Cameron – Peter Geoghegan

A New Dalriada?

By peterPosted on 11th January 2012Posted in Ireland, Northern Ireland, Politics, Society and CultureTagged 1973, Cameron, Independence, Northern Ireland referendum, Salmond

My thoughts on what Scottish Independence campaign – and independence itself – might mean for Northern Ireland, from Scotsman January 11. ‘Do you want Scotland to remain part of the United Kingdom?’ Doubtless it’s the kind of phrasing David Cameron had in mind when he demanded a ‘fair, clear and decisive question’ on Scottish independence […]

Will the promise of a new approach bring the same old, same old?

By peterPosted on 18th May 2010Posted in Magazine, PoliticsTagged Brown, Cameron, Clegg, Holyrood, Scotland

Having voted LibDem in the recent UK election, this comment piece for the excellent Holyrood magazine betrays an anger with Clegg and his ‘new politics’ that I think plenty of left-of-centre voters felt in the immediate aftermath of the coalition agreement, and many still feel today. “This is the start of the new politics I […]