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Economic effect of the Lisbon Treaty vote
First published on the Ireland for Europe blog Those on our side of this debate have been criticized for linking the Lisbon Treaty with jobs or recovery. It is, of course, not as simple as a claim that...
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Conservatives and Unionists
In 1990, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Peter Brooke, declared that the Conservative government had no “selfish strategic or economic interest” in Northern Ireland. This marked a significant...
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Symbolism of Hatfield House
David Cameron has shown himself aware of Conservative Party history on the Irish question, such as when he declared in 2008 that he had a “selfish and strategic interest” in Northern Ireland. Hatfield...
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British general election
Of all parties, the Liberal Democrats would be the party in Britain I’d feel closest to. Of course, this is not the 1920s, this is not a three-cornered contest, and there is no immediate prospect of...
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Marriage, society and the state
David Cameron has proposed incentives of £150 annually for married couples and civil partners earning less than £44,000. He spins this as part of claiming that under the Conservatives, Britain would be...
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Cameron and parliamentary democracy
David Cameron has proposed a law that would force a general election within six months of the party of the prime minister changing its leader. This isn’t really how parliamentary democracy works....
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Kingmaker?
The Times/Ladbrokes seat predictor currently put the Conservatives six seats short of a majority. Suppose this prediction is accurate. It ignores a few details about Northern Ireland. They predict a...
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Do it, Nick
This was a disappointing election for Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats. As David Schneider tweeted, “Was the whole LibDem thing something I dreamed in the shower?”. With 63 MPs at the dissolution...
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The long overdue Saville Report
The publication of the Saville Report yesterday marked an end for many in Derry to years of waiting to be vindicated, for it to be clearly stated on the public record that the 14 protesters shot dead...
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A fundamental shift… but in party politics only?
On Thursday morning, the Irish Independent led with a poll that showed 65 percent favour fixing the deficit through spending cuts than increases in taxation. Well, of course, no surprise there. Even...
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Cameron and parliamentary democracy
David Cameron has proposed a law that would force a general election within six months of the party of the prime minister changing its leader. This isn’t really how parliamentary democracy works....
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Kingmaker?
The Times/Ladbrokes seat predictor currently put the Conservatives six seats short of a majority. Suppose this prediction is accurate. It ignores a few details about Northern Ireland. They predict a...
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Do it, Nick
This was a disappointing election for Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats. As David Schneider tweeted, “Was the whole LibDem thing something I dreamed in the shower?”. With 63 MPs at the dissolution...
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The long overdue Saville Report
The publication of the Saville Report yesterday marked an end for many in Derry to years of waiting to be vindicated, for it to be clearly stated on the public record that the 14 protesters shot dead...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A fundamental shift… but in party politics only?
On Thursday morning, the Irish Independent led with a poll that showed 65 percent favour fixing the deficit through spending cuts than increases in taxation. Well, of course, no surprise there. Even...
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