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Ben Lowry: Poll showing big support for staying in the UK should bolster London in its unionism
For years we have been told that a united Ireland is inevitable and so we must prepare for it. → Read More
Ben Lowry: Even the Tories are afraid to criticise striking workers
The UK faces a wave of strikes. → Read More
Ben Lowry: A unionist government has argued that the Acts of Union has been set aside when it comes to trade with Northern Ireland
This week I was at the Supreme Court for the legal challenge to the Northern Ireland Protocol. → Read More
Ben Lowry: Stormont is said to be essential, yet it seems unable to handle health
Back in 2013 and 2014 a number of leading unionist politicians queried whether Stormont should lose its power to deal with welfare. → Read More
Ben Lowry: The prospect of direct rule is almost the only political weapon that the UK still possesses
The UK government has in effect conceded that there can never be a return to direct rule from London. → Read More
Fix protocol to get us back to Stormont
The DUP will return to Stormont if clear action is taken on the Northern Ireland Protocol, the party’s leader said on Saturday. → Read More
Donaldson: Murder and mayhem is never justified
The DUP leader on Saturday dismissed the Sinn Fein notion that there was no alternative to violence during the Troubles. → Read More
It’s the Belfast News Letter’s birthday — the world’s oldest daily newspaper turns 285 today
The oldest English language daily newspaper in the world reaches another milestone today, writes its editor BEN LOWRY: → Read More
Ben Lowry: London will never treat SF as harshly as it will do unionists
A few of us pundits often point out the various setbacks that unionism has faced. → Read More
Ben Lowry: A high powered gathering at holiday time in tribute to Trimble
The first sense of spring often comes on a mild day in February. → Read More
Video: Watch this evening’s dramatic full five-minute RAF parachute drop over the Balmoral Show
This long video clip shows the entirety of an RAF parachute display that brought the Balmoral Show 2022 to a close on Saturday early evening. → Read More
Election 2022: West Tyrone is a key hope for Jim Allister’s party
As one of the smaller political parties, Traditional Unionist Voice has struggled to get a second Stormont seat. → Read More
Election 2022: Five strong hopefuls for the five North Down seats
In the latest electoral profile, BEN LOWRY looks at Northern Ireland’s most prosperous constituency: → Read More
Ben Lowry: The ban on double jobbing by politicians has been a complete failure
The double jobbing ban on politicians has been in place since 2016. → Read More
Ben Lowry: The UK refuses to use its vast influence in the US to challenge Ireland on terrorism
Once again, General David Petraeus has defended the British military amid shameful things that are happening on legacy of our Troubles. → Read More
Ben Lowry: This is a vital time for environment, yet at times it can seem that the Green Party NI focus is elsewhere
On Tuesday the leader of Green Party Northern Ireland issued a statement saying they would not contest South Belfast in this general election. → Read More
DUP leader is being feted by the Conservative Party faithful as she appears at key conference events
Arlene Foster has been one of the most high profile political personalities at the Conservative Party conference this week. → Read More
Ben Lowry: Perhaps Sinn Fein is aware of how insensitive Michelle O’Neill seems to unionists
The challenge by John O’Dowd to the vice presidency of Sinn Fein was a complete shock to those of us who look at the republican movement from outside. → Read More
Ben Lowry: Has the security situation at Aldergrove airport improved?
Recently I passed through Belfast International Airport at a busy time, 8am, heading for a 10am flight. → Read More
Ben Lowry: Fresh signs of NIO weakness towards Dublin after departure of key advisor
Within days of the departure of Jonathan Caine as a Northern Ireland Office advisor, as reported in this column last week (see link below), his absence is already apparent. → Read More