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Still more questions than answers. Do the additional derby games count as part of the regular season and to league position? If so, places massive disadvantage at the door of Irish teams based on historical performance. Who do Scottish teams, Italian teams and South African teams play their two addi...

May I say how happy I am that women from NI will now be entitled to free NHS abortions, even if they still have to pay to travel to GB to avail of it. This iniquitous wee hole likes to tell women from NI how their body will be controlled by the DUP madmen/madwomen. Whilst I share your happiness on ...

I always found it hard to care about the Lions. You know, I'd watch an occasional test if I was awake and nothing else was happening but largely didn't care much about the results. The only attention I pay to the Lions, therefore, is what I see coming through social media. Team selections, punditry ...

Cap'n Grumpy wrote:Pretty low impact factor for that journal.

What's the betting that the paper was rejected by higher ranked journals before ending up in that one?

just saying .....

Quite possibly... But not really sure what that has to do with anything?

As I mentioned, a lot of the anti-terror legislation has been for the politicians to give the illusion they are doing something. Calls to prevent encryption on the internet, or mass surveillance of the internet also show how clueless the politicians are and these fall into the "something must ...

I'm not going to disagree with you that Labour's lack of opposition makes realpolitik sense. It also doesn't make the party likeable or a remotely good opposition, which is most of the point I am making. Put another way, watching someone whose political career was founded on principles taking a real...

I take your point on pollsters, but from where did you get the figure of 20% in favour of a united Ireland? At the last Assembly election, 40% of those who voted gave their first preference to either the SDLP or Sinn Fein. Additionally, a further 2% voted for People Before Profit in areas of Belfas...

Please give actual explanation as to why Corbyn is ineffectual? (1) His party's policies on a number of things are popular yet these policies, with the exception of the NHS, are seldom amongst the most important concerns of the electorate. On those concerns, his party have often been found lacking ...

I am assuming she will be PM however it would be delicious irony if she isn't and I think even an increased majority of less than a dozen will almost be seen as a defeat. Can't see it happening however, the pensioners and kippers will turn out en masse and vote blue in most areas outside London and...

WTF is the story with the outstanding contracts? Bit buzzard to still not bounce anything, unless agents are playing hardball and things really aren't done and dusted? Hmmm doubt that. Announcement should be soon. IRFU maybe letting dust settle after what's happened earlier on in year. Always hard ...

Hopefully both Rea's will get chances this year. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Rea Jr looked nothing special in the u20's match on wednesday. If he can't stand out against a bunch of U20's, there's no way he's ready for senior rugby Given that Ireland we collectively awful for all of the game ...

We must be the only place in the world where opinion polls have done away with the need for elections and referenda. Look around the world -Trump, Brexit - to see high profile examples of pollsters getting it wrong. Let's have a proper debate and a vote and then see where we stand. 'Too divisive!' ...

Given the circumstances, far from the worst signing I think Ulster could have made. But it also does seem to be a reflection of the circumstances. Doubt he'd have been anyone's first choice had this signing been made at the start of the season. Which kind of does beg the question about why it's a t...

Perhaps they believe it would be harder to sign a good new player in the season leading up to the World Cup than it might be attracting a player for after the tournament. If he was on a 1 year deal we may have had to have dipped even further into the bargain basement for cover in the 2018-19 season...

Given the circumstances, far from the worst signing I think Ulster could have made. But it also does seem to be a reflection of the circumstances. Doubt he'd have been anyone's first choice had this signing been made at the start of the season. Which kind of does beg the question about why it's a tw...