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Liam Clarke

Why we need to keep religion out of politics

Three-quarters of Christians believe that religion should not have a special influence on public life while most believe that homosexuals should have the same legal rights in all aspects of their lives as the rest of us.

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Inside Liam Clarke

Compromise deal may not have been the best route

Friday, 17 February 2012

Pumping £580m into infrastructural projects is a major shot in the arm for the local economy, not to mention the hard-pressed building industry.
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Dublin's links with IRA shrouded in ambiguity

Friday, 10 February 2012

The story of the Troubles can be seen as a growing understanding between the Irish and British states whose latest fruit was the Queen's visit to the Republic.
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Tax on thriving stores could leave us short-changed

Friday, 10 February 2012

There is a lot of talk about cutting corporation tax to attract big business to Northern Ireland, but the only tax-change to actually happen penalises large stores.
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It's no wonder honours are rejected after Fred

Friday, 3 February 2012

Sir Fred 'The Shred' Goodwin, the disgraced Royal Bank of Scotland boss, will find it hard to get a campaign going to have his knighthood reinstated.
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SDLP drowned out as it gets serious about benefits

Friday, 3 February 2012

While the UUP clowned around this week, the SDLP has struck a more serious note.
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Nicholson hands UUP an age-old headache

Friday, 27 January 2012

Jim Nicholson, the MEP, will be 67 on Sunday. Besides wishing him a happy birthday - and many of them - it is worth observing that his advancing years are one factor behind the UUP's talks with the DUP.
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Now is the moment to sharpen up or be left behind

Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Unionist politicians often report calls for unity on the doorsteps but, going by recent experience, voters like diversity.
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Can Robinson woo a UUP on the rebound?

Friday, 20 January 2012

It was inevitable that the DUP would try to catch the UUP on the rebound after their relationship with the Tories broke up.
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Now Sammy's seeing red over union job-loss claims

Friday, 20 January 2012

Does Peter Bunting, of the Irish Congress of Trades Unions (ICTU), ever remember Red Sammy and smile?
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Jilted Farry should just boldly go with the flow

Friday, 13 January 2012

Resistance is futile. We are Borg. You will be assimilated... If Stephen Farry is a Star Trek fan, he will recognise the threat to Star Fleet.
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Tories will need defectors to get the party started

Friday, 13 January 2012

So far the Tories have talked a good fight, but getting established as a party in Northern Ireland won't be easy unless they can attract defectors from more established brands. It is easy to forget that Conservatism has made false starts here before.
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So where do Tom and the UUP go from here?

Friday, 6 January 2012

There is no concealing the fact that the recent rupture with the Tories has done deep damage to the Ulster Unionists. It has robbed the party of its latest big idea and ended a three-year courtship of the Conservatives in public acrimony.
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We need to cut the wheat from the chaff at Stormont

Friday, 6 January 2012

"Better fewer but better" was a slogan devised by Lenin, the Russian revolutionary leader, which could be useful at our own not so revolutionary assembly up at Stormont.
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Dark world of agents is not black and white

Friday, 23 December 2011

When we read Ian Hurst's claim that half of senior IRA members and a quarter of more junior ones were agents, it causes a swift intake of breath. However, it shouldn't really be that surprising.

Do our leaders envy Kim Jong-il's Press regulation?

Friday, 23 December 2011

I wonder if our politicians envy Kim Jong-il, a leader who had the Press exactly where he wanted it.
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Cameron won't be left out in the cold for long

Friday, 16 December 2011

Britain's isolation in Europe hasn't lasted long. Already countries like Ireland and Poland are rallying round. As Nigel Dodds pointed out in the Commons on Tuesday, even in France there is no consensus on keeping Cameron in the naughty corner.
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