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The Imperfectionists (Tom Rachman) – an insight into a newspaper that’s maybe not so fictional
‘news’ is often a polite way of saying ‘editor’s whim’ Given the shift from print to online and e-ink, maybe Tom Rachman’s The Imperfectionists was a suitable first first book for me to finish reading on the Kindle. Considering the economic pressures on the newspaper industry, his novel perhaps captures the spirit and soul of [...] read our review »
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Lessons in Cute Hoorism: “Graft was accepted, for you were taking from the British…”
I’ve been catching up on some reading, recently. Most pleasantly surprised by John Drennan’s latest opus from Gill and Macmillan, Cute Hoors and Pious Protestors… It’s early days yet, but I was struck by this paragraph, part of a dissection of Fianna Fail near the beginning: One of the more fatal consequences of our colonial [...] 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 »
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Comment on “A mix in society between Catholic and Protestant was lost at that time…”
on 24 April 2012 at 3:35 pm
The 1981 census was flawed.
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Comment on For Nationalists Only: What’s great about living in the United Kingdom?
on 19 April 2012 at 1:14 pm
Billy Pilgrim
Honesty in the rather obvious sense, ie. that they see absolutely nothing attractive about a “UI” – that’s probably the most common single opinion on the other thread.
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Comment on For Nationalists Only: What’s great about living in the United Kingdom?
on 19 April 2012 at 12:00 pm
Billy Pilgrim
Alternatively, answering the question requires honesty – that hasn’t dawned on you?
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Comment on For Unionists Only: What would you relish in a United Ireland?
on 18 April 2012 at 5:03 pm
The Raven
What’s “churlish” about it? I suspect the last sentence of his penultimate paragraph sums up the view held by him & a great many other people living here.
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Comment on 100 Years ago today: The third Home Rule Bill…
on 16 April 2012 at 8:42 am
Harry Flashman
The events of the late 18th century (in Ireland & what is now the USA) had nothing to do with “nationalism” – they related to basic democratic rights. Canada is thousands of miles away – it’s obviously going to evolve in its own way. As for Scotland, how many of those who are currently in the “nationalist camp” actually support independence?
Your last paragraph is very dubious – most “Protestant Irishmen” here support & have always supported devolution, whilst some would actually prefer an independent state.
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Comment on #FreedomWaves now en route to #Gaza.
on 4 November 2011 at 6:27 pm
Alias
The status of the blockade is, to put it mildly, disputed. As for carrying contraband, what are the “reasonable grounds” to believe that?
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Comment on “two challenges and a serious suggestion” offered to Ulster GAA by Dr Norman Hamilton
on 30 October 2011 at 3:39 pm
An Sionnach Fionn
I stand to be corrected here, but you can already have bilingual street signs. I guess the point is that they’re only put up where the local people consent to them – is that not your real problem?
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Comment on General Election 2010 – the TUV
on 3 September 2010 at 1:14 pm
Johnny Boy
Lagan Valley? Are you taking the piss? The boundary changes there will disproportionately hit the SDLP & Sinn Fein next year, whilst barely effecting Lunn at all.
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Comment on General Election 2010 – the TUV
on 3 September 2010 at 1:00 pm
Dewi
They should, but I don’t think it’s a given that the seat will come at the expense of a Unionist. Kieran McCarthy is losing areas where his party has some presence & voting strength, whilst gaining wards where it basically doesn’t.
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Comment on Bloody Sunday and the legitimacy of the Republican insurgency
on 17 June 2010 at 2:22 pm
Itwas SammyMcNally whatdoneit
And Saville backs him up – he basically blames the poor bloody infantry. Nationalists can believe what they want, but the report doesn’t substantiate those views.
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