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Monthly Archives: November 2013
Derry Stroke Derry
Whats in a name? “Doire”. “Derry”. “Londonderry”. Gerry Aderson of course was being ironic. Referencing “Derry Stroke Londonderry” to highlight the obsessionally nationalist and unionist sensitivities. Over a year ago, the term “Derry Londonderry” started to be used as a … Continue reading
East Belfast Speaks Out…Quietly.
So last night East Belfast spoke out…quietly. I expected more. Indeed I feared more. I thought there would be folks from the totemic Belmont Bowling Club and maybe the Beast from the East…or at least some Fleggers. Maybe some Short … Continue reading
Platform For Change: Haass Talks
Platform For Change. A meeting to discuss the Haass Talks. Always worrying to see middle-aged men in Lycra. Its funny how poor people ride bicycles thru necessity and middle-class people ride bicycles as some kinda statement. The usual suspects from … Continue reading
Workers Party Conference
A comprehensive report on the Workers Party Annual Conference….. John Lowry stood up. He made a speech. He sat down.
Platform For Change: Preview
On the train from Dublin to Belfast. It has already been a busy day.. Hopefully a short visit to Clonard to remember Fr Alec Reid. And if I feel up to it, I will go along to the Platform for … Continue reading
Where Was I…22nd November 1963
It seems so long ago. November 1963. Could not then comprehend what fifty years even looked like. I was living in a small house in West Belfast. Parents and a younger sister. I was 11 years old. Manchester United had … Continue reading
Larkin…A Long Resignation Letter?
There is the LAW. There is POLITICS. Maybe Politics is the application of Law, Education, Environment, Health, Defence and all the rest. There are some professionals…economists, military, doctors, scientists, lawyers who can operate in the political world. And others who … Continue reading
Slugger: Sods And Odds
No reply from Slugger O’Toole about my “yellow card” on their anti-republican, anti-SDLP message board. To his credit, Alan …the acceptable face of Sluggerdom has put a comment on my Facebook that my comment “was deemed dismissive and did not … Continue reading
Yellow Card?
Well here is a strange thing or is it? Slugger O’Toole, the anti-nationalist message board agonises about not having many SDLP voices there. So…Mick posts a longish thread about a statement by Retired Police Officers Association. …effectively the voice of … Continue reading
Keeping An Eye On the Czar of Russia 