Tag: history
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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