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Gaza: Where’s that?
The first phase of the so-called Trump peace plan came into effect on October 10, 2025. This ceasefire included the return of all hostages by Hamas, dead or alive, and the withdrawal of the IDF to within a yellow buffer line. Hamas have delivered on their part of the ceasefire agreement, the IDF have retreated…
On the Brink of Collapse, What’s Next?
Firstly, let me start by saying that our Prime Minister has assessed that the attack by the Israeli Reich and the US on Iran is illegal under international law, this is over and above the fact that Trump did not get Congressional approval. It is now clear that Starmer has capitulated and will allow the…
Ménage à trois: in the Pam of your Hand
US Attorney General Pam Bondi’s attendance at the Judiciary committee was performative politics of the worst kind, with only one goal to please her political pimp, President Donald Trump. She at the hearing deflected, obfuscated, was ignorant and called a democrat on the committee, an anti-Semite, a woman whose grandfather died in a Nazi death…
It’s clear, Keir: Back to the day job
If the current cohort of Labour MPs have not realised that the current leader of their party is leading them to political oblivion, you have less foresight than an ostrich with its head in the sand. Starmer’s close advisors, such as McSweeney, Ingham, and Driver, are politically inept but seem to have the ability to…
Board of Pricks
In Davos, Donald Trump announced the setting up of the Board of Peace, of which he will be the Chair. The announcement was equivalent to Darth Vader replacing António Guterres as Secretary General of the UN. The board is set up fulfill the second phase of Trump’s Middle East peace plan, but has morphed into…
A Sign of Weakness
The blocking of Any Burnham by the National Executive Committee from standing for a parliamentary seat in Manchester is, quite frankly, another stupid decision in a line of many stupid decisions by Starmer, his acolytes and Morgan McSweeney. The reason given is that an election for a mayor to replace Burnham will cost too much…
The French used Madame Guillotine; you have got the 25th Amendment.
Let’s start with something depressing: he, being Donald J Trump, has 3 more years of his presidency unless an act of God intervenes. I do not believe in an interventionist God or, for that matter, in a God; however, 90% of deluded white evangelical Christians will be praying hard for him. Here are some reasons,…
Iran: The Tyranny of Theology
The Iranian people have been under the iron fist of religious tyranny since 1979, replacing the autocratic rule of the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who in 1953 replaced a democratically elected Prime Minister,Mohammad Mosaddegh, in a coup that was supported by the CIA and MI6. Mosaddegh’s political sin was that he, with the full…
TIME FOR THE PROLETARIAT TO RISE
I have just noticed that our great political commentators from both wings of our sectarian divide have had a eureka moment and have concluded that Stormont does not work. This has been true for at least a decade and a half, and in fact, it goes back to 1998 when this oxymoronic political structure was…
HANUKKAH VIOLATED
Apologies, I promised I wouldn’t write another blog until the start of 2026 On Sunday, the 14th of December, two gunmen, father and son, killed 15 Jews who were at a festival on Bondi Beach celebrating Hanukkah. Is this antisemitism? Of course, it is, so this terror attack must be unreservedly condemned. A 43-year-old man…
Apologies, My End-of-Year Rant 2025
Once again, another embarrassing and tragic year for our species has passed. Firstly, let us start off with the genocide in Gaza, where the death toll passed 70,000, which includes 20,000 children and not yet counted the many thousands who remain under 50,000 tonnes of rubble. We have a ceasefire where all the October 7…
Public Service Broadcasters, Under Attack: It’s OUR BBC!!!!!
Let me start by saying that the daft mistake of splicing Donald Trump’s January 20 speech, in which he encouraged the overturning of a fair and free election, has now been acknowledged by the BBC, and an unreserved apology has been made to the world’s most famous narcissist and “pussy grabber”. Trump is the man…
A War of Words: Playing Identity Politics as Rome Burns.
