Newton Emerson: Donaldson finds himself hoist on DUP petardHis membership’s support for changing or removing the protocol means he will find it far harder than planned to march unionism back down the hillThu Jun 09 2022 - 05:00
Dismissing DUP concerns as a political ruse is counterproductiveParty is desperate to revive Stormont and has a consistent and realistic protocol landing zoneThu Jun 02 2022 - 05:00
Everyone opposes the Troubles legacy Bill but the Conservatives may get away with itUK government's proposed legislation shows the difficulty of dealing with the legacy of violenceThu May 26 2022 - 05:00
Newton Emerson: Tetchy Tánaiste stirs the Stormont potJoint authority between two governments barely speaking is an absurdityThu May 19 2022 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Alliance Party’s rise requires reform of Stormont powersharingThe challenge is not devising reforms but getting the two largest parties to agree to themThu May 12 2022 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: DUP’s next mistake is to take patience of the North for grantedHow long can the second largest party at Stormont put devolution on hold for what everyone knows is a face-saving exercise?Mon May 09 2022 - 00:41
Newton Emerson: Northern Ireland needs one person, one voteLegal challenge to Stormont’s ‘designation’ system could help debate on reformThu May 05 2022 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Things look bad for the DUP – but not too badLack of options and deep dislike of Sinn Féin will probably keep party togetherThu Apr 28 2022 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: While Johnson chips away at rules, Labour chips away at himOver-reacting to PM’s unsuitability for office plays into his unapologetic handsThu Apr 21 2022 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: SF defence of DUP’s Stormont veto smacks of self-serving cynicismSinn Féin not only upholding DUP’s veto but pushing it to the fore in its own campaignThu Apr 14 2022 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Sinn Féin is playing the long game amid election that is its to loseThe party will opt to ‘make Northern Ireland work’ . . . for nowThu Apr 07 2022 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Loyalist attack on Coveney requires a serious responseGovernment’s policy means response could include carrot as well as stickThu Mar 31 2022 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: North should return to idea of paying for itselfWhen reform of Belfast bureaucracy fails, cutting it down is natural choiceThu Mar 24 2022 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: NI Protocol hasn’t gone away you knowUpcoming changes to EU legislation will have to incorporated into Northern Ireland lawThu Mar 17 2022 - 01:00
Northern Ireland’s future will be decided by rising tide of Alliance votersNewton Emerson: Party’s vision is the way Belfast Agreement was meant to evolveThu Mar 10 2022 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Unionist variety beats unionist unityBest way for unionism to have a debate with itself is to have meaningful choiceThu Mar 03 2022 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Ground is shifting on integrated education in the NorthIs it mere coincidence that President Higgins called for an end to this ‘shameful’ segregation?Thu Feb 24 2022 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Stormont lurches into new mode of operation‘Caretaker devolution’ could last longer and have more profound effect than expectedThu Feb 17 2022 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: No, the UK will not pay a united Ireland’s pensionsPinning the Bill and the blame on the Brits stirs grievance in the NorthThu Feb 10 2022 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Sinn Féin housing moves in the North contrast with strategy in RepublicSF and PBP have no problem turning Belfast into build-to-rent mini-ManhattanThu Feb 03 2022 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: When will the DUP level with the public?Party's convoluted positioning is about hiding from its mistakes, not appealing to its votersThu Jan 27 2022 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Welcome to the North – the gateway to IrelandSea border inspection figures cast protocol in a gentler orange lightThu Jan 20 2022 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Boris Johnson’s fate and politics of the unionIn Northern Ireland the Prime Minister’s destiny is seen in the context of Brexit in particularThu Jan 13 2022 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Pride before fall for the blustering DUPCollapse of Stormont would cause real damage for which party could be punished at the pollsThu Jan 06 2022 