northern Ireland
I share many of the concerns of Andy Pollak, whose recent post ‘My Response to the Slugger Begrudgers’ zeroed in on the ‘relentless flow of negativity’ of some Slugger commentators. Pollak’s post was largely concerned with the medium of the blog. Indeed, I think the anonymity of the online world encourages extreme discourse and allows [...] read our review »
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What Ireland did right (and what it needs to do)…
It is difficult to believe now that one country recently sent 19 delegations to Ireland to study how well our economy was managed. The revelation that our model of economic management featured positively in political and economic discussion in countries including Estonia, Greece and Scotland may also come as a surprise. As we survey the [...] read our review »
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Learning from 1798?: Northern Ireland’s Upcoming Decade of Commemorations
Last year, the Lilliput Press released a new extended edition of Tom Dunne’s Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize winning book, Rebellions: Memoir, Memory and 1798. First published in 2004, Dunne’s book provoked considerable controversy with its critique of the ‘commemorationist’ history that Dunne believed dominated the 1998 commemorations of the 1798 Rebellion. The book blasted the involvement [...] read our review »
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Lazy bones here missed the early bus to Belfast. At least Kathleen and Gerard made it.
Cameron Live
Nevin…Your link didn’t work !!
It worked for me Wm – I think you might have just missed the end.
“Dave” is Tony Blair mark 2.
The problem with that is Blair is yesterdays man.
And George Osborne is Blair 2.001.
These phoney Tonys look very lightweight for the economic times we are living in.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2008/dec/03/obama-cameron-lightweight
6countyprod….what a name for a ‘unionist’…small ‘u’ intended…
I could post dozens of links about Obama and his track-record and crookery with the gangsters of the Democratic political machine in Chicago…..what Obama says or said about Cameron is irrelevant…..unlike Obama, the PM elect doesn’t get briefings 4 months in advance of taking office so DT will make an excellent PM when he is elected and sees the real mess of the books, left by the looneys of Labour