We, by which I mean ordinary citizens of this dysfunctional political system, have just appointed 3 people into three non-jobs, the Commissioner of the Irish Language, Pol Deed, Lee Reynolds, Commissioner for Gibberish, and Ulster British Tradition, whatever that is and finally Katy Radford as the Director of the Office of Identity and Cultural Expression,…
Two privileged men at Prayer
I have, unfortunately, been watching King Charles’s state visit to the Vatican to meet Pope Leo and listening to a bunch of other male cardinals and bishops waxing about the importance of the visit. The first thing that struck me was, where is the newly appointed and first female Archbishop of Canterbury? Apparently, she was…
A Human Rights Professor?
Colin Harvey wrote an article in the Irish News on the 29th August 2025, to which I sent a response to the Irish News Editor, Chris Sherrard, who said it was a “well-written response” and if I was in agreement, he would publish it in its entirety, in the letters section of the paper, to…
A Tail of Two Peace Plans
TRUMP’S PEACE PLAN SEPTEMBER 2025 1. Gaza will be a deradicalised, terror-free zone that does not pose a threat to its neighbours. 2. Gaza will be redeveloped for the benefit of the people of Gaza, who have suffered more than enough. 3. If both sides agree to this proposal, the war will immediately end. Israeli…
Yes,this is antisemitic. Yes,this is anti-democratic.
On the 2nd of October, a man stabbed and killed one person and injured others at a synagogue where members of the Jewish community were celebrating Yom Kippur. This attack on the Jewish community is unjustifiable on any level, and I, as someone with no faith, unequivocally condemn it. A recent report commissioned by the…
Transitioning from: Director of Public Prosecutions to Prime Minister
It can be said that Keir Starmer was as competent a head of the Crown Prosecution Service as the UK has had. However, in his transition to Prime Minister, his chromosomes remain the same. In his case, I am referring to the fact that he remains wired as a public prosecutor, not a Prime Minister.…
Coalition of the Willing
As we continue to see and be horrified by the genocide and the complete destruction of Gaza by the Neo Nazi Israeli government led by Netanyahu, the Coalition of the Willing, which includes the US, the UK, Germany, France and other EU countries, stands by, “Willing” to do next to nothing to stop this carnage.…
A Three State Solution?
Let us start by quoting an optimist and a pessimist about the US OF A. George Washington, one of the founding fathers, said,” The establishment of our new government seemed to be the last great experiment for human happiness,” which excluded slaves. Sigmund Freud may have got it closer when he said, “America is the…
A week at the Féile.
A piece published in 27/02/2025 Belfast News Letter This is the third year I have attended the debate and discussion element of the festival, and I am only speaking to this part. However, anecdotally, people I have spoken to found the community events to have been successful. The first event I attended was Nick Hayward’s…
Targeting the Truth
If not now, when will the international community and broadcasters call out the IDF as the new SS and stop the so-called impartial reporting of IDF propaganda that they do not target civilians, medics, journalists, women, children, and aid workers? The IDF call these casualties collateral damage, which has no more credibility than when the…
A week at the Féile.
This is the third year I have attended the debate and discussion element of the festival, and I am only speaking to this part, though anecdotally, people to whom I have spoken overall have found the community events to have been successful. Last year, I attended an event discussing the timing and rationale for a border…
A Final Solution Netanyahu Style: Where do you want me to go?
The Israeli Reich announced that the IDF will be taking full control of Gaza by occupying the remaining 20%, displacing 1,000,000 people and cramming them into an ever-smaller area with a plan to ultimately deliver on its goal “from the river to the sea, not a Palestinian will be seen”. In effect, continuing its genocide.…
Gaza: It’s not a fucking War; It’s a Slaughter!!!!
Firstly, I would like all media to stop calling Gaza a war because it’s not. What it is, as described by Jonathan Sumption in his piece in the New Statesman, “Revenge visited on an entire population. It is, in short, a war crime.” A war crime which has seen any moral capital or empathy because…
STOP THE DOPES, they are the ones looking up at the Boat.
Yet again, loyalists define their “culture” through hatred, bitterness, grievance, a siege mentality and a complete lack of understanding of their history. In addition, from 1998, they have seamlessly moved from blaming one type of “F’s” for their problems to hating and blaming another type of “F” for the very same problems. The real issue…
Does Anyone Really Care?
