David Runciman on Democracy's 21st Century Problems
Western democracies are beset by a variety of problems: fractured legislative bodies, the rise of the far right, the erosion of norms and the dangers posed by technology. But we shouldn't confuse thos...
15 Mar 20190s
Politics Fails Utterly in Westminster - with Fintan O'Toole & Lisa O'Carroll
Prime Minister Theresa May has failed spectacularly in her bid to pass a Brexit deal through the House of Commons. The Guardian's Brexit correspondent Lisa O'Carroll on the fallout in Westminster, the...
13 Mar 20190s
Poll: Northern Ireland Is United in Opposition to A Hard Brexit
The second set of results from the Irish Times / Ipsos MRBI poll reveals attitudes to Brexit and Irish unity across the island of Ireland, north and south. Among the most significant findings: respond...
7 Mar 20190s
Poll: Support Dips for Varadkar and McDonald
Political Editor Pat Leahy is here with the latest Ipsos / MRBI poll which brings bad news for most political groups but especially for Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, support for whom has dipped significantl...
7 Mar 20190s
Digestible Truth, The Soc Dems Rift, Unspinnable Brexit - with Peter Foster
First: Fiach Kelly explains what we've learned from a cache of documents featuring exchanges between Solidarity TD Paul Murphy, his party colleagues and an international umbrella organisation for soci...
6 Mar 20190s
Brexit Endgame, Beware The Ides of March, Looking for Ladders
Finally it seems that meaningful moves are being made in Westminster toward some sort of conclusion to the Brexit saga. Denis Staunton and Pat Leahy analyse the public shifts in position made in recen...
27 Feb 20190s
Brexit in The Desert: Progress, or Another Mirage?
The EU-Arab League summit in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, today has been dominated by talk of Brexit. And it has turned out to be a more eventful day than promised, with expectations growing that UK Prime ...
25 Feb 20190s
Ready, Steady, Wait: Fianna Fáil, Brexit and The Next Election
At the Fianna Fáil ardfheis in City West, everyone, from the regular delegates on up to the party leader Micheál Martin, wants to take the fight to Fine Gael in a general election. But not right now, ...
23 Feb 20190s
