Newton Emerson: Boris Johnson’s fate and politics of the unionIn Northern Ireland the Prime Minister’s destiny is seen in the context of Brexit in particularThu Jan 13 2022 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Pride before fall for the blustering DUPCollapse of Stormont would cause real damage for which party could be punished at the pollsThu Jan 06 2022 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Feature of northern nationalists is rejection of 'violent struggle' during TroublesFrom 1969 to 1981, there is no ballot box proof of nationalist sympathy for violenceThu Dec 30 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Sinn Féin rides two horses in chase of hobgoblinsParty's agenda North and South leaves nothing to chance – something for everyoneThu Dec 23 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: New UK plan for visa waivers is no big dealIt would be outrageous to demand the UK leave Border open to half the worldThu Dec 16 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Nationalist timeframe for unity does not stack upChances of united Ireland in next decade are close to zeroThu Dec 09 2021 - 01:00
DUP making absurd U-turn towards NI protocol landing zoneDonaldson’s shameless manoeuvre shows he recognises protocol is here to stayThu Dec 02 2021 - 01:00
Wash your hands and cross your fingers for North's next Covid waveCrisis looms but public could be shaken into finally accepting healthcare reformThu Nov 25 2021 - 03:01
Newton Emerson: Rumours of DUP’s demise greatly exaggeratedDonaldson’s two-pronged strategy appears to be reaping dividendsThu Nov 18 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Unionist acceptance of NI protocol very closeBig group of soft-unionist protocol pragmatists exist – in other words, people like meThu Nov 11 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Rent control unlikely to defy laws of economicsExperience shows constraining rent reduces supply and drives up market ratesThu Nov 04 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: No hurry in London for Stormont stabilityUK government tardiness underpins DUP and Sinn Féin threats to devolutionThu Oct 28 2021 - 01:00
Tragically, we nearly made it through the decade of centenariesNewton Emerson: Higgins turned highbrow rhetoric into critique and controversyThu Oct 21 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Irish fury over Frost seems aggravated by London taking unionism’s sideUK’s Brexit negotiator is just doing his job – negotiatingThu Oct 14 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Train-trams could put NDP on trackAll-Ireland rail project may be vision shared island unit desperately seeksThu Oct 07 2021 - 01:00
DUP so compromised by Brexit that tiny TUV is turning its tactics against itNewton Emerson: Out of the pan-unionism into the fire for desperate DUPThu Sept 30 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Academic rhetoric on NI is more dangerous than declined invitationIt is now common to hear the North referred to as a colony, with little care for what that impliesThu Sept 23 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Medicines issue risks confirming unionist suspicions on NI protocolReorienting medicine supply chains is not like a supermarket finding new sources of cheeseThu Sept 16 2021 - 01:00
Boris Johnson’s tax rise reveals a lopsided union that stirs resentmentNewton Emerson: Moving money about will not fix uneven devolutionary settlementThu Sept 09 2021 - 01:14
Unionist voters more interested in punishing DUP than beating Sinn FéinLatest poll shows Alliance surge is over as UUP gathers up liberal unionist votersThu Sept 02 2021 - 01:00
Northern Ireland has found its acceptable level of CovidStormont and public appear to have done all they are collectively willing to doThu Aug 26 2021 - 01:00
If the price of Irish unity was a new flag, would Sinn Féin agree to it?Newton Emerson: Unity advocates are ‘putting everything on the table’ then ducking under itThu Aug 19 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: What can save Belfast in the face of rising sea levels?City’s Harbour Estate, one-fifth of the conurbation’s surface area, is on reclaimed landThu Aug 12 2021 - 01:00
Governments, landowners and developers value their cosy nexusProposed planning gain tax aims to send clear message that things have changedThu Aug 05 2021 - 01:02
Newton Emerson: Let’s be realistic about cross-Border high-speed railPoliticians announce ambitious plans but rail experts provide the reality checkThu Jul 29 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Stormont’s rejection of amnesty rings hollowNI parties miles apart on contentious issue, with little prospect of common groundThu Jul 22 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Painful debate lies ahead as North grapples with Troubles amnestyImmunity for testimony is one of at least half a dozen types of Troubles amnestyThu Jul 15 2021 - 00:51
Newton Emerson: EU deserves credit for realism not generosity over North protocolNI protocol is not immutable legal text that EU and fervent supporters proclaimThu Jul 08 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: SF, DUP want to avoid Stormont collapse after gauging popular moodAny public concern about protocol will be focused on stability of StormontThu Jul 01 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Donaldson must reconcile unionism to the protocolAs Sinn Féin paints itself as the responsible party, new DUP leader must spot the dangerThu Jun 24 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Poots’s big mistake was to move too fastDonaldson can carve himself three months to have a firm conversation with his partyMon Jun 21 2021 - 01:25
Newton Emerson: Impact for Ireland of UK-Australia deal goes far beyond foodIrish people will be torn between European and English-speaking worldsThu Jun 17 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Poots the odd presence in his Stormont teamDUP leader needs to get a grip on party’s message, morale and disciplineThu Jun 10 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: DUP set to appoint a Sinn Féin first ministerUnionism’s healthy internal revolution hands nationalists huge symbolic gainThu Jun 03 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Return to NI protocol needed to avoid disasterSeparate issues of smuggling and food safety being muddied by both sidesThu May 27 2021 - 01:08
Newton Emerson: Australia trade deal points to future for Northern IrelandDeal could result in best of both worlds for North’s agrifood industryThu May 20 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Scottish election result not good news for Irish nationalistsOutcome has highlighted difficulty of judging whether a referendum should be calledThu May 13 2021 - 01:15
Newton Emerson: amount of money trying to get into property is doomed to swamp supplyInvestors, landlords and owner-occupiers may all wish they had shared when they had the chanceThu May 06 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: DUP could prove its most destructive having cornered itselfFoster departing deeply conflicted party as she announces decision to step downThu Apr 29 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: DUP huff highlights problem of the ‘empty chair’Boycott of the North South Ministerial Council has potential to do real harmThu Apr 22 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: London and Dublin are making a problem of a solution‘Totality of relationships’ body is being turned into a controversy of its own rightThu Apr 15 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Compromise on Northern Ireland protocol may be neededLaw and order not enough to halt loyalist protests driven by crime and politicsThu Apr 08 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: North needs new policy on integrated educationOnly 65 of North’s 1,000 schools are integrated, covering just 7% of all pupilsThu Apr 01 2021 - 01:00
Jim O’Callaghan's united Ireland plan will be unpopular with FF base and Republic’s electorateMove represents brave step for a Fianna Fáil leadership contenderThu Mar 25 2021 - 01:00
When did we stop wanting a democratic China?Newton Emerson: The West has internalised idea that China’s system is as legitimate as any otherThu Mar 18 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: EU attitude to goods checks in North is unhelpfulIs bureaucratic intransigence behind Brussels’s quest for border enforcement?Thu Mar 11 2021 - 01:00
Northern Ireland's health system is bucklingFaith in system could simply melt away, with profound political consequencesThu Mar 04 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Minding the cross-Border vaccine gapRestriction differences between North and South are set to dwindle as roadmap appearsThu Feb 25 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Republic’s shared-equity housing scheme threatens to push up pricesBetter British ideas are available to copy that would not push up property pricesThu Feb 18 2021 - 01:00
Newton Emerson: Cross-Border finger-pointing is pointlessOpinion: We have come full circle on the Covid-19 politics of partitionThu Feb 11 2021 - 01:00
