The SNP walkout: what have they gained?
PMQs played host to some rare political theatre yesterday as the SNP’s MPs left the chamber in a ‘spontaneous’ exodus - helpfully trailed in a tweet by Pete Wishart –…
Between a rock and a hard place
Once again the Prime Minister is facing another conundrum trying to keep her majority in place whilst placating members of her own Party and minimising negative publicity. It seems to…
Will Theresa May stand up to the DUP on abortion rights?
It does not require the deepest of insights to say that Northern Irish politics is broken. The fact that the national assembly has not sat for 16 months makes that…
The storm clouds above Stormont
Northern Ireland is, once again, facing a precipice in terms of the future of self-rule. The delicately balanced coalition has collapsed over Arlene Foster’s handling of the RHI scheme and…
The Irish Problem
How do you solve a problem like the Irish Border after Brexit? It would appear that Theresa May and possibly Enda Kenny have some idea because, according to the Taoiseach,…
A worry about Wales
The political landscape of Wales didn’t change that much last week. We saw a rise in the number of UKIP AMs, as discussed by my colleague Jamie earlier this week,…