Why did our party leaders go AWOL? By Eamonn Mallie
This was a curious General Election campaign in Northern Ireland. Curious in the sense that those charged with respective leadership in their parties when called upon, failed to stand up and be...
View Article“Don’t rule out Tom”– Brian Rowan’s election reflection
When Tom Elliott called me earlier this year and asked me would I speak at the Annual General Meeting of the Fermanagh Ulster Unionist Association, I thought it was a wind up. But he was serious and,...
View Article‘Does moderate Unionism exist?’– Asks Colm Dore
Maybe Mike Nesbitt is playing a smart game of chess. Or maybe he can’t even visualise toppling dominoes. He’s the enigmatic (flip-flopping?) ‘moderate’ who takes a hard-line to “shrink to grow” his...
View ArticleSammy Morrison hits back at his Stormont poppy row critics Brian Spencer and...
In a recent article Brian Spencer makes a number of observations about this “loutish Calvinist“. I am grateful that Eamonn has allowed this “rural unionist oaf” a right of reply.Clearly Brian believes...
View ArticleIs The Ulster Unionist Party snatching its clothes back from the DUP in going...
Stormont is not Westminster. In the latter politicians do not choose Opposition. They are placed there. It is a mark of limited success within the narrow democratic capacity of a particular voting...
View ArticleIn a profound analysis Terry Wright pinpoints the fly in the ointment in UUP...
The arrival of the visiting party leader was much anticipated. The talks leading up to it had not been without their problems. Political parties possess a surplus of ego but are often short on unifying...
View Article‘Partnership not Domination’– by Mike Nesbitt, Leader of the Ulster Unionist...
As local politics stumbles incoherently towards Northern Ireland’s centenary, it seems an appropriate time to define unionism for the second century. A real fresh start, if you like, but unlike the...
View Article‘Danger Of Courteous Urbane Behaviour Masking Domination’– by Colm Dore
Mike Nesbitt’s vision of “partnership not domination” on eamonnmallie.com has been welcomed by a swathe of the political spectrum. Here is “strong” Unionism which exhibits a fuller understanding of...
View Article‘Mike Nesbitt may be left feeling that he has been trying to put clothes on...
Some faded campaign posters, re-cycled from the Fresh Start election of May 2016 appeared within days of the announcement of the election. Election literature has been arriving through the letterbox...
View Article‘It’s election countdown.’ Mike Nesbitt – pulling no punches…
This week, the DUP are playing the same Project Fear card they played last May, and in every Election they have ever fought. Since they entered government 10 years ago, they say never mind their record...
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