The Sinn Fein statement was almost perfectly calibrated to alienate all sides.
For Harris, the fencing along the canals runs a real risk of becoming a real electoral monument to his lack of judgment.
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The irony here is that almost anything you do to make her position more democratically accountable would also strengthen her power to set the agenda in Europe.
Staying on the right side of the line between steadfast civil disobedience and outright thuggery is a duty that all those who take on the responsibility of leading these protests will have to take on.
It is very hard to find, in human history, an example of the decline of a superpower which has been followed by an era of peace and harmony.
The single biggest reason, of course, for the electoral success of the Nazi party was the failure of other political groupings to address the problems of the German people.
There will be more riots, and more discontent, and more disorder. Whether people like me condemn it or not.
Because trust has been lost, simple promises to “fix” the immigration system will not work.
If Trump had died yesterday, at the hands of someone inspired by a fear of his alleged fascism, then there are a great many in the media and politics who would have some of his blood on their hands.
John Waters is facing an eye-watering legal bill after his case with Kitty Holland
Asked to choose between alienating Irish Times reporters and Labour Party TDs on one hand, and their own voters and activists on the other, Independent Ireland chose to ditch its own national chairwoman.