Category Archives: UK

My Views on the Assisted Suicide Bill

Posted on November 29, 2024 by Gerry Lynch

I am not opposed to assisted suicide in all circumstances on principle; but I cannot support this evidently rushed and badly thought-out proposal and I hope you vote against.  Continue reading →

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Once Again, America Chooses Ireland Over the UK

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Gerry Lynch

Unherd published a piece of mine on US government interventions on Northern Ireland, and why Ireland’s special relationship with the USA usually trumps the UK’s (read more here). Irish influence in America is not just about raw political calculation, nor … Continue reading →

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Must We Ban Russia Today?

Posted on November 21, 2022 by Gerry Lynch

UK and EU bans on RT are a betrayal of British and European values on free speech Continue reading →

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Northern Ireland is too Divided to Function

Posted on November 1, 2022 by Gerry Lynch

Given the obvious risk of political paralysis in N Ireland, why did the UK govt have no Plan B? Continue reading →

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Strange outbreaks of positivity over Northern Ireland

Posted on October 7, 2022 by Gerry Lynch

I was published in Unherd over the strange emergence of good vibes about breaking the EU-UK bad blood over the Northern Ireland Protocol. “After nearly two years of ugly in-fighting over the Northern Ireland Protocol, there has been a sudden … Continue reading →

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Paddington Bear and the Girl with Blue Hair

Posted on October 1, 2022 by Gerry Lynch

Liberal Christians have tried & failed to present the Gospel to appeal to well-educated progressives, while ignoring working-class women Continue reading →

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On Current Trends, Northern Ireland Will Leave the Union

Posted on September 23, 2022 by Gerry Lynch

I was published in Unherd on the 2021 Northern Ireland Census figures. Demography isn’t destiny but it contributes powerfully to it. This week’s Northern Ireland 2021 Census release, showing Catholics outnumbering Protestants for the first time, does not in itself doom the … Continue reading →

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Ripon Cathedral’s Space Age Chapel

Posted on August 14, 2021 by Gerry Lynch

1970’s Chapel of the Holy Spirit in Ripon Cathedral represents a sadly stillborn Anglican Space Age tradition of church furnishing. Continue reading →

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Things Have Gone Wrong At The Tavistock. Central Government Must Step In.

Posted on December 5, 2020 by Gerry Lynch

I’ve long since passed the point when I thought posting anything political on the internet made any difference, and what I’m about to say is on an issue where questioning a particular orthodoxy often results in abuse. But I don’t … Continue reading →

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A country is a home or it’s nothing

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Gerry Lynch

My latest piece in The Critic… A cheery-looking chap from the local Lib Dems dropped a Focus leaflet through my door last weekend, the first political leaflet I’ve received since moving here a few months ago. It may surprise you … Continue reading →

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