In mid-January I spent a long weekend in Key West. I enjoyed the food, music, and atmosphere of a truly great town, and also saw some of the place’s interesting historic sites. 
What really surprised me was the Civil War history I found down there.
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Call me conspiratorial if you wish but I have learned the hard way over many years that when it comes to Sinn Fein, under its current leader, it is best to first assume a conspiracy, or at least a …
Regular readers of this blog will know that I am no great fan of British spooks, either of the RUC/PSNI variety or the British Army/MI5 sort. Nor do I have much time for their Provo/Loyalist counte…
“On balance it appears that the best agents for deception on a high level are long-distance agents, who have been carefully built up, and who have served a long apprenticeship before a…
Source: The Butcher Of The Bogside: Ulster’s Deputy First Minister And His Bloody Past.
The IRA’s Chief of Staff is the organisation’s commander, responsible for directing the organisation’s military strategy in conjunction with General Headquarters (GHQ) staff. GHQ …
This serves as an addendum to the previous post, but I thought it was worthy of attention in its own right. To those who missed it, a brief recap: Will Quince, MP for Colchester, publicised a lette…
Source: Will Quince MP: An addendum
Two months ago I was sent a complimentary copy of a new book, Wrongful Allegations of Sexual and Child Abuse.[1] I have now read it. It is a very important academic contribution to an increasingl…
A brief word or two about the latest ‘crisis’ to hit the Good Friday institutions, viz the pellet fire scandal which, the media panjandrums confidently tell us, brought about Martin McG…
Source: Sinn Fein Will Never Risk Losing The Good Friday Institutions
Now when Prime Minister May saw the crowds of journalists, she went up on a podium and she began to teach them: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is a redefined definition of povert…
Source: The Right-Minded View: The Prime Minister’s vision of a Shared Society.
Ten years on from his passing, as we mourn one of the greatest losses to political unionism, there is much to celebrate in David Ervine’s political legacy.
Source: A Tribute to David Ervine
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