Piers Morgan Versus Bassem Youssef – The Assault On Gaza
Two weeks ago the exiled Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef took part in a live online debate with Piers Morgan, theContinue Reading
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Two weeks ago the exiled Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef took part in a live online debate with Piers Morgan, theContinue Reading
Two weeks ago the exiled Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef took part in a live online debate with Piers Morgan, theContinue Reading
There are relatively few events that could persuade me to leave my voluntary retirement from the intellectual hard graft ofContinue Reading
Dr Thomas Leahy is a lecturer in British and Irish Politics and Contemporary History at Cardiff University, and the authorContinue Reading
A lot of partisan views have been expressed on the results of last week’s regional elections in the north ofContinue Reading
With the reestablishment of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in recent days, I thought this would be a useful reminderContinue Reading
I thought I would post this interesting discussion of recent events in Afghanistan published on the American politics’ podcast, TheContinue Reading
With the shit show that is the by-election in Dublin Bay South still gurgling away, casting the main parties –Continue Reading
So here we go again. Ten years of successive leaders in the Democratic Unionist Party being hailed by the usualContinue Reading
If, like me, you’ve been having a bit of a nightmare with the new so-called block editor when writing andContinue Reading
It seems that Edwin Poots, the new head of the Democratic Unionist Party, is taking no prisoners in his contestContinue Reading
As I have noted several times before, when it comes to loyalist violence in the north of Ireland, while BritishContinue Reading
Following a decade of sympathetic coverage by journalists and commentators pushing the narrative that the Democratic Unionist Party was trulyContinue Reading
The largest number of votes submitted in an election for the Scottish parliament and the largest tally of support recordedContinue Reading
Yesterday’s late breaking news that the controversial right-wing newspaper columnist and so-called “revisionist” author Eoghan Harris has been sacked byContinue Reading
Later today the people of Scotland will be heading to the polls in what could be the biggest test forContinue Reading
Apologies to all for my prolonged absence. I’m absolutely maxed out in my day job, plus I now find myselfContinue Reading
The YouTube politics’ channel Bad Empanada has published a video examining some of the evidence supporting the charge that theContinue Reading
When Arlene Foster, the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party and joint First Minister of Northern Ireland, told a BBCContinue Reading
During some of the most difficult days of the nascent Irish-British peace process the late bomb-maker turned peace-maker David Ervine,Continue Reading
It’s over a week since I suggested that “…none of us can predict what the suddenly unpredictable Alex Salmond mightContinue Reading
I thought some of my fellow political anoraks might be interested in this appearance by a young Bernadette Devlin McAliskeyContinue Reading
What a bizarre situation we’ve reached in the politics of Scotland when we have elements of the Greater England pressContinue Reading

Dr Thomas Leahy is a lecturer in British and Irish Politics and Contemporary History at Cardiff University, and the authorContinue Reading
Apologies to all for my prolonged absence. I’m absolutely maxed out in my day job, plus I now find myselfContinue Reading
As regular readers know, I’m no great fan of banning online commentary, even the most egregious. On most topics IContinue Reading
I’ve just finished watching the second episode of the new adaptation of Stephen King’s seminal pandemic novel The Stand, currentlyContinue Reading
The historical lecturer Séan Ó Duibhir has an interesting if flawed review on the RTÉ website of the many insurgentContinue Reading
Some of the oldest descriptions of military helmets in Irish literature can be found in the earliest versions of theContinue Reading
If you have an interest in cult television and cinema can I suggest that you try the Benji and NickContinue Reading
The popularity of “deepfake” technology has grown exponentially over the last few years, primarily through the availability of crude butContinue Reading
Just a quick post to note the premature passing of Michael Brooks, the political podcaster and online commentator, and oneContinue Reading
An interesting two-part video essay on the different narrative representations of “terrorism” or politically-motivated violence by non-state actors in theContinue Reading
Last Saturday evening witnessed the apogee of the summer solstice in Ireland, leading to this description of its cultural significanceContinue Reading
Some regular readers might be aware of my interest in prehistoric and Medieval warfare, particularly during the Late Roman andContinue Reading
The decision by the BBC to remove an episode of the classic 1970s’ sitcom Fawlty Towers from the streaming serviceContinue Reading
For the last few weeks I’ve been doing some research on the complex origins of socialism as a political andContinue Reading
While I’m not much of a Star Trek fan I do have some nostalgic fondness for the original show andContinue Reading
Being a science-fiction fan I’ve seen some pretty dire TV shows and movies in my time but Space Command, aContinue Reading
A little something to take your mind off the doom and gloom all around us with a couple of videosContinue Reading