Newton Emerson: What kind of joint authority is Dublin smoking?Government could kill Stormont by twisting Belfast Agreement to suit its Brexit needsThu Dec 21 2017 - 05:00
Sinn Féin writes itself out of the picture with appeal to VaradkarOpen letter signed by 200 northern nationalists suggests party has lost the initiativeThu Dec 14 2017 - 05:00
Brexit border row is another little DUP victory on road to defeatParty that is all tactics and no strategy has ultimately put the union at riskThu Dec 7 2017 - 09:05
Newton Emerson: Bertie’s Border solution is worth consideringRisk of civil disobedience could make the Border problem quietly disappearThu Nov 30 2017 - 05:00
Newton Emerson: Licensing next war is Adams’s real legacySinn Féin leader bought peace by setting stage for next conflictThu Nov 23 2017 - 05:00
Newton Emerson: North cannot become a stable Brexit bridgeIt is laughable to suggest Northern Ireland can function like Hong Kong after UK’s exitThu Nov 16 2017 - 05:00
Sinn Féin’s rise in Dublin confounds Belfast AgreementAs most popular party among under-35s in Republic, SF is also main oppositionThu Nov 9 2017 - 05:00
Newton Emerson: Why a Stormont deal remains likelySinn Féin and DUP supporters would have no option but to accept a new accordThu Nov 2 2017 - 05:00
Newton Emerson: Catalan crisis a double-edged sword for Sinn FéinMaking comparisons with Spanish situation only serves to show how accommodating UK isThu Oct 26 2017 - 05:00
Leo Varadkar courting trouble over Border pollUnpicking Belfast Agreement’s mechanism for referendum risks causing more uncertaintyThu Oct 19 2017 - 05:00
Newton Emerson: Curious tale of the Brexit dog that didn’t barkLeo Varadkar playing dangerous game by saying Ireland has no Plan B for BorderThu Oct 12 2017 - 05:00
Newton Emerson: For powersharing to work, the veto must goAll vetoes do is let both sides block each other, frustrating any possible consensusThu Oct 5 2017 - 05:00
The shallow pendulum swings back for British LabourNewton Emerson: Corbyn's rise means the UK may have to relearn some harsh lessonsThu Sep 28 2017 - 05:00
DUP cannot sell supporters an Irish language ActNewton Emerson: Stalemate and wasted energy may delay powersharing until springThu Sep 21 2017 - 05:00
Sinn Féin’s stance on Catalan independence is deeply hypocriticalSF is backing Catalonia’s separatists while trying to force unionists into a united IrelandThu Sep 14 2017 - 05:00
London and Dublin must be very careful on the NorthRow over Simon Coveney statement shows the fine line both governments treadThu Sep 7 2017 - 05:00
Newton Emerson: Remember the third tribe of UlsterAn independent North is not possible, but that the idea persists is revealingThu Aug 31 2017 - 05:00
Sinn Féin continues its irresponsible Stormont nonsenseNorthern unionists are ready to do a deal, but SF is engaged in a dangerous self-indulgenceThu Aug 24 2017 - 05:00
Newton Emerson: Identity cards are coming for us allUK-Irish identification likely alternative to policing already overwhelmed bordersThu Aug 17 2017 - 05:00
Newton Emerson: North gets new rules for art of riotingPSNI longer offers itself up as target for rioters but must clarify its strategyThu Aug 10 2017 - 05:00
Newton Emerson: Brexit will worsen Border smugglingThere is a significant risk that paramilitary funding will evade new customs measuresThu Aug 3 2017 - 05:00
Bid to end Stormont stand-off should be taken seriouslyNewton Emerson: Sinn Féin chairman’s call for Bill in ‘Belfast Telegraph’ worth consideringThu Jul 27 2017 - 02:00
Newton Emerson: Why is Coveney stirring Stormont pot?Minister blundering in with doom-laden pronouncements on Brexit was unhelpfulThu Jul 20 2017 - 02:00
Newton Emerson: North’s political donations row a bottle of smokeResults from any further transparency likely to disappoint conspiracy theoristsThu Jul 13 2017 - 02:00
Sinn Féin has never wanted an Irish language ActStormont stand-off is based on a misrepresentation of the party’s positionThu Jul 6 2017 - 02:00
