Brexit & Foreign Policy
Giving in to Russian demands won’t help the Syrian people
After Assad has burned down Syria and murdered 300,000 people, does he really get to arrange his own exit?
Sectarianism
Pakistan’s blasphemy law is a relentless guillotine for minorities
The number of Pakistanis being sentenced or killed for blaspheming against the accepted strain of Sunni Islam is on the rise.
In Community Relations Week, Northern Ireland’s painful divisions rear their head
This week in Northern Ireland is Community Relations Week - with a warning issued that the province continues to have a serious problem with sectarianism.
What’s the point of the UUP?
Ed Jacobs asks whether, with continuing calls for a joint unionist party, there is any point in the UUP's independent existence.
SNP’s anti-sectarianism bill unites the opposition
Ed Jacobs writes about the unity between all the Scottish opposition parties against the SNP’s anti-sectarianism bill, which they say is badly drafted.
Anti-Catholic bigotry in Scotland on the rise; all religious hate crimes up 10%
Religious hate crimes in Scotland have surged 10 per cent in the last year, according to research released today by the Scottish government, reports Kevin Meagher.