Opinion

Please allow me to draw attention to an extract taken from an editorial in the December 4 The Times, under the heading, ‘Accentuate the Positive — Cornwall is a site of linguistic riches’ the editorial reads:

Bryan Habana, the legendary Springbok winger, made an interesting comment after the Springboks defeated England in the final of rugby’s World Cup.

The Christmas holidays are fast approaching and the majority of us will enjoy the festivities with family and friends.

Speaking on the BBC Andrew Marr Show, Boris Johnson claimed that another 74 convicted terrorists in the UK had been let out of prison on the early release programme.

As someone who was born in the 1930s, I believe today that Britain has become a lawless country.

Last week, the Republic’s prime minister, Leo Varadkar, refused to rule out convening a ‘citizens’ assembly’ to consider the viability of a 32-county, all-Ireland state.

As chair of Changing Attitude Ireland, I would like to express our deep disappointment at the announcement of the decision by the House of Bishops to confirm the appointment of David McClay as bishop of Down and Dromore.

Few people outside of the nationalist tradition would be attracted to the fledgling party Aontú.

We are indebted to the News Letter, Ben Lowry and others as to what is going on regarding legacy and other matters.

Teresa May was criticised by many during her failed Brexit campaign because she failed to stand strong, failed to maximise her leverage and was unable to resist the demands of the European elites.

We are in the midst of a national election focussed on Brexit, yet here the primary focus of the lead party of unionism, the DUP, appears to be on a return to an unworkable Stormont.

Now four secretaries of state have been put into Northern Ireland, not one of whom arrived with much evident awareness of the place.

It is rather late in the day for Arlene Foster to be focusing on getting the assembly up and running again.

Whilst I obviously welcome the DUP’s new public position of opposing the creation of a charge of non-criminal police misconduct before 1998, as part of the government’s legacy bill, the fact remains that it only comes two weeks out from an election and after months of pressure from the Ulster Unionist Party.

Re ‘Ben Lowry: RTE sorry to Myers’ (November 30) it is not only untrue but outrageous, scandalous and libellous to describe Kevin Myers as a holocaust denier.

Christians are arguably one of the most persecuted sects in some parts of the world, particularly where the beliefs of the majority or dominant religion are also enshrined in the laws of the land.

Last November the then secretary of state, Karen Bradley (go on, admit it, you’ve totally forgotten about her), pushed through a bill to put off Assembly elections until March 2019; and in the absence of an agreement between the parties to push the election until August.

On an ITV leaders’ election debate last night, Nigel Farage said something that was spot on about sentencing.

How can Arlene Foster be so resolute about the DUP not being prepared to work with Jeremy Corbyn whilst, at the same time, trying to coax Michelle O’Neill and co back into talks?