Monthly Archives: June 2019

SDLP: Leave Everyone Behind?

Posted on June 4, 2019 by fitzjameshorse

Over the last two days, I have written about Sinn Féin…how seemingly difficult it is to join and how they use patronage to keep everyone onside…and quite a few people on the (perhaps mythical) average industrial wage. As far as … Continue reading →

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Sinn Féin: No Man (Or Woman) Left Behind

Posted on June 2, 2019 by fitzjameshorse

I think it was Brian Feeney who described (early 1970s) Sinn Féin as the non combatant fathers, mothers, wives etc of IRA members. Sinn Féin likes to spread the myth that they are the political descendents of the Sinn Féin … Continue reading →

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Nearly Joined Sinn Féin…True Story

Posted on June 2, 2019 by fitzjameshorse

It was just over ten years ago. I had been voting Sinn Féin from 1993. I went along to a Sinn Féin meeting with the intention of signing up. During the meeting, there was an announcement of a coach trip … Continue reading →

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