“Our two leading parties are disingenuously gambling with the future of every Northern Irish citizen. There probably won’t be any winners. The ultimate casualty could be the prospect of devolution ever returning to Northern Ireland.”
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Nearer my God to thee: The DUP, Brexit and the bridge to Scotland
“This vanity notion shows the DUP’s continued contempt of working class Protestants, a community that they are happy enough to whip up fear within and farm votes out of without doing a single thing to make their lot in life better. Yet they will happily squander billions on a bridge which will be a luxury at best. “
The National Debt
"NI is a land struggling to keep its head above a tide of historical debt. Culture and identity become leveraged by those who define them for us. Our segregated communities, educations and institutions service this debt, ensuring that the hierarchies in place do not falter."
Time's Limits: Borders and Identity in Northern Ireland
"I am simultaneously lots of things. Different territories, allegiances and communities overlap me. There is a line running through my life, dividing me. Part of me is there in Northern Ireland and part of me is not included, watching disinterestedly from somewhere else."