Firstly, let me say that it makes absolute sense to have a collaborative and more integrated all-island approach to delivering an effective and patient-focused healthcare system. The proposal in the documents is not rocket science, but it also shows that Sinn Fein takes no responsibility for any current failures in the delivery of healthcare, based…
Bob Vylan: No Villains
Let me start by saying I agree with the principle of the legislation protecting racial groups, religious minorities, people with disability, sexual orientation, and the transgender community against hate crime and hate speech. Bob’s chant, “death death to the IDF”, does not exactly fall into that category, and oddly, the police are investigating the band…
Mr Thompson: Just Lost
The interview with Wallace Thompson in the Irish News revealed a eureka moment; he recognised the inevitability of a new United Ireland. Like other believers, he has failed, like them, to define what will be new in this new and United Ireland. He sounded like a forlorn political orphan or someone engaging in political flagellation.…
DOGE OR DOPE
As a second-generation British citizen of Indian descent, I don’t get Zia’s crazy anti migrant nationalism. According to him, all the problems facing the UK are down to migration, the failing health service, poor UK productivity, the lack of housing, the cost-of-living crisis and maybe the failure to deliver HS2 because it was Sunak who…
TWO ROUGE STATES
Let me start by saying I have no love for the Iranian regime, which is a blend of patriarchy, religious tyranny, and misogyny. This regime has used the Koran not as a religious text but as a cudgel against the aspirations of its people. I also have no love for the current Israeli government, which…
Letter to Hamas
My name is Suneil Sharma; I was born in Northern Ireland of Indian parents. My Dad migrated here in 1957, followed by my mum in 1958, and I was born in 1959. My father was a lefty student steeped in politics, who actively fought for Indian independence under the principle that an independent India should…
Dear Chief Constable: Seriously
The Sue Pentel incident outside Barclays was, at best, a sad reflection of our policing and officer training or at worst a complete overreaction to what was an innocuous protest about an important issue, on which I have extensively blogged. Below are the key issues which I would like to comment on after watching videos…
Starmer : Blowin in the Wind
It seems like Karl Rove, who was a special advisor to President George W Bush, was described by Republican insiders as Bush’s Brains. Morgan McSweeney has taken on the very same role for Keir Starmer. Because no one other than McSweeney would have approved the use of the phrase “Island of Strangers” mimicking Enoch Powell’s…
It’s not our fault; they started it,
Danny Danon Israel’s UN Ambassador, Benjamin Netanyahu, a war criminal, Gideon Saar, Israel’s Foreign Minister, Ben Gvir, Minister of National Security, Bezalel Smotrich, Finance Minister and Israel Katz, Minister of Defence are all blaming the murder of two Israeli embassy members on the rise of antisemitism, which they say has been exacerbated by comments condemning…
Knee Capping Yourself: Not a Good Idea
Kneecap’s outrageous comments are simply wrong, no if’s no buts. Three young men who seem to have no idea about the recent history of Palestine. They give their support to Hamas and Hezbollah. These groups receive resources and support from Iran, a theocratic, authoritarian, misogynistic regime that has murdered dozens of young women and executed…
Kemi Kaze: taking a dive
Kemi Badenoch was supposed to be the next Maggie, though why you would appoint a new party leader to look and sound like a relic from political history is beyond me. She was elected largely because she was a breath of fresh air, which she delivered in that she has been full of fresh hot…
Infanticide, Filicide, Democide and Genocide,
SHALOM , TO THE ELECTED GOVERNMENT OF THE CHOSEN PEOPLE The world’s democracies stand by as the Israeli government, devoid of any moral core, continues the mass murder of Palestinians in Gaza, under the pretence of caring for the remaining hostages. When Jehovah made Jews his chosen people, what he forgot to do when Netanyahu,…
H20 ; it’s not rocket science
The shambles that is our water and sewage system have been in the press for months, and our esteemed ruling class have just issued a (it’s never our fault) consultation about how to resolve this pressing issue. The main thrust of the consultation is that the housebuilders pay for any infrastructure upgrades required to facilitate…
Economic vandalism or Insider Trading on a global scale?
