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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…