The Policy Exchange “History Matters Project” which is to be chaired by Trevor Philips is a hopeful sign of an intelligent response to the historical literacy in public education and, on the streets, in social…
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Scottish and Irish nationalism feeds on a sense of inevitable, that is misplaced.
Economist Graham Gudgin has addressed two key issues for Unionists in recent weeks. First a robust call for the UK Government to take the task of preserving the Union more seriously, particularly in respect of…
Two major uncertainties for Northern Ireland unionists going to polls this Thursday.
Nearly one hundred years since its establishment, Unionism faces two significant threats to its place in the United Kingdom: Boris’s Withdrawal Agreement with the European Union, which will draw a border down the Irish Sea;…
The UK’s forgotten frontier?
When we think of devolution, it is not unusual for the Scottish independence referendum or the bloody struggle over Northern Ireland to spring to mind. Wales, by contrast, is often treated as an afterthought –…
Devolution is not the Solution
The biggest challenge facing the next generation of unionists will probably not be a direct separatist challenge to the Union. Scottish capital-N Nationalism has stalled as Brexit pulls the rug from beneath ‘independence in Europe’;…
The Emotional Case for The Union is Just as Important as the Economic Case
The Brexit imbroglio has encouraged separatists in Northern Ireland and Scotland to intensify their attacks on the Union, as fundamental constitutional issues have become the focus of UK politics. A little ironically, their short-term goals…
Lessons from elsewhere.
I have had the privilege to live and work in one of the presently most vibrant and exciting cities in Europe, Budapest. It is not only now apparently “Party Central” for every Northern European waif…
The Case for the Union – A Personal Perspective.
The union for me has always been defined by what is best for the people of Northern Ireland. And one can at least measure this practically. The United Kingdom offers Northern Ireland the best advantages…
This Union
Next Generation Series A while back This Union asked for articles from younger or newer writers/commentators, the next generation. Rather than have established(ment) political statements on repeat, we want to try to gauge a range…
Where we might be, or not. Who knows?
Brexit, of course.