It is clear there is a case to revisit globalisation, a system of trade that was underpinned by the desire of consumers in developed economies for cheap products like the £2.00 T-shirt and industrial products like steel. Investors saw the opportunity that cheaper labour costs meant more corporate profits, more corporate profits meant more dividends,…
From the River to the Sea: The Cleansing Continues
I have written several articles about Gaza in the aftermath of the tragedy that was October 7th. I compared the relentless and brutal Israeli response with Guernica, Dresden, and the Warsaw Ghetto. I also mentioned the unfulfilled dream of Emanuel Ringelblum, a secular Marxist Zionist who wanted to create a Palestine shared with Arab citizens. I…
Vice President J D Vile: AN ALL ROUND ASSHOLE!!!
Yesterday’s event at the White House was meant to be a transactional first step to keeping the Trump Administration engaged in a just peace process and for Zelensky to get some sort of American security guarantee. In return, American companies would get preferential access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals and other resources as payback for…
Hard Power, No Humanity and a Labour Government
Firstly, let me start by saying that the Prime Minister continues to disappoint, not a disaster but underwhelming and the son of a toolmaker on the 25th of February 2025, showed a lack of humanity. He acted like a Tory, in that when George Osborne said “We are all in it together” he lied and…
The Narcissism and Madness of King Donald
What a week! Donald had a two-hour phone conversation with his soulmate Putin, which was two hours more than he has had with Melania in the last 12 months. Then aping Russian talking points he started by accusing Ukraine of starting the war with Russia, followed up by saying that Zelensky had only 4% approval…
1down,47 to go
Firstly, let me start by saying Donald’s resounding victory was nothing of the sort, yes, he won the dysfunctional electoral college handsomely but won the popular vote by a mere 2.5 million on a 63% turnout. His new best friend is another narcissist that is Elon Musk, not because of his great political insight but…
The Genocide in Gaza Ends, the War on Palestinians Continues.
The peace forged between Netanyahu’s far-right Messianic militia and Hamas is the first bit of respite from killing and destruction that Palestinian civilians have seen in over 400 days. The peace agreement will be in three phases: Several important things need to happen, such as for the new leader of Hamas to shut the “F”…
Hanukkah: Ironically, A Festival of Light
Israelis and Jews worldwide celebrated Hanukkah a festival to remember the liberation of the Temple in Jerusalem. This festival is celebrated by lighting candles in homes and synagogues right across Israel. A Jewish homeland was created when the world saw the horrors of the Holocaust, a Jewish homeland that my father often spoke about and…
The End Of Year Rant 2024
We leave 2024 with the world in turmoil and an unpredictable geo-political environment. We have the second coming in the form of the Donald, the arrival of Keir, whose lack of political antennae is worrying, Macron in trouble, unable to keep the right or the left content, and the upcoming German Federal election, which will…
Fraudulent Immoral Fatuous Assholes
Yet again, Gianni Infantino, who presides over a bunch of self-serving FIFA members, where money trumps principles, has granted the Saudis the 2034 World Cup. This takes sports washing to a whole new level, sports bathing. What this is about, is redirecting the public gaze from the human rights abuses of non-democratic countries. On this…
Gaza: An Extinction Event
I have written about the conflict in Gaza for over 12 months first, showing empathy for the abhorrent attack by Hamas on October 7th, 2023. I also agreed with Israel’s right to defend itself and go after Hamas, an organisation whose Islamic fundamentalism, authoritarianism, and misogyny, I have no time for. October 7th no matter…
THE SECOND COMING
Two things are clear, Trump won a resounding victory by building a coalition that did not give a toss about his narcissism, his racism, his misogyny, Arnold’s putter, his authoritarian tendencies and his many other shortcomings as a human being. It was a sort of political domestic violence in that the more he abused segments of…
Madison Square Gardens, A Deplorable Moment
When in 2016 I heard Hilary describe Trump supporters as the “Deplorables”, I put my head in my hands and said, she has just blown it, and history proved as much. The Trump rally at Madison Square Gardens has done much the same, calling Puerto Ricans garbage and making crass racist remarks about Latinos. Hopefully,…
Remember, Remember the 5th of November
Like Guy Fawkes, Donald Trump is trying to blow up a political system, unlike Guy who failed, Trump is within a handful of votes of trying to turn the US into an illiberal democracy at best, or at worst an authoritarian state in the image of Trump’s political mentor, Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. This will be…
07/10/2023: a day of terror 08/10/2023 – 7/10/2024:365 days of terror.
