I don’t begrudge Ahern or Blair a day in the sun for the agreement they signed, but if it is to be seen as ‘their’ work it would be a complete travesty

Football pundit chose to stand up against a vicious and uncivilised proposal on immigration policy

'Circling around each other like the two lads in ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’, doing as much self-harm, creating as much collateral damage' — FERGUS FINLAY on the DUP and the Conservatives

The worst thing you can do is try to be inclusive, celebrate difference, try to understand how easy oppression is — do all that and you’re woke

They may not often achieve their demands, but marches are important to create the sense that people, together, are on the move.

REPUTATION matters. It matters to individuals, to companies, perhaps above all to countries. It matters enormously to charities and to any organisation that depends on the trust of people who support them, work for them or depend on them.

We live, sometimes, in an ugly State. I’ve written that here before on a few occasions, and I find myself sometimes despairing about whether it’s something that can ever be fixed.

Maybe the lesson we need to learn from our next-door neighbour is that some things never change

They arrive in private jets to bleat about climate change or 'co-operation' — then they go home and nothing changes