Politics

Making sense of political events, decisions and ideas directly affecting Northern Ireland. Given their geographical proximity, events in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland will be included in this section

Ignorance is bliss: Jacob Rees-Mogg and the Irish Border

Fionnbharr RodgersAugust 30, 2018

“I don’t think my visiting the border is really going to give me a fundamental insight into the border beyond what one can get by studying it,” said Jacob Rees-... Read More...

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Unenvied, Unrecognised, Lingering Victors

Lisa WhittenAugust 27, 2018

If you are currently breathing Northern Irish air, congratulations and commiserations… you are residing in a record breaking corner of the world, well…nearly. ... Read More...

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Transcript

Alina UtrataAugust 26, 2018

Alina Utrata (UT): Hello and welcome — you’re listening to a podcast brought to you by Northern Slant, an online publication that seeks to showcase a new, diver... Read More...

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Arlene Foster wakes from her Dickensian Nightmare

Fionnbharr RodgersAugust 26, 2018

Many amongst the media and its readership alike have been left dazed and confused by the recent changing tide in the words and manners of Arlene Foster of late,... Read More...

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The political week in 5 points

Jamie PowAugust 26, 2018

America mourns the loss of war hero and political maverick, John McCain. Taken captive when his plane was shot down over Hanoi in 1967, he was repeatedly tortur... Read More...

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‘The human connection by itself is the largest and most important thing’

Alina UtrataAugust 25, 2018

In Northern Slant's inaugural podcast, Senator George Mitchell talks to Alina Utrata and Matt O'Neill. Twenty years after he helped negotiate the Good Friday... Read More...

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