Sam McBride Northern Ireland Editor
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Sam McBride is the Northern Ireland Editor of the Belfast Telegraph and the Sunday Independent. His 2019 book Burned: The Inside Story of the Cash-for-Ash Scandal and Northern Ireland’s Secretive New Elite became a Sunday Times and Irish Times bestseller and was shortlisted for the Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize. He is a regular presence on radio and television, giving analysis of events which impact on Northern Irish politics and society.

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Without power-sharing in Stormont, the Good Friday Agreement as we knew it is gone

What does a political party leader do when he believes he should do X but his supporters love him doing Y?

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BBC NI has shaped our culture and politics... but now it’s facing real trouble

Ever since Tyrone Guthrie’s voice proclaimed “Hello, hello, this is 2BE, the Belfast station of the British Broadcast...

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NI Secretary of State in defiant one-word response to suggestions he’s part of the Stormont problem

Chris Heaton-Harris has responded defiantly to the suggestion that he might be part of the problem with restoring Sto...

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Blackout fears as DfE finally admits major gap looms in NI power supply this winter

The Stormont department responsible for energy has finally admitted there will be a major gap in Northern Ireland’s e...

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PSNI is in a dangerous crisis but the watchdogs are not barking

Five weeks ago I contacted the PSNI press office to put to it allegations that former officers in its anti-corruption...

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How PSNI pursued innocent officer for three years while not disciplining those it admits broke th...

Three years ago the PSNI accused one of its officers of breaking the law in a minor way.

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PSNI anti-corruption officers accused of corruption over £120 breakfasts, mysterious hotel stays ...

On a mild December day, eight days before Christmas, a PSNI officer in the force’s anti-corruption unit claimed £259 ...

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Secretary of State refuses to retract inaccurate sea border claim after misleading the public

The Secretary of State has refused to clarify or retract claims he made about the transportation of plants across the...

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Authorities admit to power station problem with NI at risk of blackouts as well as facing a massi...

Most of the workers at Kilroot Power Station’s coal-fired units have been told they’re losing their jobs as it is due...

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Twisted firestarters and the tragedy of the Eleventh Night bonfires

‘Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself,” was Shakespeare’s advice. But loyalists are not j...

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For years it has been in Sinn Fein’s best interests to be in Stormont… but not any longer

For years, it has been received wisdom that Sinn Fein’s southern ambitions mean it needs to be in Stormont to show so...

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Judicial reviews not as frequent and costly as feared, but process can still be improved

In a democracy, power is constrained to protect personal liberties and curtail the potential for authoritarianism — b...

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