Monthly Archives: June 2022

The tragic breakdown of relations between Dublin and London and a 1998 Agreement that was not the last word

Posted on Wednesday, 29 June, 2022 by andypollak

The most tragic element of Brexit and its aftermath – for me as a Northern Irish person who is also a happy citizen of the Republic of Ireland – is the total breakdown in relations between the Irish and British … Continue reading →

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The NI Protocol is a mess but Boris’s bill to scrap it is a divisive disaster

Posted on Wednesday, 15 June, 2022 by andypollak

The Northern Ireland protocol is a problem and it is back with a vengeance. As Taoiseach Micheál Martin, a man who is extremely careful with his words, put it, the British government’s new bill to unilaterally scrap large parts of … Continue reading →

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British legislation in the North is not always deceptive, oppressive or persecuting – it can be made better

Posted on Wednesday, 1 June, 2022 by andypollak

Despite what Sinn Fein and other ‘advanced’ nationalists would have us believe, British government policy in Northern Ireland (and towards Ireland) is not always motivated by the wish to deceive and oppress and persecute. One benign effect of the peace … Continue reading →

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