Mike Tomlinson
@miketqub.bsky.social
Educator/learner who believes in sense and nonsense and the importance of how to distinguish between the two. 1 of 4 behind Anti-Poverty Strategy (2021, n. Ireland). 1 of 3 @Beyond the Pale Books. Also: https://belfastmedia.com/authors/prof-mike-tomlinson
How different would our public transport system be if politicians were reliant on it? asks Sadhbh O'Neill
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 AM
How different would our public transport system be if politicians were reliant on it? asks Sadhbh O'Neill
In October settlers carried out more than 260 assaults on Palestinians resulting in casualties, property damage, or both — the highest number in any month since ICHA began tracking the violence in 2006.
November 24, 2025 at 7:20 AM
In October settlers carried out more than 260 assaults on Palestinians resulting in casualties, property damage, or both — the highest number in any month since ICHA began tracking the violence in 2006.
Mobile maternity unit - "The gift from the people of Ireland to the women in Gaza" which Israel blocks from entering Gaza.
November 19, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Mobile maternity unit - "The gift from the people of Ireland to the women in Gaza" which Israel blocks from entering Gaza.
Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War now streaming on ITVx. "a damning picture of Israel’s offensive, with soldiers detailing the repeated killing of unarmed civilians, the wanton destruction of buildings and the use of Palestinians as human shields."
November 17, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War now streaming on ITVx. "a damning picture of Israel’s offensive, with soldiers detailing the repeated killing of unarmed civilians, the wanton destruction of buildings and the use of Palestinians as human shields."
On Israel, arming and nurturing militias in enemy territory. (FT)
November 17, 2025 at 7:28 AM
On Israel, arming and nurturing militias in enemy territory. (FT)
Burnside is back, with a plan for a United Unionist Party.
November 11, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Burnside is back, with a plan for a United Unionist Party.
More evidence for the coming reckoning on the Gaza genocide
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 AM
More evidence for the coming reckoning on the Gaza genocide
Worthless pledge by US: Methane emissions from the three largest shale oil and gas basins in the US have risen by 18% since 2020, when the country was one of the 159 signatories of the global methane pledge to cut them by 30% by 2030.
November 10, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Worthless pledge by US: Methane emissions from the three largest shale oil and gas basins in the US have risen by 18% since 2020, when the country was one of the 159 signatories of the global methane pledge to cut them by 30% by 2030.
US plan for Gaza: partition along the yellow line.
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 AM
US plan for Gaza: partition along the yellow line.
"The Royal British Legion sells 30 million poppies each year. Still, it is the few that they don’t sell that often seem to garner much of the attention."
November 5, 2025 at 7:24 AM
"The Royal British Legion sells 30 million poppies each year. Still, it is the few that they don’t sell that often seem to garner much of the attention."
Reactions to 'Britcard'
September 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Reactions to 'Britcard'
Brian Feeney on unionism's antipathy towards equality:
September 26, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Brian Feeney on unionism's antipathy towards equality:
Superiority complex
(from Irish News)
(from Irish News)
September 23, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Superiority complex
(from Irish News)
(from Irish News)
Free Marwan Barghouti (from Observer)
September 21, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Free Marwan Barghouti (from Observer)
"I was shouting ‘down with Balfour’,” says the wealthy industrialist, referring to the 1917 Balfour declaration, a promise by the British government to Zionists to help them establish a Jewish homeland on the land where Israel now stands.
“And then they shot me.”
“And then they shot me.”
September 15, 2025 at 6:53 AM
"I was shouting ‘down with Balfour’,” says the wealthy industrialist, referring to the 1917 Balfour declaration, a promise by the British government to Zionists to help them establish a Jewish homeland on the land where Israel now stands.
“And then they shot me.”
“And then they shot me.”
English right attack Good Friday Agreement
September 12, 2025 at 6:44 AM
English right attack Good Friday Agreement
"It’s not really that difficult to get your head around why people in Derry would be opposed to the British armed forces peddling their wares at a jobs fair."
September 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
"It’s not really that difficult to get your head around why people in Derry would be opposed to the British armed forces peddling their wares at a jobs fair."
"Hilary Benn, like all British secretaries, is captive to the advice and control of Britain’s intelligence services. In effect, no matter what his initial intentions were, he has been nobbled." Mark Thompson - essential reading on legacy
September 9, 2025 at 6:01 AM
"Hilary Benn, like all British secretaries, is captive to the advice and control of Britain’s intelligence services. In effect, no matter what his initial intentions were, he has been nobbled." Mark Thompson - essential reading on legacy
"Black applicants are more than twice as likely to be denied a US mortgage as white counterparts declaring the same incomes, according to a Financial Times analysis of public data that shows people of colour still face hurdles to home ownership despite laws aimed at ending such disparities."
September 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
"Black applicants are more than twice as likely to be denied a US mortgage as white counterparts declaring the same incomes, according to a Financial Times analysis of public data that shows people of colour still face hurdles to home ownership despite laws aimed at ending such disparities."
Kitty O'Brien: "The video of me being beaten went viral because I’m white, but the violence I experienced is just a drop in the ocean compared to what my Palestinian, Arab and other racialised comrades have endured at the hands of the German state police over the past two years.”
September 5, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Kitty O'Brien: "The video of me being beaten went viral because I’m white, but the violence I experienced is just a drop in the ocean compared to what my Palestinian, Arab and other racialised comrades have endured at the hands of the German state police over the past two years.”
Sumud flotilla: 'All eyes must remain on Gaza'. (Irish Times letter)
September 4, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Sumud flotilla: 'All eyes must remain on Gaza'. (Irish Times letter)
Ex-EU officials recommend: "Prohibiting data centres and platforms based in Europe from receiving, storing or treating data originating from Israeli government or commercial sources relating to the Israeli government’s presence and activities in Gaza and elsewhere in the occupied territories.”
September 3, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Ex-EU officials recommend: "Prohibiting data centres and platforms based in Europe from receiving, storing or treating data originating from Israeli government or commercial sources relating to the Israeli government’s presence and activities in Gaza and elsewhere in the occupied territories.”
Irish Unity: Prof Colin Harvey arguing that we must ditch the notion that "a British Secretary of State will awaken one day and benevolently trigger a referendum after absorbing the latest polling evidence over breakfast. That is not how it will work."
August 29, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Irish Unity: Prof Colin Harvey arguing that we must ditch the notion that "a British Secretary of State will awaken one day and benevolently trigger a referendum after absorbing the latest polling evidence over breakfast. That is not how it will work."
"It is depressing how much EU and UK leadership has lost its moral compass when it comes to direct action against the Israeli regime. Now is the time for a real response, and where it hurts. Stop the renewal of the bonds and enact the Occupied Territories Bill." (Irish Times letter)
August 28, 2025 at 6:59 AM
"It is depressing how much EU and UK leadership has lost its moral compass when it comes to direct action against the Israeli regime. Now is the time for a real response, and where it hurts. Stop the renewal of the bonds and enact the Occupied Territories Bill." (Irish Times letter)