Author Archives: Fergal McGuckin

Hello and welcome back to the latest instalment of the Weekly Digest politics blog – a brief and often wry synopsis of the last week’s political going’s on in N Ireland, U.K. and USA. I held off on publishing earlier in the week, as I was awaiting the outcome of the Sturgeon-Salmond saga in Scotland,Continue reading “☘️ Shamrocks and Stones! ☘️”

Hello and welcome back to the Weekly Digest politics blog. A weekly round up of most of the big stories in the world of politics from N Ireland, U.K. and USA. As the headline would suggest, I’ll be having wry look at those controversial, headline grabbing and distraction inducing claims by Boris Johnston about theContinue reading “Building Bridges With Bluff And Bluster?”

Hello and welcome back to the latest edition of my Weekly Digest politics blog, where I try to make sense of the week’s events in the world of politics in N. Ireland, UK and USA! I was asked by a student of politics last week why I don’t also cover the Rep of Ireland, asContinue reading “💷 💵 💷 SHOW US THE MONEY! 💵 💷 💵”

Welcome back to the Weekly Digest politics blog, where I do my weekly roundup of, and give my wry tuppence-worth on, what’s been happening in the world of politics in N Ireland, UK and USA . I try my best to cover as much as possible but I am limited by time and format, soContinue reading “The Frayed Thistle And The Febrile Union.”

Hello, and welcome back to McGuckin’s Weekly Digest, the weekly politics blog which aims to make sense of what’s been happening in the murky world of politics in NI, the U.K. and the USA over the last week or so. I can’t possibly cover everything, as even on a quiet week that would be virtuallyContinue reading “The Rocky Road Map Back to ‘Normality‘!”

Hello and welcome back to this week’s edition of the Weekly Digest, the politics blog that covers a selection of the significant political shenanigans and goings on in NI, UK and USA over the last week or so. I am a bit late this week, as I didn’t want to press the ‘publish’ button untilContinue reading “TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS!”

Hello, and welcome back to Blog 22 of the Weekly Digest politics blog, where I try to make sense of the preceding week’s political going’s on in N Ireland, UK and USA. The political fallout from last week’s shenanigans around the EU’s threat to trigger Article 16 showed no signs of abating, we had anotherContinue reading “Boris’ Big Brexit Border Betrayal?”

Welcome to the 21st of my Weekly Digest politics blogs, as published via WordPress.com. Any notions that 2021 was going to be less fraught, less frantic or less unpredictable than the unprecedented nature of 2020, are being well and truly dispelled by now. We are only at the end of January and there has beenContinue reading “BORDER BLUFF & BLUSTER! Blog 21.”

Welcome to Blog No20 of my Weekly Digest. A politics blog, which tries to makes sense of the past week’s events in N Ireland, UK and the USA. It’s been another big week in the world of politics, particularly in the US, where we had a mercifully incident free Presidential inauguration like no other. ThisContinue reading “When Hope, History & Bernie’s Mitts Collide”

Welcome back for another instalment of the Weekly Digest, as published via WordPress.com. My roundup of what’s making the news and catching my eye in the world of politics in N Ireland, the UK, and US of A! It’s been a relatively quiet week by comparison to the tumultuous week or two previously. For theContinue reading “🎣 🎣 STITCHED UP LIKE A KIPPER? 🎣 🎣”