Author Archives: Gerry Lynch

A Return to Force Majeure as a Criterion on Parading?

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Gerry Lynch

Cross-posted at Slugger O’Toole… The current parades-related legislation is cumbersome and deeply irritating to many in Northern Ireland. Every procession with the sole exception of the Salvation Army must go through the process of filling out an 11/1 form and … Continue reading →

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Leadership That’s Working?

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Gerry Lynch

Crossposted at Slugger O’Toole… 48, 48, and 48 – those are the nightmare numbers for Unionism. Not necessarily for the Union, but for Unionism the political ideology as we have understood it for the past century or so. In the … Continue reading →

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The politics of The Karate Kid…

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Gerry Lynch

The Karate Kid is an evil pinko Hollywood propaganda film (and I mean that in a good way). Daniel, son of a Noo Joisey single-mum transplanted to blue-collar Reseda, falls in love with a rich girl whose family sneers at … Continue reading →

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Come let us adore him – thoughts from a disillusioned Christian about to attend Midnight Mass

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Gerry Lynch

Crossposted at 8aNoWay.com… A few hours to kill at home before I go down to St. George’s to make sure the heating has come on at its appointed time for Midnight Mass. Some thoughts waft into my mind from a … Continue reading →

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Time for an End to the Convenient Lies of the Peace Process

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Gerry Lynch

Crossposted at Slugger O’Toole… People in Belfast like to be blasé about riots, as if they aren’t a big deal. Our gallows humour spawns #flegmovies memes on Twitter. But it’s OK to be frightened by riots. People in London are … Continue reading →

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A UKIP breakthrough in 2015?

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Gerry Lynch

Crossposted at Slugger O’Toole… UKIP has been consistently polling in the high single digits and low double digits across Great Britain for well over a year now. This is the most significant and sustained burst of polling for a fourth … Continue reading →

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US Election Braindump

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Gerry Lynch

Crossposted at Slugger O’Toole… I am too tired and too discombobulated from number crunching to post a coherent, concise article, but there is much of interest in yesterday’s American election results. This was a decisive election for the world’s most … Continue reading →

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Know Your Battleground States 9/9: Florida

Posted on November 5, 2012 by Gerry Lynch

Florida, the United States’ incredibly flat protrusion into the sub-tropics, is an enormous and rapidly changing state, perhaps about to overtake New York as the third most populous state in the Union, and by far the biggest of the battleground … Continue reading →

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The youth vote: Cynicism of the first post-Troubles generation of voters

Posted on June 16, 2012 by Gerry Lynch

This article appeared in the Belfast Telegraph of 16 June 2012 Northern Ireland’s youngest adults have no memories of the worst of The Troubles. From September, new voters coming onto the electoral register will be people who were not even … Continue reading →

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