Archive - The Debatable Land

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David Trimble and the necessary - but difficult - price of peace

Aug 6

The author had good reasons to think the Hebrides a better place to live than London

Jul 25

What the Conservative leadership contest reveals about modern Britain

Jul 19

Shed no tears for Boris Johnson and none for the Tory party either. They knew what they were doing and they did it anyway.

Jul 7

The first minister tells her supporters a truth they are not ready to hear

Jun 29

It is my home town's Big Day on Friday: this is why it, and other occasions like it, still matter.

Jun 16

A new controversy over a "blasphemous" film about Islam recalls the Rushdie scandal

Jun 9

The trans argument is a necessary one because it is, in the end, a matter of truth and lies.

May 18

A new book pins the blame for Brexit on Oxford University.

May 10

Has Brexit really killed off Scottish independence?

Apr 17

Russia's defeat is the necessary condition for peace

Apr 6

Can Trans rights be squared with sporting fairness?

Mar 27

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