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Jul 5, 2024 | 
spectator.com.au | Andrew McQuillan
Sinn Fein has consolidated its position as the biggest political party in Northern Ireland. It retained its seven seats and, as a result of DUP reversals, is now Northern Ireland’s largest party at Westminster. Sinn Fein were very close to winning the East Londonderry seat from the DUP – which went to various recounts – but the DUP held on with a majority of 179.
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Jul 5, 2024 | 
spectator.co.uk | Andrew McQuillan
Text size Line Spacing Comments Share Share Andrew McQuillan The triumph of Sinn Fein Linkedin Messenger Email Sinn Fein has consolidated its position as the biggest political party in Northern Ireland. It retained its seven seats and, as a result of DUP reversals, is now Northern Ireland’s largest party at Westminster. Sinn Fein were very close to winning the East Londonderry seat from the DUP – which went to various recounts – but the DUP held on with a majority of 179. So the result could...
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May 26, 2024 | 
spectator.com.au | Andrew McQuillan
Bankrupt councils, the imminent collapse of Thames Water, prison overcrowding and a row with unions over public sector pay are some of the unwelcome prospects facing Keir Starmer if he wins the election. Sue Gray, the Labour leader’s chief of staff, has compiled a so-called ‘shit list’ of such things which could derail any potential Labour government in the early days of its tenure in Downing Street.
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May 26, 2024 | 
spectator.co.uk | Andrew McQuillan
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Apr 20, 2024 | 
spectator.com.au | Andrew McQuillan
The perception of Glasgow still held by outsiders – that it’s all tenement blocks and stabbings, that the only food on offer is gussied up cholesterol and that its football divide is less about sport and more a continuation of the thirty years’ war – has always inspired resistance from those who know the city.
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Apr 20, 2024 | 
spectator.co.uk | Andrew McQuillan
Text size Line Spacing Comments Share Share Andrew McQuillan What happened to the Glasgow I love? Linkedin Messenger Email The perception of Glasgow still held by outsiders – that it’s all tenement blocks and stabbings, that the only food on offer is gussied up cholesterol and that its football divide is less about sport and more a continuation of the thirty years’ war – has always inspired resistance from those who know the city. A bumpy journey on Glasgow’s pot-holed roads is a bone...
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Apr 1, 2024 | 
thespectator.com | Charles Lipson |Svitlana Morenets |Harry Mount |Andrew McQuillan
Among the many political advantages of the presidency, surely one is the ability to extend warm wishes to Christians, Jews and Muslims on their holidays. It’s a golden opportunity to invite a few for pictures at the White House and explain how much the holiday has always meant to you. Easy-peasy. For a Catholic president such as Joe Biden, expressing solidarity with co-religionists on Easter ought to be a well-practiced routine.
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Apr 1, 2024 | 
thespectator.com | Svitlana Morenets |Harry Mount |Andrew McQuillan |Cindy Yu
In my village in Ukraine, there aren’t many families left intact. The funerals of those who have been killed in the war have been taking place with crushing regularity. It feels like everyone’s loss. Today, in house after house, you can find parents whose children have either died or are still fighting with no indication of when they may return. It’s almost impossible for couples to start families — men are deployed to the front line with little hope of any leave.
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Apr 1, 2024 | 
thespectator.com | Harry Mount |Andrew McQuillan |Alex Peake-Tomkinson |Cindy Yu
As believers around the world observed the holiest day of the Christian calendar yesterday with traditional Easter celebrations, the administration of the self-proclaimed “devout Catholic” president of the United States issued a proclamation acknowledging Sunday as “Transgender Day of Visibility” and banned religious-themed art from the White House Easter egg decorating contest. President Biden is evidently proud of his Catholic heritage, as he frequently touts his faith and attends Mass.
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Apr 1, 2024 | 
thespectator.com | Harry Mount |Andrew McQuillan |Alex Peake-Tomkinson |Cindy Yu
Mirabile dictu, as we Latin lovers like to say. In other words, wonderful news! Attractive women have fallen for ancient Rome — and for classicists. Well, that’s what the British Museum thought when it cooked up its advertising campaign for its new show, Legion: Life in the Roman Army, about Roman legionaries. The museum put up a controversial social media post, promoting the exhibition as an opportunity for single women to find single men.
