So, it seems that my closest match is Social Democracy. That sounds about right. If you want to take the test you can do so by clicking the link: https://www.idrlabs.com/8-values-political/test.php Continue reading 8 values political test
Sadly, I do not have a vote in the election for the leader of the Irish Labour Party as I joined too short a time ago. However, I support Aodhán Ó Ríordáin in his campaign to be our next leader. Continue reading The same future: Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
There is to be a General Election to Dáil Éireann in Ireland on Saturday 8th February 2020. As part of the coverage for this, the national broadcaster RTÉ has decided to have a Leaders’ Debate. Sadly only two political party … Continue reading RTÉ should not threaten the democracy of the State
Hardly surprisingly, I am disgusted with the Conservative Party over their dirty tricks of creating a website purporting to be the Labour Manifesto (published by the Conservative Party). If you really want to see the Labour Party’s manifesto for the … Continue reading Conservative dirty tricks continue in UK General Election
Last Saturday, the Labour Party held its conference in Mullingar. The conference’s theme was Building an Equal Society, which surely is what the Labour movement is all about across the world. Labour has set out their core goals: a Living … Continue reading Building an equal society
It is over two-and-a-half years since the Northern Ireland Assembly last sat. In that time, many issues have come and gone, and many more are threatening the public services in Northern Ireland through the inaction of the main parties in … Continue reading Assembly gathers to pretend to care about Northern Ireland
Earlier this afternoon, I was encouraged by a friend on Facebook to visit Vote to Remain to pledge my vote to remain. Long term readers of this blog and of my other posts on other blogs will know of a … Continue reading Lib Dems pledge to “keep Great Britain in Europe”. What about Northern Ireland?
In the week leading up to the UK’s referendum on EU membership, I found this that my husband Andrew McFarland Campbell wrote a while ago. Re-reading it, I thought it ought to be shared more widely. Conscription, job-hunting, and friends … Continue reading #myEUstory : Conscription, job-hunting, and friends
Growing up in Northern Ireland, I was always aware of one border: that between the UK and Ireland. Further borders between the UK and France, France and Germany, and so on, they were ideas I read about, nothing I thought I … Continue reading #myEUstory : County Antrim, Paris, Gibraltar, and Dublin
With the historic #section37 bill & the fantastic @intolgbt group tonight after its passing. pic.twitter.com/JTgD0YFg5L — Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (@AodhanORiordain) December 2, 2015 Last night, the final stage in the progress of An Bille um Chomhionannas (Forálacha Ilghnéitheacha), 2013—Equality (Miscellaneous … Continue reading Oireachtas passes law to make it illegal to discriminate against LGBT teachers
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