Cillian McGrattan
Dr Cillian McGrattan lectures in politics at Ulster University. He tweets at @cmcgrattan
Rewriting the past in Northern Ireland
Are the UK Research and Innovation Councils fit for purpose?
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Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
The underworld on the high street
Beneath the façade of everyday commerce, organised crime has quietly captured British high streets
The principles of peers
Supporters of assisted suicide are being sore losers
This apology for a political comedy
Amusing as a war crimes trial, and seems to last twice as long
We can restrict doctors’ strikes
Well-paid doctors should not be allowed to endanger patients uninhibited
The fog of facts
As elections approach, voters are forced to navigate a swamp of spin, distortion, and inaccessible data.
Soft competition
There are participation prizes to everyone at the Venice Biennale
From Wigton to Wadham College
The Oxford Bragg describes is almost as much another world to us now as it was to him then
Keeping the faith
Brexit triumphalists can’t understand how other people living in the UK in 2026 do not share their enthusiasm
Game of Thrones star steals the show
Steal, Amazon Prime’s enthralling new six-part financial crime thriller
