At the midpoint of a presidency that has torn up the rulebook, administration insiders and commentators debate the meaning and cost of post-truth politics. Part of Festival of Politics 2018.
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Arlene Foster has refused to rule out collapsing the British government if her “blood red line” on Brexit – not to place a customs border between Northern Ireland and the rest of the U.K. – isn’t met.
There's only one possible outcome for Brexit. The British Prime Minister must know that she cannot depend on the Democratic Unionist Party and that Foster's days are numbered.
Fianna Fail’s latest decision to withhold talks on the next general election until after the March 2019 Brexit deadline means that it is effectively staking the future of the present government on its ability to successfully steer the country through the Brexit negotiations.
As Brexit hangs in the balance and a referendum on a United Ireland becomes more of a reality it is important to maintain an honest and dedicated commitment to McGuinness’ blueprint.
An astonishing campaign by two senior Irish policemen to smear the most high-profile whistleblower in the history of the force as a sex abuser was confirmed with the publication of a tribunal report.
