I thought I'd give myself a few days to digest the election results before commenting, because my initial gut reaction was rage. Into Thursday evening the rage gave way to depression which lasted well into the night. This was part of the reason I stoppe… more »

"I have successfully broken the strength of Sinn Fein," So says Ian Paisley on UTV's election coverage. Let me get this right. Sinn Fein are set to get their best election result in history and Big Ian reckons he's broken their strength? It just pr… more »

When the first election results were coming in I ran updates for a short time. The last of these is now here for archive purposes only. Belfast East The first results are in and Peter Robinson and Naomi Long are elected in Belfast East. Peter Rob… more »

Britain could soon be electing the upper house of Parliament (pictured). Image © Parliamentary Copyright. A slight destraction from the election before counting begins tomorrow, as MPs today voted for a completely elected upper chamber of Parli… more »

With the election due to kick off in just over 7 hours I just want to take a last chance to urge people to vote for parties outside the big 4 as their first preference. Don't fall for the DUP's scaremongering. They just don't want you to exercise your… more »

Yesterday an American visitor going under the pseudonym Eireann posted a comment on another thread asking a few questions about Ireland. Specifically, he/she was having trouble with the concept of why Ireland was divided and why we couldn't all just unit… more »

Not social class, degree class. A recent report has shown that men are being passed over for well-paying jobs because they're taking tougher courses at university than women. One-third of graduate jobs being advertised to graduates of any discipline wi… more »

Wow. As I was recovering from a hangover today I heard the post and got up to find I had been inundated with election material. Every party from the UK Unionists to the Workers Party to the "Procapitalism" candidate. Included in this was a leaflet fr… more »

Government research on the mainland is indicating that providing public services in foreign languages for non-English speakers is not only costing upwards of £100m a year (including £55m in the NHS), but isolating communities from each other.… more »

A jar of air. A novel idea for a souvenir or consumerism gone mad? Some might think it cynical, others genius. It's been said that one can sell absolutely anything on eBay - perhaps this will be the ultimate test of that assertion (actually, having se… more »