October 7th, 2023, will be remembered alongside 9/11, in the sense, where were you on that day? Firstly, let me start by saying, that Israel’s right to defend itself has been mentioned by many commentators and politicians from across the world on hundreds of occasions. Israel’s right to defend itself is not being questioned, but what is being…
Remember Keir, Your Dad was a Toolmaker
I worked with Keir Starmer when he was the Human Rights advisor to the Northern Ireland Policing Board. His knowledge of human rights and related legislation played a significant role in reforming the culture of policing in Northern Ireland. As a public servant in the role of Director of Public Prosecutions, he showed skill and…
A Rogue State, it Surely is.
In my last blog I reluctantly described how the IDF were persecuting their war in Gaza as genocide, I again reluctantly now call Israel a rogue state, a state that unashamedly is breaking international law. The International Court of Justice in July this year issued a clear and unambiguous opinion that “Israel’s occupation and annexation…
Has the Resurrection Began?
The resignation of both the Chief Executive of the SDLP, Conor Huston, an appointment that made little sense in the first place and now the resignation of Colm Eastwood the man who has presided over the party’s decline, gives me, someone on the progressive left some hope that from the ashes of the social conservativism…
Right: off their Heads, Racism is not Patriotism
The anti-immigrant protest in Belfast and the related thuggery, looting and violence were condemned by the First and Deputy First Minister. I also praise Mathew O’Toole for his unequivocal support for a diverse society, supporting the anti-racist coalition and, his outright condemnation of the criminal behaviour on our streets. The Policing Board’s response of “deeply…
Old G, New G
The slaughter of innocent women and children in Gaza continues unabated by an Israeli government that rightly, can now be called despotic and their actions genocidal, a term I use with regret. The Jewish people should know better, as victims of the most brutal crimes against humanity. I plead, yet I am appalled that the…
The war for President is OVER! The war for American democracy starts NOW!
The assassination attempt on the 45th President’s life is a symptom of the political dysfunction in the world’s most important democracy. A democracy that takes great pride in upholding the Second Amendment and sheds crocodile tears when children are killed in mass shootings. A democracy that has politicised the judiciary, where a woman’s right to…
Labour is not a silver bullet; barely a silver lining
The visit from the new Prime minister and the Northern Ireland Secretary of State was a courtesy visit and nothing more. However, our local politicians have tried to sell the visit as a more engaged and generous British government. Starmer has plenty of priorities in England like, a crumbling NHS, a crumbling judicial and prison…
Rainey Night In Georgia: A Presidential Debacle
The Presidential debate on the 27th of June was not a debate but some mud-slinging between an old man, literally not fit to be president because of his age, clearly past his physical and mental best and another who is not fit because of his limited intellectual capacity, narcissism and a very long list of…
“Drowning Street “Poor Rishi!!!!!!
I am writing this piece because there is nothing interesting or more to say about Northern Ireland’s dysfunctional political system and the mediocrity that we have elected and will most certainly elect again. On the 13th of May Rishi, our esteemed Prime Minister attempted another relaunch with 28 minutes of, what was quite frankly pure…
Blaming the Brits: Now an all-Ireland pastime.
