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Originally posted on Nick Kelly's blog Last week we saw extraordinary scenes from the US House of Representatives. The election of the Speaker, normally a formality whereby the winning party gets behind a candidate, became an utter circus where 15 rounds of voting occurred before…
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I don’t want to upset any Irish people who might be reading this, but having been brought up as a notional Protestant in the British Isles, I was inculcated with a less than glowing view of Ireland and Irish people. Ireland was a tad backwards…
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As expected: 'Global gag rule' reinstated by Trump, curbing NGO abortion services abroad Reagan-era rule bans international NGOs with US funding from providing abortions or offering information, ‘ignoring decades of research’ says Democrat In one of a number of sharp reversals from the Obama era,…
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In a world where the radical centre is being handed back to itself on a plate in election after election, we either progress from that point or we regress. Our choice. On the one path there is the likes of Donald Trump, who during a…
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In her inimitable style, The Queen of Thorns has a go at Chris Trotter, Labour, readers of this site, and even poor old Garth George explaining why New Zealand's abortion laws are shite. As usual she makes her point in a style that resembles a…
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Today we're proud to present a guest post from Julie Fairey, often found posting at The Hand Mirror: I'm trying to see the High Court decision regarding our abortion laws as an opportunity. It could be a chance to change the law to reflect the…