All articles by: Margaret Ritchie

The Loughinisland massacre – a fight for justice will continue

Published: September 28, 2016

Written by Margaret Ritchie

Following the damning Police Ombudsman’s report, the day may yet come when those responsible for the murder of six men at the Heights Bar will finally be prosecuted. On 18 …

Bad blood: we need full disclosure about this tragedy

Published: October 25, 2015

Written by Margaret Ritchie

Government procrastination is denying thousands of people the truth about why they became ill, writes Margaret Ritchie

Rudd’s List

October 6, 2016

Andrew Rosthorn

The Times, London October 5: Companies will be forced to reveal how many foreign workers they employ under government plans to shame bosses who fail to take on British staff. …

Fathers and Their Daughters

October 4, 2016

Harold Elletson

I have never felt so ashamed for having once been a Tory MP as when I heard the Prime Minister address the Conservative Party conference on Sunday. Wearing a black …

Corbyn maps out ‘road of advance’

September 28, 2016

Ian Hernon

Jeremy Corbyn wound up the Labour conference in Liverpool by saying that the movement must now focus on forming the next government. After months of splits, divisions and in-fighting, he …

Don’t it always seem to go…

September 28, 2016

Andrew Rosthorn

In a skeleton argument for next month’s High Court battle against the government, Helen Mountfield QC has listed the human rights we will forfeit in a Brexit without parliamentary approval. …

Labour pledges right to quality childcare

September 27, 2016

Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner has launched a Labour taskforce at the party’s annual conference in Liverpool to “transform early years provision” for all families, saying that every parent should …

Intervention the key to economic prosperity, says McDonnell

September 26, 2016

James Douglas

At Labour annual conference in Liverpool, Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell insisted that Britain needs an interventionist government working with the private sector. An incoming Labour government would borrow in the …

Corbyn calls for more grassroots power

September 26, 2016

Ian Hernon

Jeremy Corbyn has promised to hand more power to grassroots Labour activists but insisted that most sitting MPs need have no fear of deselection. The re-elected Leader said that, after …

Corbyn wins with increased mandate

September 24, 2016

Ian Hernon

Jeremy Corbyn was re-elected as Labour leader, comfortably defeating his challenger Owen Smith, and scoring 61.8% of the total vote, a larger margin of victory than last year. He said …

Corbyn readies Labour for snap election

September 23, 2016

Ian Hernon

Jeremy Corbyn told party activists after Labour’s bruising Leadership contest: “Together we are very, very strong”. From now on the party’s priority must be “reaching out, involving people in politics …

BBC losing out on iPlayer fees

September 23, 2016

David Hencke

The cash strapped BBC is failing to recover tens of millions of pounds for broadcasters by not having an up to date strategy on licence evaders. A report by the …

TUC to back corporate probe

September 23, 2016

Ian Hernon

TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady has backed a Commons probe into corporate governance which will focus on excessive executive pay and the make-up of boardrooms. The move by the business, …

News In Brief

September 23, 2016

Tribune web editor

By-elections after the death of Labour MP Jo Cox and the resignation of former Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron will be held on 20 October. Mrs Cox was killed in …

No Brexit talks for a year

September 23, 2016

James Douglas

Former European Council president Herman Van Rompuy warned that substantive Brexit talks between the UK and the rest of the EU are unlikely to start much before the end of …

Saudi arms sales slammed

September 23, 2016

James Douglas

The foreign affairs select committee has ruled that British courts should decide the legality of Government arms exports to Saudi Arabia. The MPs backed calls for the UK to suspend …

Voters prepare for Presidential election ‘slugfest’

September 23, 2016

Ian Hernon

In what has become the dirtiest US election campaign in memory, Green Party candidate Jill Stein and Libertarian Gary Johnson both failed to qualify for the first presidential debate on …

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