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Undercover ✑ The True Story of Britain's Secret Police

Kate Yo 🔖 has been reading a sordid story of espionage and abuse. They steal identitiesThey break the lawAnd they sleep with the enemyThe true story of Britain's secret police.“This is not about a lying boy friend, or a boyfriend who cheats on you. This is a fictional character created by the state, and funded with taxpayers money.”That line makes you sit up and take notice. It's a refence to

A Morning Thought @ 1459

When Is A Victim Not A Victim?

Lesley Stock ✒ In recent weeks, I’ve been astounded to see victims of the conflict here, troll and bitch about certain Victims Advocacy groups.It would seem that Twitter is not only the toxic forum we all knew it was, but that it gives people with an axe to grind far more scope to harass. Of course, being able to challenge is a welcome freedom, However, what I saw was clear, unadulterated

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of Two Hundred And Thirty Seven

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousTaoiseach says Sinn Féin are ‘falling into Putin trap’ by laying blame for rising cost of living on the Irish GovernmentElderly woman killed

In Kennedy's Song

Frankie Quinn with a poem from his book Open Gates.In Kennedy's SongShe lifted her head and as theTears rolled down her silken faceThey fell on his chest like rocksAnd cut deep whence her pain emerged.♞♜♝She pulled him towards herFelt him meld content in their confusion.Released from her, a fearsome beauty♞♜♝Held captive in her eggshell heart.So he drank her melancholy and tasted herFear from

Billy Bingham

Peter Anderson ⚽ I was very sad to hear that ex-Northern Ireland manager, Billy Bingham, died at the weekend after suffering with dementia for more than a decade.  To Northern Ireland fans he will always be the best and will be remembered very fondly. His 13 years in charge started in 1980 and for the first 10 years he achieved much, much more than was to be expected. Under Bingham Northern

A Morning Thought @ 1458

Russia ✑ New Wave Of Anti-War Protest

People And Nature ☭ Three months into Russia’s assault on Ukraine, Pavel Lisyansky reports that anti-war protesters, pushed back in March by a fierce legal clampdown, are finding ways to make their voices heard.20-May-2022While the Russian media claims wholesale popular approval of the Kremlin’s military aggression, Russians are being arrested for protesting peacefully in the country’s urban

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of Two Hundred And Thirty Six

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousWill Finland and Sweden Joining NATO Deepen the Alliance’s Problems?Solidarity with the Ukrainian Resistance!Russia Is Down. But It’s Not

Making Molyneaux Mad!

Dr John Coulter ✒ TPQ Monday contentious political commentator reflects on how he became one of the few Unionists with whom former Ulster Unionist leader, Jim Molyneaux, known as ‘Gentleman Jim’, lost his temper.The smiles hide what was to follow in the 1980s - a photo taken by me before lunch at my late parents’ home near Ballymena. From left, my dad Rev Dr Robert Coulter MBE, Jim Molyneaux,