On September 13th, Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former Mayor of New York and former Democrat candidate for US President, made a big announcement: He was going to spend one hundred million dollars of his own money to swing the state of Florida for Joe Biden. Last night, President Trump won Florida going away, significantly increasing […]
It looks as if the Race for the White House will go down to the wire. At this point, here’s 5 things we know about what has been revealed by the U.S Election 2020 so far. 1. The polls were wrong about Trump – again Win or lose, this is no landslide for Biden. Most […]
Fianna Fail’s latest contortions on the Leo the Leak fiasco have proven that it is in fact quite possible for a political party to occupy a space some distance below rock bottom. In fact, if shooting yourself in the foot was a sport, Fianna Fail would surely be Olympic champions by now. For what is […]
Several Western governments, including Ireland’s, have taken it upon themselves in recent weeks to legally incapacitate a large number of citizens – in Ireland’s case, those unfortunate enough to work in the retail or pub and restaurant sectors – from opening the doors of their businesses. The rationale for such prohibitions is that we must […]
At 11.30pm Irish time, the polls will close in Indiana and Kentucky, and counting will begin in a US Presidential Election that has been ongoing now for 18 months. Joe Biden announced his candidacy for President on April 25th, 2019. Tonight, voters will render a judgement both on him, and on the incumbent President, Donald […]
Nigel Farage, the former leader of the UK Independence Party, and then, latterly, the Brexit Party, has announced in recent days that he will set up a new political party – Reform UK – for the sole purpose of opposing the Coronavirus Lockdown introduced by Boris Johnson’s Government. Reform UK is not a new party, […]
As I write, the news media is reporting that at least 4 people have died and 17 more have been injured as a result of what has been declared to be a terror attack by Islamist terrorists in Vienna last night. This comes after the recent murders of a teacher in Paris and 3 people attending […]
Unlike in Western countries like Australia, traditional Asian cultures place a heavy emphasis on filial piety — the expectation children will support their parents in old age. Historically, filial piety played an important role when families were large, pension schemes unavailable and life expectancy was around 50 years old. Today, however, families in east and […]
The recent spate of head-chopping terrorism in France would appear, at first glance, to be relatively easy to explain: The culprits are a group (it’s popular, but of dubious accuracy, to say “a tiny minority”) of extremists in the French Muslim community who believe themselves to be waging a holy war against the French state […]
The dominance of Islamic culture in France is on full display for those who wish to see.
Leo Varadkar has been finding allies in unusual places, this morning, following last Friday’s publication in Village magazine of allegations that he had acted unlawfully by sharing details of a draft contract for GPs with a rival group of GPs: Former minister for agriculture Barry Cowen has said Leo Varadkar is “entitled to make a […]
Living in Ireland is unusual when following US politics. Our national broadcaster and every national publication is sympathetic towards the Democratic Party and it’s rare if ever you hear a flattering opinion of the Republican Party and especially not of the current President of the United States, Donald Trump. I’m not going to come at […]