Francis Grove-White

For the people of Northern Ireland, the Good Friday agreement is sovereign, not a tool of political expediency, writes SDLP leader Colum Eastwood Twenty years on from when the people of this island endorsed the principle of power-sharing through the Good Friday agreement, it is deeply troubling that we have arrived at this dangerous and difficult point. Having been denied a government for over a year, our health and education budgets are badly in need of investment and decisions.

From cider manufacturing to nuclear energy, Brexit will jeopardise the thriving industries of the south west The south west is currently home to many industries that will be affected by Brexit. From the construction site at Hinkley Point C on the outskirts of Bridgwater, to the cheese makers in Cheddar, the cider brewers in Taunton and Yeo Valley Yogurts, it is clear Brexit will have a significant impact across the region.

Viktor Orbán’s rhetoric shows us ‘fake news’ is rife in European politics too, writes Robert Philpot ‘The people are tired of reason,’ the left-wing German playwright Ernst Toller observed as he watched the destruction of democracy across Europe in the 1930s. ‘Tired of thought and reflection. They ask, “What has reason done in the last few years years, what good have insights and knowledge done us?”’ Toller’s words have rarely seemed more apt than they do today.