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Why the fallout from Jeffrey Donaldson’s conviction keeps growing

Jeffrey Donaldson is in Maghaberry prison outside Belfast awaiting sentencing for 18 child sex offences, including rape. If the disgraced politician thought that the blanket media coverage of his trial in June would stop once the jury gave its verdict, he was wrong. He is still making daily headl…

Is Trump an ally we can depend on?

Is Trump an ally we can depend on? Joining Iain Dale on Cross Question this evening are Labour MP and former foreign affairs minister Catherine West, campaigner and member of the Stop Trump Coalition Zoe Gardner, foreign correspondent and former Cameron adviser Ian Birrell and Ulster Unionist Party…

229. Jeffrey Donaldson: The Rise, Fall & Future of the DUP | John Manley

Jeffrey Donaldson was once regarded as one of the most influential and respected figures in unionism. A former leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, Privy Counsellor, and key negotiator during some of the most significant moments in post-Brexit politics, his conviction has sent shockwaves throug…

Hope: A Keynote Address by Mike Nesbitt

In his address to the IIEA, Mike Nesbitt, Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, explores how the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, signed on 10 April 1998, saw an all-time peak of hope for the future of the people of Northern Ireland and, by association, Northern Ireland’s neighbours in the Republic of…

How the duplicitous double life of Jeffrey Donaldson threatens the future of unionism

Hugh Linehan is joined by Alex Kane to discuss the double life of disgraced politician Jeffrey Donaldosn and its broader impact on the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) as well as Ulster unionism overall.  Alex Kane is an Irish News columnist and a political commentator as well as a former director o…

How two UUP MLAs broke away to find a new 'confident' path for unionism | NI21 (Part 1) - the rise

NI21 – A party that sought to change the direction of a century of unionist politics but ended in disaster. Two charismatic Ulster Unionist MLAs – Basil Mccrea and John McAllister - quit their party in 2013 for pastures new. But following a last-minute decision to become agnostic on the border, sex…

Why MPs can’t just quit: The curious case of the Chiltern Hundreds

This week we explore one of Westminster’s strangest constitutional hangovers: why MPs can’t simply resign. With the Gorton and Denton by-election triggered by Andrew Gwynne’s departure, listeners asked the obvious question – why the medieval-sounding detour via the Chiltern Hundreds (or its less gl…

Doug Beattie: Sam McBride on what next for UUP after shock resignation

In a surprise move, the Ulster Unionist leader Doug Beattie has resigned. The former army officer said he quit over ‘irreconcilable differences’ with party officers. What exactly has happened and what does it mean for the party?  Ciarán Dunbar is joined the Belfast Telegraph’s Northern Ireland edit…

Killing Edgar – Part One: The IRA murder of Edgar Graham at Queen’s University

Edgar Graham was just 29 years old when the IRA gunned him down at Queen’s University in Belfast. The young law lecturer and unionist politician was widely believed to be a future leader of the Ulster Unionist Party. Forty years later, Sam McBride investigates why the IRA targeted him, whether he w…

Ulster Unionists and Shite Art

When it comes to art from the 2 main political traditions in the North of Ireland, one is significantly more culturally confident.  Ulster Unionism has created awful art, by right wingers with lower cognitive ability and emotional intelligence. Today I look at how and why this resonates artistical…