In the wake of the British general election OWEN POLLEY challenges the unionist parties to come to terms with what unionism actually stands for

RICHARD DWYER critically examines Labour’s record since 1997 and hopes for a positive Labour-Liberal coalition

David Cameron’s slash-and-burn policies could see the Unionist/Tory marriage collapse before it’s consummated, says STEPHEN RAINEY but there’s another problem lurking in the long grass

The shotgun marriage between the Tories and Ulster Unionists won’t see the dawning of a bright blue future, JASON WALSH

Libertarian and philosopher GERARD CASEY doesn’t agree with Roger Scruton but he’s ready for the debate

One British political party wants to not only stop immigration but introduce what amounts to an internal passport system – but it’s not the BNP. It’s the Greens.

The British government is about to call a general election but the stakes have never been lower, says JASON WALSH

Why is the Conservative candidate for Richmond upon Thames funding so many of the environmental groups that ought to be attacking the Tories, asks WILL DEIGHTON

Is Britain headed for a hung parliament, asks JASON WALSH – and does it matter?

forth editor JASON WALSH gives his personal view on why nothing matters in Ireland today – and suggests how we might change that

The endless and farcical devolution talks at Stormont should remind us of the need to replace the exhausted institutions, both north and south, writes forth editor JASON WALSH in Spiked

Philosopher Stephen Rainey reports on the withdrawal of abortion advice in the North

Life is not just a litany of human suffering. forth punctures a few misanthropic modern myths

The appalling abuse of children by Catholic priests should not be allowed to make children of us all, says Jason Walsh

In this, the first part of a discussion in which Owen Polley and Jason Walsh outline their views on what real politics would look like, Polley argues for the creation of a unionism freed of the fetters of identity

There are no solutions to the economic crisis because no-one will think politically

What would the entry of one million unionists and 700,000 Northern nationalists do to Irish politics? Fix it.
forth editor Jason Walsh writing in the current edition of Humanism Ireland