Can Lidl save Northern Ireland’s pubs? There are few things that the Northern Irish love more than alcohol and bargains. On the rare occasions when the two coincide, we are at our happiest. It is therefore exciting news that Lidl is about…

Northern Ireland is plagued by draconian licensing laws. Could the construction of a Lidl pub mark a positive shift? | Adam James Pollock unherd.com/newsroom/can...

Successive governments have all overseen the decline of Britain’s nuclear capacity but a deal with Rolls-Royce could mean Labour is finally turning the tide | Adam James Pollock

The Critic: Adam James Pollock argues that the rejection of assisted suicide has been so decisive that the issue is now settled.

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Morning Star: Adam James Pollock argues that the dangers the assisted suicide Bill poses to vulnerable people are too great for it to become law.

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The Critic: Adam Pollock argues assisted dying just is another form of suicide, and, like all forms of suicide, it ought to be discouraged, not enabled by the state.

https://thecritic.co.uk/rebranding-suicide/

Could selling deadly chemicals become legal under assisted dying? On Wednesday, a British man was jailed for 14 years for selling poisonous chemicals online to allow people to commit suicide. Miles Cross sold the fatal drugs to four people, two of whom, tragically,…

On Wednesday, a British man was jailed for selling poisonous chemicals online to allow people to commit suicide. Will this remain illegal if the assisted dying bill becomes law? | Adam James Pollock
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Labour’s inheritance tax U-turn is a hollow victory for farmers Yesterday it was reported that the Labour government has once again made a U-turn on a policy proposal, this time on the inheritance tax raid on family farms. Under the amended proposals, the…

'The inheritance tax reversal is yet another policy that Labour seems unable to carry out' | Adam James Pollock unherd.com/newsroom/lab...

English Heritage’s Christmas revisionism is a sign of cultural decline Something is amiss in Britain’s heritage institutions. History, whose events were once set in stone, is consistently being altered retrospectively by those whose role it is to ensure that the truth…

Are any of Britain's heritage institutions serious about historical accuracy? | Adam James Pollock unherd.com/newsroom/eng...

Northern Ireland’s last huntsmen ‘All this could soon be gone.’ Arterra/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

‘We were all clambering through brambles and over rusty barbed wire in search of the elusive hare’ | Adam James Pollock
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Kemi's Northern Ireland Brexit blunder will continue to haunt her In June, Badenoch commissioned her own report into withdrawing from the ECHR, referred to as the Lawfare Commission.

Badenoch risks her conjecture about leaving the ECHR being just that.

✍️ Adam James Pollock

Did you not make it to the point in the article where I mention the arguments for it being wrong

Northern Ireland is still paying a heavy price for Brexit This bungled Brexit deal is yet another reason for British firms to stop doing business in Northern Ireland

It is yet another reason for British firms to stop doing business in Northern Ireland.

✍️ Adam James Pollock

Why Northern Ireland hates Paddington Paddington’s values have very little to do with what Britishness means in Northern Ireland

Why Northern Ireland hates Paddington.

✍️ Adam James Pollock

First attempt at bread making. Recipe for ‘no knead’ bread by Adam James Pollock (on Twitter). Smells Devine 😀

Gout is no longer the disease of kings In contemporary Britain, gout has shed its aristocratic cloak and instead wrapped itself around the shoulders of the working class.

‘Britain’s welfare state today supports more weight than George IV’s trouser braces.’

✍️ Adam James Pollock

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Saffron risotto with red wine braised beef short ribs for dinner tonight

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I’ve only been painting for a week

Mostly new but a few of the classics!

Today’s painting

Bathroom renovation progress

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I did a little painting – my second one ever