Tag: politics
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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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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…
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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 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…
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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…
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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.…
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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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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…
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