Politics has gone to hell in a handcart, so it’s time for a new voting system - Alex Kane
The voting age should be reduced to 16, and first-past-the-post in general elections needs replaced with proportional representation
Alex Kane: This general election could shake up local politics – and that might be no bad thing
With several contests to tight to call, results will put enormous pressure on some party leaders to step down
Alex Kane: Fasten your seatbelts, the revolution is underway
There have been two revolutions in my lifetime – and the current one has a long way to run
Alex Kane: Time has come for Sinn Féin to take its seats in Westminster
Ending of abstentionist positions has been key to emerging as dominant voice of both nationalism and republicanism
Alex Kane: Change is coming with this election – but is it change for the better?
There is something in the air, but it’s less Disney bluebells and birdsong and more the electoral equivalent of slurry
Alex Kane: The day Sunningdale fell and the dog caught the moving car
In the final part of his series about the Ulster Workers’ Council strike, which forced the collapse of the power-sharing executive 50 years ago today, Alex Kane argues that unionism has been paying for the consequences of its ‘victory’ ever since
Alex Kane: Election humiliation inevitable for useless Tories
July 4 general election could be interesting for Northern Ireland, with polling looking bad for DUP
Authorities fatally underestimated strength of Ulster Workers’ Council strike
Continuing a three-part series about the Ulster Workers’ Council strike, which brought down the Sunningdale power-sharing executive 50 years ago, Alex Kane recalls the first week of confrontation and the impact of the devastating loyalist bomb attacks in Dublin and Monaghan
If anyone in unionism has a cunning plan, now’s the time to produce it - Alex Kane
With a general election nearing, what does unionism do next?
The day unionists attempted to overthrow a government
In the first of a three-part series about the Ulster Workers’ Council strike, which was announced 50 years ago today, Alex Kane recalls the moment when anti-Sunningdale unionists and loyalist paramilitaries came together in an audacious attempt to bring down the power-sharing executive
Alex Kane: The Conservatives were stuffed last week – and they’ll be stuffed again this autumn
Alex Kane on Friday
Alex Kane: Is dysfunction actually Stormont’s factory setting?
Evidence heard in the Covid Inquiry has been hugely damaging for the Executive
Alex Kane: East Belfast shows that the era of safe unionist seats is over
As speculation continues about whether Alliance leader Naomi Long will take on East Belfast MP Gavin Robinson in the general election, Alex Kane says the reality is what was once a jewel in unionism’s electoral crown is now a marginal seat
Alex Kane: Please, Stormont, just give us a reason to believe
People don’t expect miracles - they just want to see something to give them confidence the Executive can deliver
Alex Kane: The more I hear about a border poll, the further away I think it might be
No amount of conferences and reports can get round the problem of there being no clear terms and conditions for calling a border poll