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A missed opportunity that president biden is here for such a short time, what is being said about that, is that sense may washington is punishing parties here for the vacuum that we see at the moment? i vacuum that we see at the moment? i think there has been a suggestion this is washington sending out a message to unionism and the british government that they need to get their act together in terms of power—sharing here in northern ireland. clearly if we were in a different universe and there...

Sinned months and move on. tony blair signed that _ months and move on. tony blair signed that agreement - months and move on. tony blair signed that agreement as - months and move on. tony blair signed that agreement as well, | months and move on. tony blair. signed that agreement as well, the good friday agreement. and he has been speaking to the bbc today, he thinks president biden can play a real role now, lets listen to what he said this morning. the americans can -la a he said this morning...

Meetings in washington and if we have a disagreement, i dont think that the disagreement ought to stand in the way of what the electorate did. well, yeah, but it does. i hate to break it to you, i dont want to be cruel, but... youre not breaking it to me, believe me! ..the current leader of the democratic unionist party, jeffrey donaldson, said this after you visited northern ireland in may last year. he described yours as, "the most undiplomatic visit ive ever "seen to these shores". he said th...

I hate to break it to you, i dont want to be cruel, but... youre not breaking it to me, believe me! ..the current leader of the democratic unionist party, jeffrey donaldson, said this after you visited northern ireland in may last year. he described yours as, "the most undiplomatic visit ive ever "seen to these shores". he said that the language you used displayed an alarming ignorance of the concerns of unionism. so, you know, you, joe biden and people like you are simply not trusted by the uni...

Any fair assessment of the Good Friday Agreement's legacy must balance its undoubted successes against the failure to deliver stable and sustainable government

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson told supporters that the Windsor Framework represents ‘progress.

In the interest of the people and those of us who are passionate about the cause of unionism for power—sharing to return. of course parties will want to consider the agreement in detail, a process that will need time and care, and there are of course many voices and perspectives within northern ireland, and it is thejob of government to respect them all, but i have kept the concerns raised by the elected representatives of unionism at the forefront of my mind. because it is their concerns with...

Commentary Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot recently summarized the core problem with Chicago’s public education system in plain but ...

Ahead of the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, Sergiy Tomilenko, president of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU) looks back on a year of relentless work, in which NUJU has supported journalists on the ground and assesses the challenges they face as the war enters its second year. He highlights the crucial role of the IFJ and EFJ-backed Journalists’ Solidarity Centers in ensuring that local and international media can report on the conflict...

With unions grappling to address the challenges posed by digital media and striving to prove their worth to a new generation of journalists, the IFJ, supported by Union to Union, has been working with the Independent Trade Union of Journalists and Media Workers (SSNM) of Macedonia to change the narrative - with excellent results!