Lucius Winslow is an MA student at Queen’s University Belfast, who takes delight in being described as a Unionist reactionary, and hardline Tory. He also writes things. Today represents the first post I have made since being given an actual account on Open Unionism. So I thought I would immediately abuse the trust of our …
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Jul 29
Armed Republicans Unite Under New Banner …
News broke last week that armed Republicans’, including the Real IRA, Republican Action Against Drugs (RAAD), and the group of independent republicans have come together to form an organisation called, wait for it … the ‘IRA’. In a report carried in the Belfast Telegraph, and written by the excellent Suzanne Breen, it is stated by a source: “By …
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Jul 16
NI Census results published – but not in full
The 2011 NI Census results have been published, as in the rest of the United Kingdom. In Northern Ireland most people are only interested in one statistic, the number of Roman Catholics’ over members of the main Protestant denominations’. It is therefore viewed as a mini border poll. However we will have to wait a bit …
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Jul 15
Should we forget Sinn Fein’s past or remind our youth?
In Saturday’s News Letter (14th July 2012) a report, written by Political Correspondent, Sam McBride, featured comments made by former aide to David Trimble and Irish Senator, Eoghan Harris, where he said that opponents of terrorism south of the border have “utterly failed” in their 40-year-bid to counter the justification of republican violence. The report refers …
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