When do you think we should have a general election?sue
What I do know is that being a woman was sort of a distinct advantage in the climate that I was running in, which is, you know, two years into the Trump presidency. Being a woman isn’t always an advantage. But in this particular election, in this climate, it was, I think, an ...
the same hymn sheet, but there is a marked difference in emphasis on the way each sees left of centre politics in Britain moving forward over the next decade.Informed speculation says that Tony Blair will want to hang in as Prime Minister until the eve of the next general election, either...
It may have taken five months to count the votes – at least it felt that long – but the results of the European and local elections are in, and already the Irish political scene is consumed with one question: when will the next one take place? Taoiseach ...
Host Hugh Linehan is joined by Pat Leahy and Cormac McQuinn to look back on the week in politics: · With the giveaway budget done, will this government conclude in time for an early general election? Timing is vital, but can the Coalition arrive at a consensus given their advanced ...
Catillation is an obsolete word meaning: to lick one's plate. It has nothing to do with cats, except that they catillate quite a bit.
While churches in other parts of the world had All Saints Day on November 1, not much was going on for All Hallow’s Eve (Halloween) until the potato famine forced Irish immigrants to come to the United States. America in the 1840s discovered Mischief Night where young people in costumes...
Not the worst place I’ve stayed, but I wouldn’t go back. Granada, Nicaragua F, $, Very simple, stucco-lined town next to a huge lake with tons of islands in it. A couple of decent, large-ish supermarkets, *very* good chocolate, and an Irish pub were its strengths. Hot and ...
Michael Gove’s declaration during the 2016 referendum on UK membership of the European Union that ‘the people of this country have had enough of experts’ (Youtube,2016) is now notorious—and could be taken as proof that Ministers are not interested in evidence. Even advocates for evidence-...
Without further ado, this is East Side Storytellin’ 46. Let us begin, again.The first featured guest of East Side Storytellin’ 46 first began writing and publishing for various journals nearly 20 years ago ...