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Six Nations: Paris in the Spring – A day for heroes…or a cold night in hell?
Well, late winter really but that ain’t quite got it..from the Irish Times – it’s minus nine degrees: At least les bleus won’t be playing with the sun on their backs in springtime. Otherwise, this one doesn’t look too promising. Not only do France have a hex on Ireland like no one else, nowhere does [...] more »
GOP Primaries – the plot thickens with a clean sweep for Santorum.
Romney isn’t closing this out. Yesterday saw a primary in Missouri (well a non binding beauty contest really) and two caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota. From RealClearPolitics: Santorum has taken Minnesota and Missouri comfortably. Romney was banking on Colorado. Here Nate compares his 2008 and 2012 performances. Broadly he’s at 60% of his 2008 level and [...] more »
Six Nations – wide open.
This weekend sees the start of the most unpredictable Six Nations for a while. (There’s still time to make your predictions here). Are those Polish freezers still working for Wales? (BBC) Keith Earls has some pretty big boots to fill….(Belfast Telegraph) If you were Mr Lancaster would you like to start things anew at a freezing [...] more »
Florida – All Over?
It looks that way. From Fox News - looks like a landslide for Romney. But can Romney beat Obama? Piles of stuff to read on RealClearPolitics…make up your own mind. more »
Six Nations 2012 Prediction Contest
Ok – it’s that time of the year. Same rules as usual which are: 1 point for a correct home win, 3 points for a correct away win, 7 points for a correct draw. This year we need the top try scorer. 3 points if it’s one bloke, 2 if it’s joint, 1 if it’s [...] more »
Paxman: the gowk goes over the top.
Playing the man I know but needs saying: Not Newsnight’s finest hour. After a twee introduction from a whisky sampling reporter then came Paxman’s interview with the Times’s Briton of the year. You can see some of it here. Zimbabwe, Mugabe, One party State?? Opting out of the BBC? the cheek of it all. Some [...] more »
Romney newtered in South Carolina…
A comfortable win for Gingrich in South Carolina as the BBC reports. The scale of the win (40-28) must be of particular concern to Romney. RealClearPolitics is particularly damning with it’s three takeaways from SC. 1) There is no good news buried in here for Mitt Romney …2) This is worse than George W. Bush’s loss [...] more »
Scotland: Degrees of Freedom.
Devo Max (or Full Fiscal Autonomy) seems to be getting some traction. There’s been two big name proponents over the last week or so. Canon Kenyon Wright wrote to the Herald: My own view is that a straight choice between independence and the status quo effectively disenfranchises a large number of Scots who want neither. Since [...] more »
Another Post on Scotland…..
A few things: 1) A letter to the Scotsman from Lord Kilclooney (John Taylor): As an Ulster Scot I know there would be concern in Northern Ireland should Scotland vote to leave the United Kingdom. Northern Ireland is not only geographically close to Scotland but shares more with Scotland than with any other country. When the [...] more »
Westminster Boundaries for Wales – best of a bad job?
Wales On-Line reveals the new Welsh Westminster boundaries, which cut the nation’s MPs from 40 to 30. Such a radical cut obviously requires some bold swipes on the map. Here’s a PDF of the new constituencies. The effect? – Currently the 40 MPS are split Labour 26, Tory 8, Lib Dem 3, Plaid 3. Taking the [...] more »
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Against Remembrance – Seminar & Book by David Rieff
Is the best way to overcome the legacy of conflict simply to forget about it? Author and journalist David Rieff spoke on this subject last week in a seminar at the Institute for International Integration Studies (IIIS) at Trinity College Dublin. Rieff has recently written a book titled, Against Remembrance (published in Ireland by Liffey [...] read our review »
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“Unionism Decayed 1997-2007″ by David Vance: book review
I initially wrote this when the book was first published three years ago; whilst certain elements of it now sound dated, its basic premise that the period of 1997-2007 was a period of irreversible decay for Northern Irish Unionism can still be argued as a valid opinion. My own feeling is that it did indeed [...] read our review » -
“Good Friday. The death of Irish Republicanism” by Anthony McIntyre: a review
This was a book that I first reviewed at the same time as “Unionism Decayed” back in 2008. Like Vance’s work, it is the author’s portrayal of a defeated political movement or ideal and as a Unionist it was instructional to read an interpretation of the immediate post-Agreement period from the other side of the fence. [...] read our review »
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Comment on Carwyn Jones looking for a national senate to replace the Lords…
on 9 February 2012 at 11:27 pm
Anyway Carwyn has the wonderful advantage in a politician of complete and absolute pragmatism. Trouble is he’s done nothing useful yet with our glorious new powers.
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Comment on Carwyn Jones looking for a national senate to replace the Lords…
on 9 February 2012 at 11:24 pm
“But the idea of giving regions a place at the national parliament”
Or maybe giving nations a place at an island parliament?
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Comment on Six Nations – wide open.
on 9 February 2012 at 8:31 pm
John – i was disappointed with the Ferris decision because we should have finished the game with a try.
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Comment on Six Nations – wide open.
on 9 February 2012 at 5:52 am
Ireland never really lose to Wales Jimmy. You either don’t like the ball we use or our caber tossing technique….
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Comment on What is Britishness anyway? – latest
on 9 February 2012 at 12:50 am
Heinz – that’s England – with the odd aside – be proud of it if you wish but it ain’t my country.
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Comment on What is Britishness anyway? – latest
on 9 February 2012 at 12:16 am
The “truth” is that “Britishness” does not exist. The only people
that describe themselves such are recent immigrants and Ulster Unionists, – a strange combination – but hell every nation is imagined…so go for it…
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Comment on What is Britishness anyway? – latest
on 8 February 2012 at 8:50 pm
“The values that he associates with britishness ( openness , freedom , tolerance , fairness ) ”
More like arrogance, oppression, suppression, exploitation..
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Comment on GOP Primaries – the plot thickens with a clean sweep for Santorum.
on 8 February 2012 at 12:30 pm
“Also Romney won by a much larger margin in 2008 and still lost the overall race”
Yeah – that’s one of the points I think.
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Comment on This is a real campaign ad
on 6 February 2012 at 7:38 pm
Lol – I’m voting for Debbie!
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Comment on Six Nations – wide open.
on 6 February 2012 at 1:29 pm
An astonishing statistic is that Rhys Priestland has hit the post 4 times in the last two games against Ireland. We really should have had more than 5 points at half time. France away next weekend a real tough trip for Ireland – 0/2 would not be a great place to be.
Did anyone see what made Bradley lose his rag?
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