Dan Boucher

Nov 4, 2024 | commentcentral.co.uk | Dan Boucher

As we contemplate the US Presidential election tomorrow, it is worth pausing to reflect for a moment on the important contribution made by Northern Ireland to the Special Relationship. In this we are assisted by a very important anniversary that Northern Ireland marks today, the eightieth anniversary of the death of one of her most consequential sons, Field Marshal Sir John Dill.

Sep 16, 2024 | newsletter.co.uk | Dan Boucher

Stormont MLAs are renouncing their right to legislate in 300 areas of law, yet the 1998 agreement prohibits any change in the constitutional status of NI without the consent of the majority of its people ​In my last article I explained why, rather than giving expression to democracy, the first forced majoritarian vote on a matter of great controversy required at Stormont in over 50 years will be to ask MLAs to effectively renounce the rights of their constituents to be represented in the...