"We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately." - Benjamin Franklin
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We must take on the hateful forces that seek to divide us.
My statement on recent events in Belfast.
Water cannons are not lawful in any other part of the UK.
This should be the news coming out of Belfast today. The Finucane family have fought for years to get to this point & the inquiry opens with a UK Govt apology that will get lost in today's news. Pay attention to this - the past hasn't passed here, as days of unrest show:
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
27 people made homeless last night in Belfast because rioters burning foreigners out of their homes, minister says - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Farage issuing permission slips for violence. A summer of unsafe streets thanks to the far-right cokeheads he endorses
"Around 103 oil tankers have left the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz since March 1, carrying a total of 185 million barrels of crude oil, according to Kpler data."
One of these is heading towards Europe with two million barrels of crude oil, the first such shipment since March.
I was happy to join CTV This Morning to talk about the upcoming social media ban for kids and why it is bad policy that is likely to be ineffective and place everyone’s privacy at risk.
www.ctvnews.ca/video/2026/0...
A group of senior European political figures has written an editorial calling on the EU to take tougher action against Israel over its escalating military action in Gaza and the West Bank
So glad that Luqman Saeed - an academic at Ulster University - has written this piece about the Belfast riots. I hope I could write this clearly and perceptively were I under similar pressure right now.
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ju...
“Several figures involved in the April fuel protests spoke” sure just the lads and their tractors
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...
The widow of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane has hailed the first day of a long-campaigned for public inquiry into his death as "monumental".
A tanker carrying two million barrels of crude oil is heading towards Europe having left the Gulf at the end of May, the first such shipment since March, data from the maritime tracking firm Kpler sho...
'Things will continue to kick off': Nigel Farage reflects on Belfast violence
RTÉ News
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“Last month, I directed our Great U.S. Military to execute a secret mission to support Oil Tankers and other Commercial Ships through the Straight of Hormuz. Today, I am pleased to announce that this effort has resulted in more than 100 MILLION Barrels of Oil making its way through the Straight…”
