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A Political History of the Two Irelands competition…
It’s not often we get free things to give away to our readers, but courtesy of Palgrave Macmillan we have a nice paperback copy of Brian M Walker’s excellent history of partition of the island and how identities shifted in both the north east and the south and west: as most of the territory that [...] read our review »
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The peace process not such a good model after all
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 »
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Christopher Hitchens, 1949 – 2011
Writer Christopher Hitchens has died aged 62. He was as contrary as he was brilliant. Here is a brief In Memoriam from Vanity Fair (his outlet of choice since 1992) and, here, a longer tribute from his friend Christopher Buckley Stanley in The New Yorker. Better, perhaps, though to post one of Hitchens’ own writings in [...] read our review »
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Comment on Are talks destined for discriminatory outcome?
on 15 January 2010 at 7:48 pm
An alliance versus an SDLP minister?
If this is an issue for antionalist voters they will punish SF at the next poll and the SDLP will win many famous victories.
If its not an issue for nationalist voters then the vote will reflect that.
Its going to be put to the test.
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Comment on Which political blogs do you read these days?
on 30 July 2009 at 2:43 pm
irishelection.com
notesonthefront.typepad.com – Michael Taft lefty economics blog
Slugger
cedarlounge.wordpress.com – good blog. like this one alot
http://sinnfeinkeepleft.blogspot.com/ nice blog discussing SF direction and strategy
http://www.progressive-economy.ie/ TASC research center’s social policy/economics blog.
good for decent left leaning economic analysis
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Comment on “make no mistake there is nervousness within the Sinn Fein ranks.”
on 30 July 2009 at 1:43 pm
Sammy,
i remember it but judging by how adamant Pete is he must be right in this mustn’t he?
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Comment on Chances grow for centre parties if SF and the DUP seriously split
on 27 July 2009 at 6:06 pm
Hmm,
Leader of small organisation says his organisation is doing very well winning over new recruits and as a result is posied to make waves.
No other evidence adduced other than his opinion yet its good enough to run with as a story.
Time was when a newspaper wouldn’t be so slack
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Comment on All change?
on 9 April 2009 at 7:03 pm
They predict Fianna Fail to go up 2% from the 2004 figure !!!
I think that there may be some questions as to how likely that is.
I personally dont see FF managing to secure an extra 2% of the 2004 result, bad as that was, considering the current environment and the opinion polls.
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