Opinion

This week I was in London at two events, both of which unveiled poll findings about the future of the Union (the United Kingdom one).

Avicious attack on Second World War veteran who was left for dead in an attack in Taunton is far from a happy tale.

‘I will help you get the job done. I will give you the tools, the power and the back-up you need … be in no doubt I will be standing with you’.

This week, two new opinion polls were published, examining attitudes to Brexit and the border.

Dr Marie Coleman’s letter (‘Ethnic cleansing happened in former Yugoslavia but not to Protestants in independent Ireland,’ May 18) criticising Mark Rainey (May 12) is mistaken.

Jeremy Corbyn got a rapturous reception from the crowd at Queen’s University yesterday, many of whom were students.

Northern Ireland is currently short on stability.

With regard to the SDLP to retain their pro life policy, many parties give representatives a conscience vote on abortion and this was a difficult decision for the party because policies which protect human life and conscience are both really important.

How very predictable it all is.

Colin Buick, chair of ‘No Arc21’, is a happy man.

One of the prides of Northern Ireland is the central area of the capital city, Belfast.

In response to Dr Marie Coleman’s letter (‘Ethnic cleansing happened in former Yugoslavia but not to Protestants in Ireland’, May 18), there is agreement among historians that there was no state sponsored ethnic cleansing of Protestants in an independent Ireland.

How much longer can MPs tolerate John Bercow as Speaker?

A conference in London yesterday discussed a matter that goes to the very existence of the UK — unionism and the Union.

Every senior politician – probably every politician – knows that they’re never more than a few feet away from a microphone, a camera, or a ‘source’.

It is, as the birthdays column on the opposite page reminds us, the birthday of Mary Robinson, who was president of Ireland in the 1990s.

At last year’s Alliance conference, I was one of a number of people to appear on a panel discussion at a side event organised by Stratagem.

Months ago I wrote about a Japanese rail company that apologised after a train left 20 seconds early.

What a fitting way it has been for Balmoral Show to celebrate its 150th anniversary. The sun has shone, the skies have been blue, and the crowds have flocked to the former Maze site near Lisburn. Today may see Northern Ireland’s temperatures reach 20 degrees and potentially top those in Barcelona.