HeyJaredMichael McDowell
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Michael McDowell: Drumcree row is a useful smokescreen for cynical Sinn Féin and DUP (opens the original)
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You canât have a proper grasp of the Drumcree standoff until you have read the masterly account of the background in the book by eminent journalist and social historian, Susan McKay, Northern Protestants: An Unsettled People. Without it, you are seeing the issue as through a glass darkly to borrow a biblical phrase. Her chapter on Portadown is a vivid portrayal of the deeply ingrained sectarian attitudes, prejudices and fears which lie beneath the Orange obsession with marching along a particu
Michael McDowell: There is every reason to fear what despotic Trump may do in the next two years (opens the original)
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In yet another lie, US president Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, his social media site, that he had âvery good news for our Farmers and Ranchersâ. He continued: âThe United States is working on a massive Deal with respect to the purchase of Potash from Belarus. The pricing would be substantially less than we are currently paying to Canada.â Canada provides, tariff-free, about 80 per cent of potash imports used in US agriculture. Its price has risen principally because of Russiaâs
Michael McDowell: Citizenship by descent is not racist, and language tests make perfect sense (opens the original)
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Contrary to what some people assert, there is nothing racist in Irelandâs law of nationality and citizenship. When the independent Irish State was created in 1922, its Constitution provided at Article 3 that the citizens of the Irish Free State were those born in Ireland or either of whose parents was born in Ireland, or who had then been ordinarily resident in the jurisdiction of the Irish Free State for not less than seven years. Citizenship by descent is not racist. It simply entitles some
Michael McDowell: It is not racist to have concerns about economic migrants abusing asylum laws (opens the original)
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Whether in France, Germany, Spain or Britain, the issue of uncontrolled immigration is contributing in a significant way to European political instability. Few people have a problem with controlled or legal migration based on permission granted by the host state through visas and work permits, or as permitted under EU law for migrant workers who are EU citizens. In Irelandâs case, most people recognise that in many sectors of the economy we need legal migration to sustain our economic growth.
Michael McDowell: Andy Burnham is right. Holding a poll to test the waters on unity should be off the table (opens the original)
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British prime minister Andy Burnham caused a flap when he said holding a poll on Irish unity was âoff the tableâ. To some, his words seemed categorical, dismissive and at variance with the Belfast Agreement, which provides for a poll on Irish unity to ascertain the wishes of a majority of the people of Northern Ireland. It obliges the British and Irish governments to give effect to the outcome of the poll if a majority vote for a united Ireland. On the face of it, the entitlements of the peo
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