Written to educate non-Irish readers, with apologies to Northern Irish readers for an explanation that will seem clunky to them. Outside observers of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) – at […]
The BBC, like the rest of the mainstream media, have been pushing the misleading line that a new general election can only take place under the Fixed Term Parliaments Act […]
Earlier today, Labour’s excellent Barry Gardiner appeared on the BBC’s Marr show to discuss not only Brexit but the Theresa May’s likely contempt of Parliament for withholding its legal advice on […]
There is a lot of confusion around at the moment about the possibility of a new general election, with many – including politicians who should know better – saying the […]
The BBC has glossed over May’s disastrous capitulation this week, eventually mentioning her cowardly decision not even to contest opposition amendments to the Tories’ Budget bill – only the third […]
The DUP did more than just abstain in one of the votes this evening on the Tories’ budget, as they had threatened – they voted with the Labour Party in a […]
The DUP has said it is abstaining on every finance bill vote tonight in order to fire a warning shot across the Tories’ bows that they are close to abandoning […]
Theresa May’s slow and cautious ‘congratulations’ to Irish women on the abortion referendum result betrayed the quandary she faces because of her dependence on the DUP (Democratic Unionist Party) for […]
Arlene Foster is the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, which is currently propping up the zombie Tory government in a ‘confidence and supply’ agreement. In 2016, Ms Foster told […]
In June, the SKWAWKBOX published government documents and legal analysis by constitutional law experts showing that Theresa May ran out of time, according to constitutional law experts, in her attempts to do a deal […]