Sam McBratneyMay 3, 20213 minSomething to celebrate?Today is a special birthday: the centenary of the birth of a new state - Northern Ireland. It was borne of political pragmatism and...
Sam McBratneyJan 20, 20215 minA House Divided?‘A house divided against itself cannot stand.’ Despite the Biblical quote, this is actually a blogpost about the state of politics in...
Sam McBratneyJan 20, 20213 minPolaritiesHow did we get here? How is it that a nation defined by its sense of fairplay and reasonableness is now locked in the zero-sum game of...
Sam McBratneyJan 20, 20213 minStuck on BrexitThe public sphere is full of talk of Brexit - hard, soft, chaotic, in-name-only. Yet, among the clamour, the voices of the Churches are...