Monthly Archives: June 2013

Durkan Tops SDLP Youth Poll

Posted on June 3, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

This is interesting. My friends in SDLP Youth have had a poll on who the Party should select as the candidate in the European Elections next year and have come up with Mark Durkan, former Party Leader and currently the … Continue reading →

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Dr Who And Dr What

Posted on June 3, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

So we are having a new Dr Who. I am not sure that I care but it is one of those ritualistic things that is part of Sci Fi Culture. I am not a great fan of the Doctor but … Continue reading →

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SpAd Alert Post

Posted on June 3, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Oh dear …another post on the vexed question of Sinn Fein and their “right” to appoint their own Special Advisors to the (taxpayer-funded) civil service OR  the “responsibility” of Sinn Fein not to appoint persons (people who have served fourteen … Continue reading →

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Laird …Story? What Story?

Posted on June 3, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

So the two minute BBC Norn Iron TV News bulletin at 7.58am did not mention Laird Laird.  It is item #3 on the local BBC News teletext service. Yet at 8am the story (with that of fellow peers Cunningham and … Continue reading →

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Lobbying Companies And Escort Agencies

Posted on June 2, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

A lot of people from the (self-regulated) Lobbying industry have been on the various  TV News channels all day. And I still cant understand what they actually DO and why we need them. And why a Democracy needs them. When … Continue reading →

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BBC Ulster Scots (sic) Word Of The Day

Posted on June 2, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

I was inspired by a thread on Slugger O’Toole to look up the Ulster-Scots (please dont snigger) word for “scoundrel”. I did not have far to look because it is actually the Word of the Day on the BBC Ulster … Continue reading →

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Laird Laird

Posted on June 2, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

I have only ever seen “Lord” John Laird once in my life. It was at the West Belfast count in the 1973 Assembly Elections. Forty years ago this month. It doesnt look like he is going to have a good … Continue reading →

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