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William Scholes: Foster won't change anyone's mind about the Union

WILLIAM SCHOLES

EVEN among the heroic low standards we've come to expect from our elected representatives, an Arlene Foster speech can usually be relied upon to be about as much fun as a burst tyre in a Fermanagh rainstorm.

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Alex Kane: A tale of two Belfasts

Alex Kane

ON May 21 1998, the day before the Good Friday Agreement referendum, I took part in a radio debate.

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Jeremy Corbyn's huge dilemma

Jeremy Corbyn plainly does not appeal to all sections of the party he leads, and has never pretended otherwise, but, as he demonstrated again during his visit to Belfast yesterday, he is a politician of rare gifts.

People deserve better than paramilitary-approved flag proposals

24 May, 2018

THE public will, rightly, regard any flags proposal linked to an illegal loyalist paramilitary group with an appropriate degree of scepticism.

Arlene Foster's major political risk

23 May, 2018

IT is worth pointing out that if the joint statement issued by the pro-EU parties at Stormont in advance of the latest key round of Brexit negotiations had been tabled as an Assembly motion, it would have won the endorsement of a clear majority of MLAs.

Good Friday Agreement referendum brought major changes

22 May, 2018

The referendum on the Good Friday Agreement, which took place on this day 20 years ago, was by any standards a hugely significant event.

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Transubstantiation is entirely accepted by faith alone

The dispute between Fr McCafferty (May 2) and Rev Peter McIntyre (May 7) about the Mass is of great interest to me both as a Catholic and as a scientist.

Argument lost by deviating from scripture’s absolute authority

24 May, 2018

Although the Rev McIntyre (May 7) quoted scriptural truths, he sadly loses the argument by deviating from its absolute authority: Firstly by taking to himself a name which belongs to God, ‘Holy and Reverend is His Name’ Psalms 111:9.

Israeli regime operating with impunity from international law

23 May, 2018

Given the latest atrocities carried out by forces of the Israeli state, when they executed yet more unarmed Palestinian demonstrators in Gaza, it may be worth remembering that the Zionist regime is not engaging in a new tactic but is merely expanding upon its existing policies.

We shouldn’t let world’s future be manipulated by the past

22 May, 2018

Since the beginning of the Palestinian Grand Return March on land day April 30, the world has looked on in horror as Israel has killed at least 109 Palestinians and injured thousands of unarmed Palestinians asking to return to their land and seeking to protect non-violently what little of their land is left.

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Alex Kane: A tale of two Belfasts

Alex Kane

ON May 21 1998, the day before the Good Friday Agreement referendum, I took part in a radio debate.

William Scholes: Foster won't change anyone's mind about the Union

William Scholes

Newton Emerson: Arlene Foster's speech shows she is in denial over nationalism

Newton Emerson 24 May, 2018

IT did not take long to spot the flaw in Arlene Foster's argument, delivered in a speech in London on Monday.

Allison Morris: 20 years after the Agreement, we still need brave and outspoken leadership

Allison Morris 24 May, 2018

IT is a heavy burden of responsibility to make decisions that impact on the future of people's lives, that's why so few, even those in elected positions of authority, ever really stick their necks out.