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  • For one day only at the MAC: The Yawn.

    For one day only at the MAC: The Yawn.

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    Suneil Sharma
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    On the 25th of June 2026, I attended The Future of These Islands: Preparing for Change, a shindig organised by the SDLP. Let me start by saying I went in with low expectations, and they were fully met. The crowd were largely old Humeite SDLP members who, as expected, waxed lyrical about the opening two…

  • TIME FOR THE PROLETARIAT TO RISE

    TIME FOR THE PROLETARIAT TO RISE

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    by

    Suneil Sharma
    in

    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…