A second Northern Ireland?
An interesting and almost definitionally neglected aspect of journalism is the stories we stop telling. A glance through the pages of the day’s papers (or for a better reading, this month’s Critic) gives you an idea of what’s important; but only by comparing that output to past coverage can you really get a feel for what we’re not talking about anymore. When I first started blogging in 2011, they were still a marginal force in Westminster (just six seats, can you believe it) and had not yet secured the overall majority in Holyrood which would catapult them to prime time.
- ▪An interesting and almost definitionally neglected aspect of journalism is the stories we stop telling.
- ▪A glance through the pages of the day’s papers (or for a better reading, this month’s Critic) gives you an idea of what’s important; but only by comparing that output to past coverage can you really get a feel for what we’re not talking abo
- ▪When I first started blogging in 2011, they were still a marginal force in Westminster (just six seats, can you believe it) and had not yet secured the overall majority in Holyrood which would catapult them to prime time.
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| Original publisher | The Critic |
| Canonical URL | https://thecritic.co.uk/a-second-northern-ireland/ |
| Publication time | Wed, 27 May 2026 01:00:11 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-27T01:52:56.121Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-27T01:52:57.958Z |
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An interesting and almost definitionally neglected aspect of journalism is the stories we stop telling. A glance through the pages of the day’s papers (or for a better reading, this month’s Critic) gives you an idea of what’s important; but only by comparing that output to past coverage can you really get a feel for what we’re not talking about anymore. The Scottish National Party is such a story. When I first started blogging in 2011, they were still a marginal force in Westminster (just six seats, can you believe it) and had not yet secured the overall majority in Holyrood which would catapult them to prime time.
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