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Ireland 2025 - The Year in Politics
In the words of Yeats: “All is changed, changed utterly”…kind of. 2025 was a year of change in Irish politics for sure, but then again,...
Chancellor's Tricky Balancing Act Hits Millions With New Tax Rises
Rachel Reeves was already facing one of the biggest challenges experienced by any Chancellor of the modern era in the run-up to what was...
From Dublin Central to DC – Ireland’s Finance Minister is Washington Bound
‘If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you;’ – Words written by English poet Rudyard Kipling...
The People Have Spoken
Ireland elected a new President at the weekend. Independent candidate Catherine Connolly, who was backed by a coalition of left-wing...
The Final Lap
Entering the final week of an election campaign is a bit like an athlete taking the bell in a big race – one last lap, leaving it all on...
Are The Tories Heading For A Comeback?
On the ground in Manchester last week, at first glance you’d be forgiven for thinking it was a bit of a ghost town.
It's Only Half-Time: Observations on the Irish Presidential Election
‘A lot can happen in four weeks. Reputations can be enhanced or destroyed in that time. Voices can be lost or found. Momentum can switch...
What a Difference a Year Makes
Blue skies for Starmer in Liverpool but Budget storm clouds billow
Three for the Road: Observations on the Irish Presidential Election
So, now we know definitively that we have three candidates running to be the next President of Ireland – Catherine Connolly TD...
Junior Reshuffle: The Starmertroopers March On
But the rise of the PM’s favourites may not be what causes him problems.
Deadline Day for Starmer as PM Shakes Up His No. 10 Team
Whitehall reshuffles really shouldn’t be held at the same time as football’s transfer deadline day.
Spectre Of Reform UK Hangs Over Reeves's Review
TWIN spectres haunted Rachel Reeves today as she delivered Labour’s first Spending Review since 2007: Nigel Farage and Liz Truss.
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