While admitting a no-deal Brexit might be ‘a bit bumpy’, Brexiteers in Westminster remained defiant as they and others spoke to Susan O’Keeffe in London during a tumultuous week
Jeremy Corbyn has failed to capitalise on the Tories’ wretched incompetence. Now he thinks he can lead Britain to sunlit socialist uplands after Brexit
Everyone, including the prime minister, knows that she cannot bring a viable alternative to the House of Commons in three days. That, of course, is not the real point of this amendment
In the dying days of 2018, former president Mary Robinson put herself in the middle of a complex story involving the ruling royal family of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates.
A smart politician knows when to stand back and trust in expertise and experience. This requires confidence and leadership - qualities that will be needed in abundance in 2019
The British government’s mismanagement of its own choice to leave has infected the EU and Ireland too, with contingency plans less than adequate and far from complete
Chaos reigned in Westminster last week as Theresa May pulled a pivotal vote at the last minute, then managed to survive a motion of no confidence from her own MPs. So what’s the next plot twist in the box set that is Brexit?
The MPs who have made Ireland the butt of their blame revealed their anger too – anger at their own powerlessness
This week, the five-year old UK 100,000 Genome Project finally reached its massive target of mapping 100,000 genomes. And, remarkably, the project is on time and on budget
After two years of Brexit debate, the only outcome is a savage destruction of a modern country by its own citizens and rulers
This organisation came into being 14 years ago. Being generous, the two groups combining to work together would have needed time to sort themselves into a new body. But 14 years seems excessive
Replacing May won’t solve the Brexit challenge. A general election would delay the outcome, while candidates once again would demean politics by making outrageous claims and promises about Brexit that they will never be able to keep
Whichever Democrat gets their name on the ballot needs to understand that nothing achieved so far by their party comes close to being enough to fight the Trump factor and win
There may have been a task force and there may have been recommendations, but the HSE has still managed to drive up the number of patients on trolleys in emergency departments around the country
Telling us all that 95 per cent of the Brexit deal has been achieved is a blatant exaggeration of the current status of the most ragged and disorganised negotiations ever witnessed in the public domain
