McDowell on Politics

We are not at war with Britain. Ireland is merely collateral damage in a very English struggle between the hard right of the Tory Party and everyone else

We are approaching the endgame in the battle between the right wing of the Tory Party and Ireland. It is not a battle between Britain and Ireland. It isn’t even a battle between England and Ireland. Ireland and England are no longer enemies. The great majority of Irish people and English people regard each other with fondness. There is no reason to fan the embers of enmity now.

What is happening is all ...