25 July 2018

Dodgy MP lobbied for genocidal Sri Lankan leader

Ian Paisley Jr, Democratic Unionist Party MP for North Antrim, Northern Ireland, is set to be suspended from the House of Commons for 30 sitting days.

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30 May 2018

Strike together to kick Tories out

This minority Tory government is the weakest in a generation. Its splits over Brexit are clear for all to see, and that rift extends all the way to the top of the cabinet.

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21 February 2018

Northern Ireland talks process paralysed

Theresa May's claim that an agreement would be "up and running very soon" humiliatingly came to nothing

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13 December 2017

Brexit deal no solution to Tory rifts

For a while Theresa May's divided government seemed unable even to obtain a deal on the 'first stage' of Brexit negotiations

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5 July 2017

Weakened Tories forced into Northern Ireland abortion u-turn

Thursday 29 June 2017 saw a significant step forward for women in Northern Ireland (NI). Funding to cover the financial costs for them to access abortions in England was pledged by the Tory minority government

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5 July 2017

Pensioners oppose DUP deal

The Merseyside Pensioners Association (MPA) is affiliated to the National Pensioners Convention, a campaigning organisation for decent pensions and the rights of pensioners generally

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28 June 2017

Step up the fight to kick out Tories and Blairites

The Tories are hamstrung on major policies. Now turn the enthusiasm for Corbyn's campaign into a party that can bring about the type of change outlined in his manifesto

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21 June 2017

Protests around the country demand: Tories out!

Thousands demonstrated on 17 June. Reports from London, Hull, Cardiff

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20 June 2017

Tories and May stagger on amid crisis - get them out!

Brexit chaos, DUP agreement, workers' anger: Faced with a mass rebellion, including huge protests - and crucially, coordinated strike action - this government could be forced from power

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14 June 2017

Northern Ireland: DUP propping up the Tories

For a real cross-community socialist alternative: Theresa May's humiliating failure to win a parliamentary majority has placed the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) at the centre of UK politics, with the party set to prop up the Tories through a 'confidence and supply' agreement, writes Daniel Waldron, Socialist Party Northern Ireland (CWI Ireland).

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14 June 2017

General election: what you thought about it

Readers of the Socialist respond to the election results

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13 June 2017

Fight Tory and DUP anti-LGBT+ bigotry

The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is going to prop up May's weakened Tory government. LGBT+ people will rightly be outraged

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9 June 2017

May and Tories must go!

Organise, strike, resist, to fight for Corbyn's policies: Theresa May's failed election gamble is a nightmare for the capitalist class - which had hoped she would dramatically increase her majority. [This article was expanded and updated on 13.6.17]

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22 March 2017

Northern Ireland: divisive election a warning

The sectarian nature of the election - as well as the perceived pressure on voters to vote 'tactically' given a reduction in the number of seats - in general served to knock back forces seen as challenging the establishment from the left

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11 January 2017

'Cash for ash' scandal set to bring down Northern Ireland government

The 'renewable heat incentive' scandal has prompted Martin McGuinness's resignation as Northern Ireland's deputy first minister

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16 September 2015

Northern Ireland Executive crisis

The devolved government administration in Northern Ireland is in danger of total collapse. A crisis erupted in the aftermath of the killing of ex-IRA member Kevin McGuigan in Belfast on 13 August

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Iain Paisley in 1987, photo Dave Sinclair

17 September 2014

Ian Paisley: Peacemaker or warmonger?

Obituary: How will hard line unionist Ian Paisley, who has died at the age of 88, be remembered?

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