Claire Simpson: When will Boris Johnson resign? Not until he's pushed

Claire Simpson

IS he gone yet? For weeks, Boris Johnson has held on like a cockroach after a nuclear apocalypse.

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Tom Kelly: Elections are like waves - and politicians must learn to ride them or go under

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Lynette Fay: After Ashling Murphy's murder, my first run felt like an act of defiance

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Patrick Murphy: We are not on the same planet as the south in terms of higher education

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Patrick Murphy: We are not on the same planet as the south in terms of higher education

Patrick Murphy 22 Jan, 2022

Just when you think that Stormont cannot get any more ridiculous, it generally does.

Newton Emerson: Double-jobbing disaster should make Jeffrey think twice about collapsing Stormont

Newton Emerson 22 Jan, 2022

The failed attempt to bring back double-jobbing is a disaster for Jeffrey Donaldson, as he is now besmirched with blame for what looks like a dodgy deal without getting any of its benefits.

Martin O'Brien: Political leadership needed to bring about healing

Martin O'Brien 21 Jan, 2022

So much has already happened in 2022, including the shocking murder of Ashling Murphy, the report by the Police Ombudsman that documented yet more collusion, the Novak Djokovic affair, new twists in the Prince Andrew scandal and the apparent beginning of the slow (or maybe not so slow) death of Boris Johnson’s premiership, it is easy to forget those State papers released in Belfast, Dublin and London that featured prominently in our newspapers, including the Irish News, in the days after Christmas.

Alex Kane: Boris is an embarrassment, but he'll try to cling on

Alex Kane 21 Jan, 2022

It was hard not to feel sorry for Boris Johnson during Wednesday’s Prime Minister’s Question Time.

Patricia Mac Bride: The beginning of the end of violence against women

20 Jan, 2022

Amongst the prayers of the faithful at the requiem mass for Ashling Murphy was a plea that “the many vigils that took place in memory of Ashling mark the beginning of an end to violence against women.

Newton Emerson: Double-jobbing gift turned out a poisoned chalice

Newton Emerson 20 Jan, 2022

The crucial question about the reintroduction of double jobbing is to what extent the government and the DUP have planned it for the convenience of Jeffrey Donaldson.

Brian Feeney: 100 years on, unionists remain powerless pawns of British government

Brian Feeney 19 Jan, 2022

The real historic centenary event took place in Dublin Castle on Sunday when the Irish government celebrated the formal handover of the castle by the last Lord Lieutenant in Ireland to the Provisional Government of Ireland led by its chairman Michael Collins.