Newton Emerson: Unionists’ suspicions do not match realityGerry Adams may relish playing crisis politics, but he did not escalate ‘cash for ash’ rowThu Jan 19 2017 - 09:47
Nationalists must stop using equality as flag of convenience‘Unionism is British nationalism, and two nationalisms cannot have equal standing’Thu Jan 12 2017 - 02:00
Newton Emerson: Martin McGuinness’s departure represents failure on all sidesUnionists about to be taught lesson they never learn: deal with nationalism nowTue Jan 10 2017 - 09:19
Newton Emerson: ‘Cash for Ash’ reveals fragility of North’s existenceAdministrative incompetence a bigger threat to union than bomb everyone seems to be braced forWed Jan 4 2017 - 13:49
Newton Emerson: Nobody in NI believes in self-relianceBoth sides have been cheaply bought by those who march them around in circles,Thu Dec 29 2016 - 05:00
Britain starting to get serious about a Federal UKThe Scottish National Party has bought into the idea of federalism saving the unionThu Dec 22 2016 - 05:00
Newton Emerson: Arlene Foster burns in fire of own makingFoster’s character leaves her unable to be responsible or civil or recognise limitsTue Dec 20 2016 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Truth without justice will not be enough in the NorthAdams’s handling of the Stack case is in line with past – and imperfect – agreementsThu Dec 15 2016 - 05:00
Northern Ireland baulks at the panda in the roomSimilarity between Belfast Agreement and Hong Kong handover is great unmentionableThu Dec 8 2016 - 05:00
Pope’s visit gives pause for thought for Paisley’s childrenProtestants must reassess Paisleyism and his bizarre anti-papist rhetoricThu Dec 1 2016 - 05:00
Newton Emerson: Walking into the trap of the Sinn Féin numbers gameParty’s campaign video seeks to convince voters that North is an economic miracleThu Nov 24 2016 - 03:00
Newton Emerson: All Arlene Foster is learning in office is arroganceBrusque DUP First Minister needs to tone down the tantrumsThu Nov 17 2016 - 01:00
Middle-class sectarianism claims are a terrible clichéViolence of UDA and UVF still being traced to North’s drawing roomsThu Nov 10 2016 - 05:00
Newton Emerson: Brexit is no worse than a united IrelandIt is self-defeating for nationalists to be scaremongering about effects of UK voteThu Nov 3 2016 - 05:00
Newton Emerson: Irish mistrust is the real threat to North’s peaceHuman rights are sewn into the Belfast Agreement, which the UK will not breachThu Oct 27 2016 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Unionists right to boycott Kenny’s Brexit forumCross-Border discussions already possible and real talks will be between Dublin and LondonThu Oct 20 2016 - 05:00
Newton Emerson: We could not reinstate the Border even if we wanted toHysteria about a post-Brexit Border from the 1950s is in danger of tipping over into farceThu Oct 13 2016 - 05:00
Newton Emerson: Move to ban ‘Sun’ in North hypocriticalThe attempted suppression of a paper by political parties is clearly an act of oppressionThu Oct 6 2016 - 01:00
Unionism needs to find its Neil Kinnock to take on the extremistsUnlike Sinn Féin, unionists have yet to confront the cranks in their ranksThu Sep 29 2016 - 05:00
Newton Emerson: Jamie Bryson is a remarkably dangerous peaceful personHe testified against the DUP over Nama, then exposed SF for trying to coach himThu Sep 22 2016 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: The North is riddled with nepotismPractice is intrinsic and inevitable in such a very small place but we choose to ignore itThu Sep 15 2016 - 00:50
Newton Emerson: I do not feel Irish in the slightestFor people my age Northern Ireland really was as British as FinchleyTue Sep 13 2016 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: An ode to Belfast HarbourDespite Titanic Belfast the former industrial wasteland is still well worth a visitThu Sep 8 2016 - 01:01
Newton Emerson: Trouble noticeable by its absence in Belfast this summerOver 2,500 marches have taken place with less bloodshed than at Notting Hill CarnivalThu Sep 1 2016 - 00:23
McKay witness scandal is just the latest blow to the onward march of Sinn FéinNewton Emerson: It looks like this attempt to move the party upmarket is becoming increasingly ad hoc as it fails to produce any stand-out performersThu Aug 25 2016 - 01:22
Newton Emerson: Takeover of UK Labour Party in North all too easyLabour membership in Northern Ireland up tenfold as a consequence of Jeremy CorbynThu Aug 18 2016 - 01:00