Ireland, a land of milk and honey, not just in terms of its economy but has embraced mature liberalism by removing Article 8 of the Irish constitution. It had also become a socially liberal and a politically progressive region of the EU, free from the scourge of anti-migrant populism. Varadkar who recently resigned was the…
Get in There “Krishnan “Guru”
After hearing about the killing of 7 aid workers working for World Central Kitchen by the IDF, my mood became sombre and low. This incident is yet another of many tragedies that have taken place since October 7th, when Hamas militants massacred 1200 innocent Israeli civilians. What started days later as a war against Hamas,…
The Gaza Ghetto
I have just listened to a BBC podcast about the horrors, the lives, the resilience, and the bravery of Jews in the Warsaw Getto. I was aware of this crime against humanity but was not aware of how this horror was recorded. The horrors of this period were chronicled in numerous documents and memoirs called…
Imagine Belfast: A Journey to Utopia
I I attended several events at the 2024 Imagine Belfast week and to be fair, enjoyed each one. The first was “Fairer but Smaller”, an event based on a book called “Enough is Plenty. The whole premise was that the solution to the climate crisis was the need in simple terms, to reduce consumption in…
Eat Up and Get Out
The country’s current excuse for a Prime Minister has no political spine, no integrity, no leadership qualities, no plan for the country’s future, no vision, no industrial strategy, no economic competence, no professionalism, no accountability and finally, no understanding of the lived experience of the many who are suffering under this cost-of-living crisis. Let us…
Palestinian Armageddon
As I watch the relentless ethnic cleansing of Gazans by the IDF and a more subtle version of the same being carried out by Ben Gavir and his settler friends in the Westbank, all overseen by Israel’s version of Voldemort in the guise of Netanyahu, my faith in humanity is at an all-time low. Firstly,…
Biden or Burden
I In November 2022 in my blog called “Mr President” when the red wave at the mid-terms failed to materialise I suggested politely, that this was the moment to start the succession planning process to find a Democrat from a younger generation to run for President in 2024, fearing neither Trump ( who is now…
I am happy with the 26
From a New Ireland to a Data Ireland( response to Brian Feeny’s Irish News Column) Firstly, let me say regarding Mr Feeney’s “Failing UK” article surprisingly, there were elements with which I agree. For example, the de-industrialisation of the UK and the embrace of funny finance. I agree that the UK has failed to invest…
Modi Operandi
My father was born in India and as a young man he fought for Indian independence but equally as importantly, he fought for India not to be partitioned and to embrace a secular constitution. He failed in the first but was proud along with his college friends to have achieved the second. My father lived…
The Pantomime Villain: Harris
Firstly, let me say from the outset that I have no love for a Tory, let alone a Tory Secretary of State. What I find odd, is that the current Secretary of State is being vilified for the failure of our public representatives elected by you, the electorate. At least on one issue both the…
End of Year Rant!!!!
I asked a question in a previous blog “Small Boats Small Beer” Is humanity as a collective agent an illusion? Well, the answer to that is sadly, an emphatic YES. Let us start locally, in a tiny place called Northern Ireland, where in 2023 many engaged in a backslapping event celebrating 25 years since the…
Can’t find my street, Can’t find my house and Can’t find my family.
THE NEVER ENDING TRAGEDY October 7th 2023 is blazoned on my memory, the day that Hamas brutally massacred 1300 Israeli civilians and underpinned their brutality by violating women. Israel’s reaction was justified in going after Hamas and its leadership. What started as defending itself against terrorism, supported by almost all of the international community, is…
Jesus Rishi, Have you lost your Marbles: This is a rhetorical question
We all know that Boris was a” bollocks,” well, everyone except the DUP. Though expectations of Boris as a Prime Minister were low, Boris even limbo-danced under that. His saving grace was, you got what was clearly said on the tin. Now Rishi is a different kettle of fish, he weaselled his way to the…
The Braverman Itch
If Rishi Sunak has shown nothing else this week, he has shown that he has no grasp of what it takes to be a leader let alone a Prime Minister. He looks clueless and devoid of a vision for this country’s future highlighted by the fact he has gone back to the future, to bring…
The Tragedy Continues
In the previous blog, I wrote about the murderous rampage perpetrated by Hamas on 1400 Israelis, mothers, grandmothers, peace activists and children. We now see the deaths of thousands of Palestinian civilians, mothers, grandmothers, relief agency volunteers, medical volunteers, and children. To date, the death toll reported by a Hamas agency is 8000 of which…
Israeli or Palestinian?
