Alex Kane
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: 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
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
Alex Kane: Unionist realignment must be more than jiggling the exiting bits around
In the past few years we’ve seen the emergence of the UKUP, NIUP, NIAP, NI21, TUV and UCUNF