Tag: Brexit
The Cromwell Club Cometh? What Restore Britain Means for Ireland
The rise of Restore Britain marks a notable development in British politics, one that Irish observers should not ignore. Led by Rupert Lowe, the movement has transitioned from pressure group to a political party with a dozen elected representatives, including...
The Yookay’s Years of Lead: Will Reform Rupture the British Security State?
Should Keir Starmer fall on his sword in the aftermath of the Mandelson Affair, it would make seven the number of prime ministers to have been in and out of Downing Street within ten years of the Brexit vote. So...
Did Brexit Break Belfast? Mass Migration and the Six Counties
One of the most frequently repeated promises made during the Brexit campaign was that leaving the European Union would “end mass migration”. Nearly a decade on, that claim does not survive contact with official data. On the contrary, immigration into...
The SDLP’s Brussels Surrender: Why Eurofederalism Can Never Bring Irish Unity
Irish unity, if it is to mean anything, must not be brought about by surrendering our hard-won right to govern ourselves or on discarding the moral vision that sustained our people in darker times.
The Brahmins and the Border: Northern Protocol Debate Nears Potential End
Anglo-Irish relations, since a fallout over Brexit, are now orienting towards a short-term solution under the governments of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. Both men, of Indian ethnic stock, by engaging in discussions over a...
Will London Move to Close Dublin Backdoor for Albanian Migrants?
Fresh eyes are being drawn to clandestine people smuggling operations to the UK by way of Dublin, with the Telegraph mapping out the process for their British audience. Advertised extensively over TikTok and substantially less than through the English Channel...
Macron Avoids All the Hard Questions on Dublin Visit
Thursday afternoon traffic was made just that bit worse this week in Dublin as Emmanuel Macron’s security entourage did its best to jam up an already clogged city. Arriving on a whistlestop tour of the country, the French geriatrophile received...
George Galloway — Harbinger of Islamic Populism in Britain?
Another brick almost fell out of the British Labour Party’s electoral wall last week with a knife edge contest fought in the Batley and Spen by-election. Narrowly avoiding an electoral humbling for Labour, the election acts as a harbinger for...
Treading Water: The EU Threat to the Irish Fishing Industry
We have the most fertile fishing waters in Europe with huge potential for creating vast wealth and jobs for the communities which inhabit our beautiful coastal towns. Yet as it stands, a maximum of 18,000 people in Ireland are employed...
Elections, Europe, and Irish Freedom: A Talk With Hermann Kelly
The European Union is not the immutable behemoth it once was. The political bloc, although once appearing to be seemingly invincible, is starting to show its cracks. Largely as a result of the 2015 migrant crisis, as well as the...