Lily of St. Leonards

some thoughts mainly on Scottish politics

Showing posts with label Republic of Ireland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Republic of Ireland. Show all posts
Saturday, 29 December 2018

Northern Ireland is no one's backstop

›
The treatment of Northern Ireland in the context of the negotiations between the EU and the UK has shown the inconsistency of the EU’s pos...
Sunday, 1 July 2018

With friends like these

›
I spent my childhood watching reports from Northern Ireland about bombings, punishment beating and prisoners on hunger strike. Most nig...
Friday, 29 June 2018

Binning the Vichy water

›
It is perfectly possible to imagine a mutually beneficial deal emerging from the UK’s negotiations with the EU over Brexit. We already tr...
Saturday, 28 April 2018

We could all do with some Korean unity

›
We are fortunate indeed that yesterday there wasn’t a meeting between North Japan and South Japan, declaring peace and looking forward ...
Saturday, 24 March 2018

The EU wants our coat too

›
I have been finding contemporary politics dull and uninspiring. It is above all for this reason that I’ve been struggling to write about ...
Saturday, 12 August 2017

British citizenship confounds both Irish & Scottish nationalism

›
One of the main benefits of travel and meeting people from different places is to discover that ideas that are almost universally shared...
›
Home
View web version
Powered by Blogger.