Vultures in Dublin
April 18, 2020
If crime encompassed every deed Imposing suffering on mankind The politician would proceed To think about our every need And see that good for all prevail —To keep himself without the jail. …
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Capitalism: the hate machine
April 17, 2020
The army exercise Operation Lionheart, which took place in West Germany in September, was said to be the biggest war game since the end of the Second World War; altogether, some 131,000 NATO soldiers were involved along with their air-forces. These forces were divided into the Blues, representing the West, and the Orange, representing the …
Open letter to Ken Livingstone
April 15, 2020
Dear Ken, Your regular comments on the subject of Ireland, together with your recent entertainment by the Sin Fein leadership in west Belfast and your reciprocation of their political hospitality in London, has made you both a devil and an angel in Ireland. You have pleased immensely Sinn Fein and its followers and, in the …
Book Review: Irish eyes
April 14, 2020
Frank Faces of the Dead by Richard Montague, New Horizon This short novel (190 pages) set around a street riot in Belfast which later develops into a bloody battle between the two IRAs (official and provisional) and the British army is essential reading for an understanding of the situation in Northern Ireland. Written by …
The Irish scene changes
March 17, 2020
As we write, in August, Harold Wilson’s affirmation that a week is a long time in politics is particularly apposite to the political situation in Northern Ireland. The previous month most people here were anxiously scanning the daily news bulletins for some sign that would lend hope that the province’s Armageddon might not be at …
Major is Right!
March 16, 2020
Spin doctors are a modern input into the political industry – and politics is now a vast and profitable industry offering a market to various commercial pimps and an assortment of professional liars. The function of the spin doctor is to bamboozle the public. His or her main devices arc lies, falsification and concealment, …
Book Review: Crooked in every direction
March 14, 2020
Straight Left by Paddy Devlin (Blackstaff Press, £8.95) The vanity that induces someone to think that the public wants to know about their life is well to the fore in this autobiography. The story of a ghetto kid who saw a future in ward healing politics — which, for some undisclosed reason he associates with socialism …
Power & Principle
Socialists have always argued that the Labour Party is nothing more than a vehicle for careerist politicians to achieve power — Blair and company have merely proved our assertion It was probably the late Harold Wilson who made Labour’s naked thirst for political power so clearly obvious. In the succeeding years, as Labour leader followed …
Short Story: A Real Gentleman
March 13, 2020
Albert had fought in the war. On a Saturday evening, when he had sunk a few pints, he always fought his way again across North Africa. His friends were, mostly, familiar with the towns and oases that were the prizes of the Eighth Army and the Africa Corps as, back and forth, they slaughtered one …
An Irish Holocaust
Like most historical events the so-called famine in Ireland in the last century is shrouded in myth. It is commonly believed that not only was there an actual shortage of food but that the British government was solely responsible for the shortage. Needless-to-say, the facts tell a different story. This year, in Ireland and …