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Published in: Home: OpinionWhere ‘levelling up’ funds go doesn’t matter. They aren’t supposed to workOPINION: Meaningful change on inequality would require real powers for local authorities. Anything else is just noise
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Published in: 50.50: AnalysisCan the UK survive Westminster’s attack on trans rights in Scotland?LGBTIQ activists across the UK are rethinking their place in the union after Sunak blocked new Scottish legislation
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Published in: Home: OpinionHow a farcical new report on Northern Ireland Protocol poses a real threatOPINION: It’s worrying that a paper undermining the Good Friday Agreement has been welcomed by influential politicians
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Published in: Home: AnalysisTroubles bill puts perpetrators before victims, say politicians and bereavedThe families of victims on both sides of the debate have slammed the government’s plan to end criminal investigations
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Published in: Home: OpinionWhy Chris Heaton-Harris and Steve Baker mean instability for Northern IrelandOPINION: No wonder a trade deal with the US is off the table – look at Truss’s new Northern Ireland ministers
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Published in: Home: OpinionWill Charles be able to hold the Union together?OPINION: The Queen represented a romanticised vision of Britain. With her gone, Scotland has even less reason to stay
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Published in: 50.50: NewsExclusive: Suspended doctor is trustee of Belfast anti-abortion charityStanton Healthcare, accused of spreading anti-abortion misinformation, has a suspended anti-vax GP as a trustee
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Published in: Home: OpinionLiz Truss’s U-turn on Brexit is bad news for Northern IrelandAn ex-Remainer with a point to prove, Truss will continue Johnson’s hardball tactics with the EU – at NI’s expense
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Published in: Home: OpinionBoris Johnson’s hypocrisy on the Northern Ireland protocol is a new lowRecent political posturing isn’t about peace – it’s about the selfish aims of the PM and the DUP
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Published in: Home: OpinionThank you, Derry Girls, for telling the story of my complicated adolescenceLike the Derry Girls, I was 18 when I voted for the Good Friday Agreement. The show perfectly captured the darkness,...
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Published in: Home: AnalysisA panicked DUP flounders as Northern Ireland embraces changeNorthern Ireland has changed – and unionism has been left behind. But if the party can’t dominate, it won’t participate
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Published in: Home: OpinionIt’s not the break-up of Britain… yetElection results show that the ground is shifting in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. But the future of the UK...
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Published in: Home: OpinionWhile ‘beergate’ dominates headlines, UK politics quietly changes foreverThe pundits of London’s metropolitan media are focused on Keir Starmer’s curry. But they’re all missing the bigger story
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Published in: Home: AnalysisSinn Féin could win the Northern Irish election. Here’s what that meansAs a younger generation leaves the old sectarian divisions behind, new political alliances are forming
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Published in: Home: FeatureWill the ‘peace babies’ change Northern Ireland’s politics forever?Young people born since the Good Friday Agreement are ditching traditional identity labels and demanding action on...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionOn the Twelfth, Northern Ireland returns to its past. But its future looks differentThough bonfires, burning effigies and cries of ‘No surrender’ suggest the 17th century, Northern Ireland is...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionThe British state still wants to stop Bloody Sunday soldiers taking the standThe people of Derry know the truth. The question is, will it be spoken? The Soldier F verdict implies not
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionThe DUP’s first minister nomination could return Northern Ireland to crisisIn the appointment of Paul Givan as the party’s choice to replace Arlene Foster, the DUP is doubling down on its...
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Published in: Live discussionsIs Britain breaking up?
With Scotland voting on Thursday in an election that could lead to a second independence referendum and increased...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionNorthern Ireland's riots are the death spasms of a broken BritainThe English ruling class has spent decades neglecting Northern Ireland. This week’s violence in Belfast was the...
