An admittedly rather simplistic (and/or misleading, depending on your viewpoint) University of Ulster study that denounced Northern Ireland as the "bigotry capital of the world" (reported at Slugger on Friday) and reminded me of some of the other rather… more »

It seems to have gone by largely unnoticed (at least to this blogger) but it certainly appears that the DUP, brave custodians of the union, are more interested in blackmailing the average pro-union voter into voting DUP than they are in safeguarding Nort… more »

Seems like the BBC sports department were having a rather empty day and needed a page filler. Not sure why Dermot Ahern had nothing better to do in Foreign Affairs in Dublin. Needless to say they just don't get it. Having recognised Northern Ireland's… more »

The following post was sent in all the way from Budapest by Paul, the Northern Irish Magyar. I have a confession to make: I believe in the "secular society." Secularism has become a bit of a dirty word recently in certain circles, so what exactly… more »

The bullshit 50-50 recruitment discrimination legislation is making it more difficult for migrant workers to get jobs in the PSNI, which can't possibly help the service when it's trying to deal with members of the ever-growing ethnic minority group in No… more »

Rejectionist republicanism once again reared its ugly head this weekend as Sinn Fein "justice" spokesman Gerry Kelly said his party rejected the proposals made by the DUP to devolve policing and justice powers to the Northern Ireland Assembly. The DU… more »

As I write this I'm watching Channel five's MacIntyre's Underworld: Mad Dog programme on Jonny Adair and there is, unsurprisingly, some disturbing shit going on there - and nobody's buying the PR. The man is such an embarrassment to the pro-union populat… more »

Something of an alarming (or alarmist) poll in the Sunday Telegraph today (coinciding with the discussion here at EU about the various nationalisms in the UK) stating that 68% of voters in England want Scotland to leave the Union while 48% want to see En… more »

This story's so farcical it's hard to no where to begin so I'll try and summarise the last couple of days, just in case anyone missed it. A middle-aged, virtually crippled, arthritic terrorist, who even Jonny Adair (of all people) describes as "crimin… more »

It took a heads-up (from someone calling themselves Dr A) yesterday to alert me to the escapades of one Michael Stone (of Milltown Cemetary fame) at Stormont yesterday. After attempting to spray paint "Sinn Fein Are Murderers" on the Stormont building,… more »