Newton Emerson: Spare us the war talk from WestminsterLurid headlines in London about DUP-Tory deal contrast with realism in NorthThu Jun 29 2017 - 02:00
Newton Emerson: DUP Tory deal will make NI politics more complicatedOpinion: Belfast Agreement requires the British government to act with impartialityThu Jun 22 2017 - 02:00
The next loyalist death lands at Downing Street’s doorUnionist violence will no longer be compartmentalised following a DUP-Tory dealThu Jun 15 2017 - 02:00
A DUP-Tory alliance could make unionism unacceptableThe deal would have implications for Brexit, Stormont and Northern Irish societyMon Jun 12 2017 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Why nationalism needs a Tory TaoiseachLeo Varadkar’s centre-right economic views essential to securing a united IrelandThu Jun 8 2017 - 02:00
Newton Emerson: A DUP victory will not be enoughSimply beating Sinn Féin may expose lack of policy to expand unionist appealThu Jun 1 2017 - 02:00
Newton Emerson: Corbyn’s view of North stuck in a time warpNotion of NI as former British colony was laid to rest with the Belfast AgreementThu May 25 2017 - 02:00
Newton Emerson: A Chinese lesson for CoveneyHong Kong’s anti-graft agency serves as a model for Minister’s campaign centrepieceThu May 18 2017 - 02:00
Newton Emerson: Dublin parties can resurrect StormontSinn Féin’s desire to enter a coalition in the South gives FF and FG leverage over the partyThu May 11 2017 - 02:00
Newton Emerson: Brexit is killing a ‘new Ireland’EU stance erases the question of whether Irish unity would mean an entirely new stateThu May 4 2017 - 02:00
Newton Emerson: Small NI hospitals are doomed, dangerousNuns and DUP ministers may be the last people on the island who concur with each otherThu Apr 27 2017 - 02:00
Newton Emerson: Snap election complicates Stormont stand-offTheresa May’s move may throw a spanner into talks on forming a devolved governmentThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:45
Newton Emerson: What is North’s policy on jobs and immigration?British government wants to use Brexit to substitute migrant workers with the unemployedThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:40
Newton Emerson: Stormont powers and further rows‘If there were fewer powers and fewer people wielding them, would there be less arguing?’Thu Apr 6 2017 - 01:00
The Troubles did not find Martin McGuinness. He found themExtent to which most got through Northern conflict by ignoring it is bizarre to recallThu Mar 30 2017 - 09:24
United Ireland most likely option if unionists outvotedChallenge would be how to treat demands of British minority once motion passedThu Mar 23 2017 - 10:06
Adams may have found key to North-South appealUnionism has provoked nationalism into a thrilling tribal slap-downThu Mar 16 2017 - 09:37
Notion of ‘joint authority’ in North is all smoke and mirrorsThis codology is powerful enough delusion to undermine support for StormontThu Mar 9 2017 - 02:00
In wake of election, Sinn Féin sets its sights beyond StormontArlene Foster’s success at raising the republican vote has changed the landscapeMon Mar 6 2017 - 10:54
Latest Adams 'crisis' needs a Tory bogeymanHow will Sinn Féin keep ‘disrespect’ row alive with no Executive to be disrespected in?Thu Mar 2 2017 - 02:00
Stormont’s balance may be about to get downgradedSinn Féin’s demand that Arlene Foster leave compels DUP to consider ‘dual leadership’Thu Feb 23 2017 - 06:00
Newton Emerson: Nesbitt like a man who ponders but cannot plotUUP’s eccentric leadership no match for cynical rule changes given to SF and DUPThu Feb 16 2017 - 02:00
Newton Emerson: Time for the Sinn Féin crocodile to be fedStormont’s veto system has worked so far, but the next generation will expect moreThu Feb 9 2017 - 02:00
Newton Emerson: Sinn Féin softens Stormont and Brexit demandsPragmatism from party is connected to its prospects south of the BorderThu Feb 2 2017 - 02:00
Some in Northern Ireland still want a Brexit problemTaking North out of EU does not breach Belfast Agreement and it is highly irresponsible to claim otherwiseThu Jan 26 2017 - 02:00
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