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The UK government has found itself in confrontation with the courts over the future of legacy law, the latest arising from the Sean Brown case. Why was this allowed to happen?

https://sluggerotoole.com/2025/05/04/the-uk-government-has-found-itself-in-confrontation-with-the-courts-over-the-future-of-legacy-law-the-latest-arising-from-the-sean-brown-case-why-was-this-allowed-to-happen/

Published: May 4, 2025 15:40

Sir Declan Morgan, Chief Commissioner, Legacy Commission The Sean Brown case is a perfect example of  what can happen when a the legal vacuum is left by the delay in cancelling one Legacy Act  and replacing it with a new Act or a radically amended versionā€¦

Farage isnā€™t your friend

https://sluggerotoole.com/2025/05/03/farage-isnt-your-friend/

Published: May 3, 2025 08:04

Every time I do a panel; thereā€™s always a smart alec in the crowd. A man, usually. Without doubt he will say, ā€œYeah, but the British donā€™t care about you.ā€ He thinks heā€™s the first person in the world to have this original thought. Yes, I always say, yesā€¦

Kneecap: A Unionist Perspective on the Controversyā€¦

https://sluggerotoole.com/2025/05/03/kneecap-a-unionist-perspective-on-the-controversy/

Published: May 3, 2025 06:43

Thereā€™s been a lot of discussion over the years regarding Kneecap, and I thought Iā€™d add my tuppence worth to the debate. From the outset, Iā€™ll say Iā€™m not a fan, nor am I someone the band is particularly aimed at ā€” but I want to offer a Unionistā€¦

Starmer should be brave and reinstate Corbynā€™s membershipā€¦

https://sluggerotoole.com/2025/05/03/starmer-should-be-brave-and-reinstate-corbyns-membership/

Published: May 3, 2025 06:29

ā€˜We took tough but right decisions in the budgetā€¦ because we inherited a broken economy,ā€™ said Starmer today after a close defeat at the Runcorn by-election, and more losses in the council elections. ā€˜Tough decisionsā€™ is also the phrase Starmer invoked twoā€¦

Droning Onā€¦

https://sluggerotoole.com/2025/05/02/droning-on/

Published: May 2, 2025 15:05

Earlier this morning the humanitarian aid ship Conscience, operated by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, was attacked by drones in international waters approximately 14 miles off the coast of Malta. The vessel was en route to Gaza, aiming to deliverā€¦

Free Speech for Me, but Not for Theeā€¦

https://sluggerotoole.com/2025/05/01/free-speech-for-me-but-not-for-thee/

Published: May 1, 2025 06:37

Last night I had a vision. A premonition of approximately twenty years into the future: DJ PrĆ³vai, his balaclava thrown aside, has just been appointed to Seanad Ɖireann after previously serving a single term as TD for the newly created constituency ofā€¦

The Evolution of Christianity in Politicsā€¦

https://sluggerotoole.com/2025/04/30/the-evolution-of-christianity-in-politics/

Published: April 30, 2025 07:08

Evolution: The gradual development of something from an earlier form. When Europeans invaded America and set up the USA, their experience back in Europe of religious persecution, caused by the entanglement of political power and religion, led them toā€¦

Kneecap and manufactured outrageā€¦

https://sluggerotoole.com/2025/04/30/kneecap-and-manufactured-outrage/

Published: April 30, 2025 06:25

I was hoping someone else would write about it, but it seems I get the short straw. The f*cks I give about the Kneecap story are vanishingly few, but I suppose some of you want to talk about it. Eijits say something stupid. Other eijits pretend to beā€¦

Power restored to Spain and Portugalā€¦

https://sluggerotoole.com/2025/04/29/power-restored-to-spain-and-portugal/

Published: April 29, 2025 06:18

There were extraordinary scenes yesterday as most of Spain and Portugal lost power. What is most worrying is that they are not exactly sure what caused it, or they donā€™t want to say. It does not look like foul play or a cyber attack, but questions willā€¦

Trump Proposes to Recognise Crimea ā€“ Law, Power, and the Limits of the International Systemā€¦

https://sluggerotoole.com/2025/04/28/trump-proposes-to-recognise-crimea-law-power-and-the-limits-of-the-international-system/

Published: April 28, 2025 10:07

Finley is a Slugger reader from Belfast The international state system is often spoken of as if it were fixed, neutral, and inherently aligned with peace and prosperity. It is none of those things. It is a pragmatic structure, historically contingent andā€¦

Assisted Dying ā€“ Lack Of Safeguards To Protect Vulnerable People Is A Valid Concernā€¦

https://sluggerotoole.com/2025/04/28/assisted-dying-lack-of-safeguards-to-protect-vulnerable-people-is-a-valid-concern/

Published: April 28, 2025 09:59

Donna Moore is from Belfast, and works as an administrator. Northern Ireland remains an outlier in the field of assisted dying ā€“ while the Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and England have all made moves towards legalising the practice, none of theā€¦

Fat Popes, thin Popes and narrow pathsā€¦

https://sluggerotoole.com/2025/04/27/fat-popes-thin-popes-and-narrow-paths/

Published: April 27, 2025 06:57

An Fear CiĆŗin lives and works in the Irish midlands. He has a keen interest in medieval and early modern history. Heā€™s actually fairly quiet if you met him, but is contrarian by nature, Catholic by choice, culturally nationalist, politically open-mindedā€¦