This piece was carried on the front page of the Belfast Telegraph on January 28, the day after Gordon Brown and Brian Cowen gave up mediating between Sinn Fein and the DUP on how and when to devolve policing and justice powers to the Northern Ireland Assembly. (See also.) The British prime minister, Gordon Brown [...]
Archive for January, 2010
A Shame and a Disgrace
Posted in Belfast, Politics, Northern Ireland on January 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The Robinson Affair
Posted in Uncategorized on January 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
How long have we thirsted for a good scandal here? The enthusiasm with which the public is lapping up the Robinson Affair seems to reflect a deep and abiding need for colour and distraction on our political culture. The whole settlement might be going down the tubes but hey, what a gas! And that excitement [...]
Don’t Wilt, Iris
Posted in Culture and Society, Religion on January 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
A humanistic view of marital infidelity would ask if both partners should take responsibility for one of them wandering. Lucky Peter Robinson; he gets his wife to take all the blame and then forgives her on national television. Here’s a piece I publish in this morning’s Belfast Telegraph: Part of the indignity for Iris Robinson [...]
