Marcus LerouxA dash for gas — or just hot air?The Conservatives will keep the lights on by building more gas power plants, while Labour panders to its Just Stop Oil mates.Mar 14Mar 14
Marcus LerouxTom Nairn and the inevitability that never quite happensThere was a conference earlier this month in Edinburgh on the work of the late Tom Nairn, the Scottish political theorist best known as the…Nov 26, 2023Nov 26, 2023
Marcus LerouxEspionage and the long shadow of British competenceWho killed Yevgeny Prigozhin? As Whodunnits go, it seems somehow lacking in mystery. Not though for Russian state television.Aug 29, 2023Aug 29, 2023
Marcus LerouxAlternative Ulsters, Alternative Irelands: Planters & Gaels PtIIThe townland of Kilmore lies just off the main road between Portadown and Armagh. It has a small Church of Ireland church — which is to…Jun 8, 2022Jun 8, 2022
Marcus LerouxCongressman Neal has done us a favour: Planters & Gaels (Pt I)As a visiting dignitary, it was only fitting that Congressman Richard Neal was given the honour of throwing the opening pitch in a Northern…May 28, 2022May 28, 2022
Marcus LerouxHow Sinn Fein’s success may make the union more secureThe prognosis is widely shared: Sinn Fein’s electoral success means that Northern Ireland’s days are numbered.May 9, 2022May 9, 2022
Marcus LerouxI remember being slightly flummoxed.“People say, ‘Sure why not look at Northern Ireland?’”, she told us — in my mind I picture her looking out of the window as though to…Sep 20, 2021Sep 20, 2021
Marcus LerouxRiyadh via Guernsey: the strange journey of British exportsImagine for a moment that tiny Jersey and Guernsey were consuming British goods and services on a similar scale to Spain, which has a…Sep 14, 2020Sep 14, 2020
Marcus LerouxThe far right has an Ireland problemEven by the unedifying standards of social media culture wars it was a saddening spectacle.Jun 10, 2019Jun 10, 2019
