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Books
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“Good Friday. The death of Irish Republicanism” by Anthony McIntyre: a review
Tweet 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 [...] read our review » -
Ian O’Riordan’s Miles to Run: An invitation to madness?
Tweet Ireland is in the middle of a boom – a running boom. Chances are, even if you have never run a step yourself (apart from some painful P.E. classes many moons ago), someone you know has taken up running over the last little while. Road races in Northern Ireland and in the Republic have [...] read our review »
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Kevin Myers’ ‘Watching the Door’: Book Review
Tweet This reads as if a mad picaresque tale. Myers as first a reporter for RTÉ and then as a freelance journalist with no real experience, finds himself wandering into savagery as he hastens north as the Troubles explode. A soldier dies next to him; he witnesses an IRA ambush; he sees children shot to [...] read our review »
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Comment on Opening shots muffled in UK government’s fightback against Scottish independence campaign
on 12 February 2013 at 10:34 am
Harry,
Ah let’s see, the ability to vote in our own Government, who can then work as an equal partner with our neighbours. Sounds about right to be me and a damn sight better than being out voted 10 to 1 and having no seat at any table – “Aye no worries lads we will take care of everything for you, just remember you are too wee, too poor and too stupid to manage it on your own.”
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Comment on Opening shots muffled in UK government’s fightback against Scottish independence campaign
on 12 February 2013 at 10:26 am
Utter drivel published by the UK Government yesterday. It was sobering to read (point 35) that the UK Government is happy to make the suggestion that Scotland ceased to exist in 1707 having being incorporated into England. There you have it, there is no Union or partnership, we are simply a region of England. What do all the Scottish (?!?) Unionist have to say about that? At last we know now, as everybody else in the world has always assumed, that Britain == England and England == Britain. One thing for sure is I bet BBC Scotland won’t be reporting this line.
It has been suggested that the British are happy to undermine the concept of Union in order to ensure that they are considered a continuation state and thus preserve their precious seat on the UN security council in the event of YES. So much for Cameron showing respect for ‘Scotchland’. Still if they want to push the line that Scotland shall be a new state, they it is is a bit ironic to demand that we take some of their debt with us.
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