Colin Kidd · Intimated Disunion · LRB 13 July 2023
The unionist fondness for Union Jacks does not preclude violent resistance to the British state when its policy...
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The unionist fondness for Union Jacks does not preclude violent resistance to the British state when its policy...
3 April 1998: Peace talks are reaching a conclusion, but can nationalist and unionist leaders persuade their supporters to accept it?
THE ACADEMIC Arthur Aughey summed that Northern Ireland was a desert island on which republicans stared into the distance awaiting SS United Ireland, the ship of liberation, while unionists glowered hoping the ship would never dock.
In this latest extract from a new pro Union book, JOHN WILSON FOSTER says the Irish are at home in Britain:
‘The Idea of the Union: Great Britain and Northern Ireland’ by Belcouver Press priced £12.99 is reviewed by HENRY McDONALD: