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Put some people in a position of power and they suddenly become bullies and tyrants
Gregg Wallace got his comeuppance, but TV’s culture of enablement still protects ‘untouchable’ narcissists

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Unionist unity is back on the agenda, but such a pact will not be easy to cement
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Norman Tebbit had rage, but many missed that he also recognised the need for rapprochement
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Put some people in a position of power and they suddenly become bullies and tyrants

Gregg Wallace got his comeuppance, but TV’s culture of enablement still protects ‘untouchable’ narcissists

Hillary Clinton should relinquish her role at Queen’s, challenge Kneecap on stage over Gaza... and see how far that gets her

Sports camp row: East Belfast GAA children do us proud – no part of NI should be off-limits for them

Unionist unity is back on the agenda, but such a pact will not be easy to cement

As climate change ushers in more hot days and summers, we must learn not to embrace heat but be wary of it

I’ve no time for snobs who talk down to working class, but how mad does bonfire asbestos row make us look to rest of world?

Norman Tebbit had rage, but many missed that he also recognised the need for rapprochement

Poisoning kids for a hollow victory on bonfires is toxic logic

I used to think Belfast had a street preacher problem… but it’s becoming a plague

How I missed out on chance of an acting career when I turned down a role that was made for me

Bryson is only half-right — it’s tough for working classes on both sides of sectarian divide

MLAs voted to accidentally tie their own hands – now they’re going to do what they hate: take unpopular decisions

I texted my husband ‘I’ll see you in 10 minutes’ from the Enterprise... two hours later, I was still stuck outside Belfast

After purge on Palestine Action, let’s see how meticulously the Terrorism Act is enacted on the streets of NI

Even Britain won't be united in mourning this staunch opponent of the republican movement

Starmer should just get on with raising taxes for the rich... it might even help him stay in power at next election

History will harshly judge every leader who trades with Israel while refusing to acknowledge a genocide as clear as day

Why controlling rather than eradicating bonfires could help loyalism, and society

Starmer’s insensitivity around Reeves’ upset raises questions about PM’s crisis management skills

No man would politically survive the kind of emotional collapse that Rachel Reeves had in Commons

I couldn’t live in new £300k homes on Belfast site where horrors were committed... the thought would haunt me forever

Presbyterian Church faces awkward questions after shaping a church fit for the 17th century — not the 21st

It’ll be sweet music for the GAA if they end up investing a paltry £15m in ‘NI’s premier outdoor concert arena’

UK’s ‘jolly good idea’ about nuclear weapons is utter nonsense and this is why

Furore over Sir Van Morrison lyrics about Belfast pub-turned-paramilitary haunt is just bogus outrage… there’s nothing surprising about it

Nobel Peace Prize for US President would play to his ego but ‘The Donald’ isn’t what most of us think of as a unifying force

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