PSNI could have kept John Boreland safe by locking him upFestering loyalist feud and the criminality behind it have been as public as a paradeThu Aug 11 2016 - 01:10
Newton Emerson: A post-Brexit united Ireland would need powersharingUnionist minority would need some assurance of real influence in all-Ireland DáilThu Aug 4 2016 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: DUP opposition to Brexit forum purely parochialForemost unionist party objects to inclusion of Ulster Unionists in forumThu Jul 28 2016 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Will a return to the pound be the price of Irish unity?As in Scotland, nationalists can win that vote if they persuade a relatively small chunk of the electorate that their money is safeThu Jul 21 2016 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Bonfires are now more about underclass defiance than loyalismMiddle class unionism has drifted away from 12th bonfires making them someone elses problemThu Jul 14 2016 - 08:27
Newton Emerson: The hysteria of Irish nationalists over Brexit is irrationalVery little will change in UK leaves the EU unless Scotland becomes independentThu Jul 7 2016 - 17:59
Newton Emerson: Nationalists have nothing to fear from a united IrelandThe two great concerns - redundancies and rioting - are overplayedThu Jun 30 2016 - 00:25
Newton Emerson: Has the UK lost the will to live?‘Far from having a deep state, the UK looks like a uniquely shallow state – not even summoning up the most routine of dark arts in the cause of its own survival’Thu Jun 23 2016 - 15:23
When will the PSNI move on loyalist leaders?Nationalist suspicions that loyalism remains in business are underscored every dayThu Jun 16 2016 - 00:15
Newton Emerson: Sinn Féin quietly outflanks the SDLPParty moves towards centre ground by calling for more devolution to BelfastThu Jun 9 2016 - 01:06
Newton Emerson: It is stupid sectarian business as usual for the North’s councilsHistory provides a warning as to why the Stormont truce needs to be more widely appliedThu Jun 2 2016 - 00:28
Newton Emerson: Corbyn a bigger threat to the union than BrexitConservative Party looks set for civil war clearing a path to Downing Street for the Labour leaderThu May 26 2016 - 00:43
Newton Emerson: Something is stirring in StormontMike Nesbitt’s decision to take the UUP into official opposition has put pressure on the SDLP and Alliance to followThu May 19 2016 - 00:41
Newton Emerson: Gerry Adams is out of North’s sight and mindIn light of latest tweet gaffe, what sort of deputy first minister would Adams be?Thu May 5 2016 - 00:11
Newton Emerson: Integrated education key to forging Northern Irish identityObama praises progress in London - but Sinn Féin and DUP support segregationThu Apr 28 2016 - 00:01
Newton Emerson: Micheál Martin’s Arbour Hill comments are out of stepAn election will now be held in which the people of Northern Ireland can only blame themselves for the outcomeThu Apr 21 2016 - 09:31
Newton Emerson: Tory-hating is the last bastion of AnglophobiaSDLP leaders comments demonstrate hostility that is simply not acceptable towards any other political groupThu Apr 14 2016 - 00:10
Newton Emerson: Northern Ireland stinks of people not quite breaking the lawProject Eagle scandal shines spotlight on the nexus between business and politicsFri Mar 11 2016 - 01:24
Newton Emerson: Arlene Foster’s troubled past resonates across unionismPurity of First Minister’s victimhood gives her confidence and authority to work with Sinn FéinWed Feb 17 2016 - 01:19
Newton Emerson: Fresh Start for North in 2016 looks predictableDespite its name, the new deal is about as fresh as twice-reheated turkeyFri Jan 1 2016 - 01:00
Waterford Whispers News Takes Over the World: all the news that’s fit to mockA satirical website’s boldly cheeky attitude to Irish life and culture is now a very funny bookSat Dec 12 2015 - 01:22
Why plump for elections when more glorious options are available?NEWTON'S OPTIC: THERE MUST never be a presidential election like this againWed Oct 26 2011 - 01:00
'Star Trek' Meaney attempts valiantly to beam McGuinness on boardNEWTON'S OPTIC: ‘WHY WOULD people be surprised in me having this event in my name, I don’t see why, I don’t see whyWed Oct 19 2011 - 01:00
Dundjork's Viking longhouses show how history will miraculously repeat itselfNEWTON'S OPTIC: THOUSANDS OF runes inscribed onto the hide of a particularly fat Irish monk have provided us with this fascinating…Wed Oct 12 2011 - 01:00
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