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A poem for the day – Launching the Whaler Juan Peron
A Belfast epic, and one of my oldest poems, the opener of my first collection, Grub. The gist of the story was found in Moss & Hume’s Shipbuilders to the World: 125 Years of Harland and Wolff, Belfast, 1861-1986, which tells how Eva Peron was due to launch a huge whaling vessel in Belfast, built [...] read our review » -
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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“You can see Newton’s mind at work…”
To add to the open access treasure trove at the Royal Society, Cambridge University Library is putting online some of its collection of books, maps, manuscripts and journals. We have called the first phase of our work on the Cambridge Digital Library the Foundations Project, which runs from mid-2010 to mid-2013 and has been made possible [...] read our review »
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Comment on DevoMax may be more disruptive to English regions than Independence…
on 23 February 2012 at 9:48 pm
Once again the ‘regions’ being rubber stamped as legitimate with out a question being asked.
Remind me – when was it the English voted in favour of England being broken into regions?
The ‘regions’ are undemocratic and as such illegitimate. If the UK goes down the lines of the first commenters suggestion without consultation and the option to vote for an English parliament as alternative then the English are within their rights to do whatever is necessary to remove themselves from the UK.
England one nation.
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Comment on Does Tory eurosceptics’ nationalism boost UK breakup chances?
on 14 December 2011 at 1:44 am
“the English nationalism of extreme Tory eurosceptics” huh? As far as I’m aware there’s not one UK MP who believes in England as a nation or one that even sees the need for an English parliament, Big Britishers the lot.
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Comment on The case for the Union needs to be made
on 7 May 2011 at 9:31 pm
“English political class” where and who are they?
There’s barely a soul in Westminster (or the Lords) that can utter the word England and much less a “political class”.
You must mean the British political class and curses on every member.
Home rule for England.
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