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Feature of northern nationalists is rejection of 'violent struggle' during TroublesFrom 1969 to 1981, there is no ballot box proof of nationalist sympathy for violenceThu Dec 30 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Sinn Féin rides two horses in chase of hobgoblinsParty's agenda North and South leaves nothing to chance – something for everyoneThu Dec 23 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: New UK plan for visa waivers is no big dealIt would be outrageous to demand the UK leave Border open to half the worldThu Dec 16 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Nationalist timeframe for unity does not stack upChances of united Ireland in next decade are close to zeroThu Dec 09 2021 - 01:00
DUP making absurd U-turn towards NI protocol landing zoneDonaldson’s shameless manoeuvre shows he recognises protocol is here to stayThu Dec 02 2021 - 01:00
Wash your hands and cross your fingers for North's next Covid waveCrisis looms but public could be shaken into finally accepting healthcare reformThu Nov 25 2021 - 03:01
Newton Emerson: Rumours of DUP’s demise greatly exaggeratedDonaldson’s two-pronged strategy appears to be reaping dividendsThu Nov 18 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Unionist acceptance of NI protocol very closeBig group of soft-unionist protocol pragmatists exist – in other words, people like meThu Nov 11 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Rent control unlikely to defy laws of economicsExperience shows constraining rent reduces supply and drives up market ratesThu Nov 04 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: No hurry in London for Stormont stabilityUK government tardiness underpins DUP and Sinn Féin threats to devolutionThu Oct 28 2021 - 01:00
Tragically, we nearly made it through the decade of centenariesNewton Emerson: Higgins turned highbrow rhetoric into critique and controversyThu Oct 21 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Irish fury over Frost seems aggravated by London taking unionism’s sideUK’s Brexit negotiator is just doing his job – negotiatingThu Oct 14 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Train-trams could put NDP on trackAll-Ireland rail project may be vision shared island unit desperately seeksThu Oct 07 2021 - 01:00
DUP so compromised by Brexit that tiny TUV is turning its tactics against itNewton Emerson: Out of the pan-unionism into the fire for desperate DUPThu Sept 30 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Academic rhetoric on NI is more dangerous than declined invitationIt is now common to hear the North referred to as a colony, with little care for what that impliesThu Sept 23 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Medicines issue risks confirming unionist suspicions on NI protocolReorienting medicine supply chains is not like a supermarket finding new sources of cheeseThu Sept 16 2021 - 01:00
Boris Johnson’s tax rise reveals a lopsided union that stirs resentmentNewton Emerson: Moving money about will not fix uneven devolutionary settlementThu Sept 09 2021 - 01:14
Unionist voters more interested in punishing DUP than beating Sinn FéinLatest poll shows Alliance surge is over as UUP gathers up liberal unionist votersThu Sept 02 2021 - 01:00
Northern Ireland has found its acceptable level of CovidStormont and public appear to have done all they are collectively willing to doThu Aug 26 2021 - 01:00
If the price of Irish unity was a new flag, would Sinn Féin agree to it?Newton Emerson: Unity advocates are ‘putting everything on the table’ then ducking under itThu Aug 19 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: What can save Belfast in the face of rising sea levels?City’s Harbour Estate, one-fifth of the conurbation’s surface area, is on reclaimed landThu Aug 12 2021 - 01:00
Governments, landowners and developers value their cosy nexusProposed planning gain tax aims to send clear message that things have changedThu Aug 05 2021 - 01:02
Newton Emerson: Let’s be realistic about cross-Border high-speed railPoliticians announce ambitious plans but rail experts provide the reality checkThu Jul 29 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Stormont’s rejection of amnesty rings hollowNI parties miles apart on contentious issue, with little prospect of common groundThu Jul 22 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Painful debate lies ahead as North grapples with Troubles amnestyImmunity for testimony is one of at least half a dozen types of Troubles amnestyThu Jul 15 2021 - 00:51
Newton Emerson: EU deserves credit for realism not generosity over North protocolNI protocol is not immutable legal text that EU and fervent supporters proclaimThu Jul 08 2021 - 01:00
