The most recent example of republican hypocrisy in Belfast City Council is, as ever, completely devoid of anything approaching their claims of outreach to the Unionist community.
The book ‘The Accidental Spy’ by author Sean O’Driscoll relates an alleged remark that the Real IRA had taken so many weapons from Provo bunkers that mainstream republicans barely had any left which could be presented for decommissioning.
The outcome of the Conservative leadership contest will be critical for Northern Ireland’s future, yet only a few hundred Tory members in the province will have a say in the party’s decision.
During three decades of ruthless terrorism, directed and driven largely by the Provisional IRA, our gallant security forces stood between us and those determined to destroy us.
What on earth possessed that wily old political warhorse Boris Johnson to pretend no one is interested in his late night domestic altercations, and that all people wanted to hear were his policies in the battle for the Conservative leadership? What utter bosh.
In the weeks running up to the Good Friday Agreement referendum on May 22 1998, I spent a lot of time talking to people – particularly within and across unionism.
Dear Boris, England did not vote for the Conservative Party on 23 June 2016, but to leave the undemocratic European Union and to reassert the ancient sovereignty of England.
As a punter, I found that the favourite was never guaranteed to win in a ‘two-horse’, hence I dread Jeremy Hunt winning the race to be our next prime minister.
The oldest golf club in Ireland is often said to be Royal Belfast, established at Kinnegar in 1881, later moving to Carnalea, and only in the 1900s to its present location in Craigavad.
![Boris Johnson attacked the backstop at the DUP conference, above, yet he later voted for it. He also previously said 'we're allowing the [Northern Irish] tail to wag the dog' in what was an apparent attack on the backstop but could be read as a chilling warning about what to expect if there's a direct choice between delivering Brexit and protecting Ulster's links to the rest of the UK](https://images-o.jpimedia.uk/imagefetch/w_auto,f_auto,ar_3:2,q_auto:low,c_fill/if_h_lte_200,c_mfit,h_201/https://www.newsletter.co.uk/webimage/1.8976428.1561546611!/image/image.jpg "Boris Johnson attacked the backstop at the DUP conference, above, yet he later voted for it. He also previously said 'we're allowing the [Northern Irish] tail to wag the dog' in what was an apparent attack on the backstop but could be read as a chilling warning about what to expect if there's a direct choice between delivering Brexit and protecting Ulster's links to the rest of the UK")
