There is a pretty legitimate reason to be agitating for a new Sindy Ref now - a huge change in the constitutional makeup of the UK that the Scottish rejected. If the Brexit vote had occurred before t… (View Post)

The Brexit vote and campaign was also led by and for the posh people, who had lost originally 40 odd years ago when we joined the EEC. The story of Brexit is essentially the battle between two elite … (View Post)

So the thing I never knew about the Great Hunger was that the potato blight was something that hit the entire continent, but that the specific impact on Ireland was so harsh due to the farming method… (View Post)

I don't think we need to feel a specific sense of shame, but we should at least be aware of the truth of the history. And I do think that European imperialism was significantly brutal and, most … (View Post)

Again, as someone with Irish and English family, this is an extremely weird take. Ireland relies heavily on British tourists. I don't think the Irish don't welcome the English - whereas if … (View Post)