Monthly Archives: April 2015

The Czar of Russia Verdict On David McCann

Posted on April 22, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

As David McCann publishes the Slugger O’Toole verdict on the Party Political Broadcasts…you will all be shocked to know that the best PEB….is the Alliance Party. The SDLP came fourth. (David has oddly two parties at #2 and SDLP at … Continue reading →

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Coffin Ships 2015

Posted on April 21, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

It is heart breaking. Men, women and children drowning in the Mediteranean. Escaping war and famine in the Middle East…travelling long distances …to North Africa….paying huge sums to people traffickers …to bring them to Europe on ships and boats that … Continue reading →

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Poster Boys & Girls…#16 Ross Brown (Green Party)

Posted on April 21, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

14th April. Holywood Road, Belfast. Across the street from the Strand Arts Centre, where the Slugger O’Toole East Belfast Debate was taking place. Green candidate for East Belfast is Ross Brown and he is already a member of Belfast City … Continue reading →

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Poster Boys & Girls…#15 Tom Woolley (SDLP)

Posted on April 21, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Wednesday 15th April. Bangor, County Down. The roundabout at Brunswick Road-Maxwell Road. Tom Woolley, SDLP candidate for North Down. There was a second poster which had been defaced and it appears some SDLP posters have been removed. Not fertile ground … Continue reading →

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Roy Mason…Dead

Posted on April 21, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

It is a sign that I am getting old. Another long inactive politician from the 1970s has died. Roy Mason who was British Secretary for State from 1976 to 1979 in the Labour Government was an absurd and nasty person. … Continue reading →

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Poster Boys & Girls…#14 Jim Shannon (DUP)

Posted on April 20, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

14th April. Jim Shannon, DUP…outgoing MP for Strangford. Regent Street, Newtownards. Former MLA, who took the ultra-safe seat in 2010. Previously held by Iris Robinson.

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Poster Boys & Girls…#13 Kellie Armstrong (Alliance)

Posted on April 20, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

14th April. Regent Street, Newtownards. Kellie Armstrong is a councillor and based on the Ards Peninsula. I dont know anything about her except she is the Vice Chair of the Alliance Party. Alliance hold one of the six Assembly seats … Continue reading →

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David Cameron Fails His History Test

Posted on April 20, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Oh dear. Did you spot the horrible history mistake that David Cameron made yesterday. Seemingly he wont be doing deals with the Scottish Nationalist Party because it is unprecedented for nationalist parties to have influence in the politics of the … Continue reading →

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The Sturgeon Revolution: The Edinburgh Spring

Posted on April 18, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

I was always a politics nerd. I suppose the first Westminster election that I ever watched “thru the night” was in 1964. I was 12 years old. It was a narrow Labour win. Then..1966 (Labour) , 1970 (Tory win..the first in … Continue reading →

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Poster Boys & Girls…#12 Joe Boyle (SDLP)

Posted on April 17, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

14th April. Regent Street, Newtownards, outside the Ulsterbus Station. Joe Boyle is the candidate for Strangford and is a councillor based in Portaferry on the tip of the Ards Peninsula. Newtownards is not a nationalist-friendly town so it is nice … Continue reading →

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