UNPRECEDENTED The word unprecedented, with adjectives like audacious and horrific, has been used on numerous occasions to describe the brutality of the attack by Hamas, largely on innocent Israeli civilians. What is also unprecedented about this attack is the abject failure of Israeli intelligence, regarded by many as the best in the world, to see…
Small boats,Small beer?
I have often mentioned that the greatest existential threat to our species is the climate crisis and its implications for global stability. So, let’s look specifically at it through the prism of climate-related mass migration in 4 areas: Food insecurity is rising as a direct consequence of climate change. It is estimated that 80% of…
COME ON KEIR
COME ON KEIR
Preaching to the Converted
Well, that went according to Plan
A case for the Union
That didn’t go terribly Well.
As the World Polarises the Planet Burns
As we helplessly and hopelessly observe the world becoming more politically polarised, here and in Israel, the US, Spain, India, and the only place that seems to have missed out on this polarisation is Orwellian China. Brutal wars are going on in Ukraine, Sudan, Yemen, and Mali. The new cold war is the stand-off between…
Are we all in it Together?
A Double Whammy: A Tory Government and Shareholder Tyranny
Stop selling utopias: A bit of Objectivity and Nerdiness, Please!!!
New Ireland or Just the old one in Drag
Dear Sam
In his recent article in Sunday Independent Sam McBride starts with an unexpected eugenic trope, that it was “Horny Catholics” that laid the foundation for Sinn Fein’s recent success. Sinn Fein’s success is more accurately a consequence of the post-Brexit antics of the DUP (Death of the Union Party), the demise of the SDLP as…
Pivotal, Definitely Not
The outputs of reconciliation and peace-building ecosystem/industry have not and cannot be measured because the system and funding lines were designed to buy reconciliation. An interviewee asks “Are we settling for separation, rather than reconciliation? The answer is yes, in working-class areas, no, in middle-class areas. Those who have made a good living in this…
Preaching to the Converted
Stop talking to the “Man in the Mirror”
Too Many by, 10
Yippee it’s the local government elections on the 18th of May. An event that is nearly as engaging as watching paint dry. The lamp posts have been defaced by banal graffiti like” politics that can work” and faces on posters that could rightly be deemed a driving hazard. Many of these new millennial faces will…
Ai will not replace us
We all know about the recent letter signed by 1000 entrepreneurs and computer academics such as Steve Wozniak, Elon Musk and the father of Ai Prof Yoshua Bengio, all experts in the field of Ai. Their objective is to pause the development of more advanced generative Ai for 6 months. The rationale being, to start…
Fierce Femininity and Feminism: The Struggle Continues
“Remember the dignity of your womanhood. Do not appeal, do not beg, do not grovel. Take courage, join hands, stand beside us, fight with us.” Christabel Pankhurst
The Belfast Agreement: a 25-Year Celebration of inertia (updated)
When the Belfast Agreement was signed in 1998, I was 39 and after 30 years of conflict, I saw for the first time being able to commit myself to building a future here. I was born and worked here, the son of a father and mother who migrated here in 1957. Weeks later, in August…
The SDLP
SAD DEMOCRATIC AND LACKLUSTER PARTY
Is God Really Great?
“I did my job 13.5 billion years ago”.“Give me a break, I’m still recovering”.
The Belfast Agreement: a 25-year Celebration of Inertia
When the Belfast Agreement was signed in 1998, I was 39 and after 30 years of conflict, I saw for the first time being able to commit myself to build a future here. Then In August 1998 the Omagh Bomb, which in addition to destroying many lives, punctured hopes for a peaceful and prosperous future.…
Sports and Politics
Sport and politics: a match made in heaven and hell.
Guns Guns Guns
American Exceptionalism: Guns Guns Guns
Mr President
Mr President: Back from the Brink
Cop Out
COP OUT! At Shame El Sheikh
The Gob 