It’s a period of lazy-ish blogging, possibly, but TheEye is finally catching up with stuff….just in time for a week-long training course starting in a few hours. Sigh. There is no mercy, it seems. At least, as bad as this week promises to be, it’s not as bad as that […]

To be fair, many don’t share TheEye’s morbid fascination with the intricacies of constitutional procedure. However there are times when, out of little things, a bit of history is made. And things…change. And so it has just occurred. Or may do so. If you want to stop being an MP […]

In random fuckwittery we find that it doesn’t matter if your undergraduate experience consists of three years face down in a pool of vomit outside a nightclub hundreds of miles from your gloriously unaware parents – you’re still entitled to a top degree. Cos it’s yer Yuman Right, innit?Apparently: A […]

It seems that Lord Saville has finally had enough, and the so-called “Bloody Sunday” Inquiry will be published on 15th June – clearing the way for lots of people to sue for ‘compensation’. This will coincide with the release of other Inquiry reports on Omagh, Bloody Friday and the Kingsmill […]

Some families just can’t take a hint. In 1988, three IRA terrorists came here to Gibraltar with the aim of murdering members of a military band at the weekly Changing of the Guard ceremony at the Governor’s Residence. And the civilian bystanders, locals and tourists who were watching the band […]

On the History Channel tonight is a programme called Soldiers’ Stories. From the website: Soldiers’ Stories tells of the troubles in Northern Ireland from the perspective of the British soldiers who served there between 1969 and 2007, the longest continuous deployment in the history of the British Army.This was a […]

According to figures published by the Electoral Commission and published by the BBC, we learn that Sinn Fein is the wealthiest and highest spending party in Northern Ireland with an income of £1.12m and spending £1.15m in 2008. The SDLP had an income of £291,931 and spent £290,169. The Ulster […]

Today, when we celebrate our Armed Forces, how ironic that a couple of the vile terrorist groups that operate in Northern Ireland win plaudits from the liberal commentariat for “putting their weapons beyond use”. I have a few points to make on this as the farce sickens me and I […]