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Pay off: Attempts to buy off business and MPs have been less-than successful

This government has bungled every negotiation it faced and now it’s even bungling its bribes

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Tied together by weakness: Theresa May and Arlene Foster during a visit to Belleek pottery factory I Copyright: PA

Utter failure: DUP increasingly doomed despite Tory team-up

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"The risk now is that attitudes harden and even getting to the point of an outline deal becomes difficult to achieve"

Who’s to blame for the mess in N.Ireland? The buck stops with Theresa May

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The Tory-DUP deal has complicated efforts to revive power-sharing at Stormont

The government must act to rescue Northern Irish power-sharing

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The Tory-DUP deal: Precursor to Irish reunification?

The Tory-DUP deal makes a united Ireland easier to deliver

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"Any pretence of being 'strong and stable' has long gone, this is now about survival"

Week in Review: Abortion amendment shows how easily government can be hurt

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Having been on the ropes in March, Arlene Foster is now in the ascendant

What the DUP have negotiated is much smarter than many predicted

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Majority of respondents use social media at least once a day, survey of doctors finds.

The overwhelming majority (80%) of respondents use social media, with 78% using it at least once a day, according to new research undertaken by the Medical Defence Union (MDU). The survey of 1,797 MDU members also revealed that the most popular channels were Facebook which is used by 75% followed by Instagram and YouTube which are… Read more »

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UK absent from multinational statement calling out global persecution of the non-religious

The UK is conspicuously absent from the list of signatories to a statement published by the International Religious Freedom or Belief Alliance (IRFBA) that highlights the persecution of the non-religious and calls for their protection. IRFBA is a network of 38 countries committed to advancing freedom of religion or belief around the world with the Prime… Read more »