Alex Kane: Rudderless Tories have reached their reality TV moment
Before selecting Rishi Sunak’s successor, the Conservative Party has to have a clear understanding of why it lost the election and to whom
The two most important border poll questions - Alex Kane
Lessons should be learned from the ongoing damage of the ambiguity and scaffolding of the Good Friday Agreement, as well as Brexit
Alex Kane: At last, a secretary of state with some gravitas
Hilary Benn should use his honeymoon period to convene all-party talks on the priorities facing the executive
Alex Kane: Another dreadful day for unionism. Another lesson to be learned
Has unionism the sense or wherewithal to recognise the scale of its dilemma and do something about it?
Alex Kane: The union isn’t over yet – it will outlast Keir Starmer
A united Ireland may come at some point, but the establishment in Ireland and the UK is in no rush
Politics has gone to hell in a handcart, so it’s time for a new voting system - Alex Kane
The voting age should be reduced to 16, and first-past-the-post in general elections needs replaced with proportional representation
Alex Kane: This general election could shake up local politics – and that might be no bad thing
With several contests to tight to call, results will put enormous pressure on some party leaders to step down
Alex Kane: Fasten your seatbelts, the revolution is underway
There have been two revolutions in my lifetime – and the current one has a long way to run
Alex Kane: Time has come for Sinn Féin to take its seats in Westminster
Ending of abstentionist positions has been key to emerging as dominant voice of both nationalism and republicanism
Alex Kane: Change is coming with this election – but is it change for the better?
There is something in the air, but it’s less Disney bluebells and birdsong and more the electoral equivalent of slurry
Alex Kane: The day Sunningdale fell and the dog caught the moving car
In the final part of his series about the Ulster Workers’ Council strike, which forced the collapse of the power-sharing executive 50 years ago today, Alex Kane argues that unionism has been paying for the consequences of its ‘victory’ ever since
Alex Kane: Election humiliation inevitable for useless Tories
July 4 general election could be interesting for Northern Ireland, with polling looking bad for DUP
Authorities fatally underestimated strength of Ulster Workers’ Council strike
Continuing a three-part series about the Ulster Workers’ Council strike, which brought down the Sunningdale power-sharing executive 50 years ago, Alex Kane recalls the first week of confrontation and the impact of the devastating loyalist bomb attacks in Dublin and Monaghan
If anyone in unionism has a cunning plan, now’s the time to produce it - Alex Kane
With a general election nearing, what does unionism do next?
The day unionists attempted to overthrow a government
In the first of a three-part series about the Ulster Workers’ Council strike, which was announced 50 years ago today, Alex Kane recalls the moment when anti-Sunningdale unionists and loyalist paramilitaries came together in an audacious attempt to bring down the power-sharing executive