Monthly Archives: January 2022

Decade Of Half Centenaries: Deaths January 1972

Posted on January 31, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

We have had the Decade of Centenaries. It was little more than an attempt by (some) academics to help us “understand” the background of the Troubles (which began in 1969) thru seminal events like the Ulster Covenant, Easter Rising, First … Continue reading →

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Bloody Sunday 1972-2022

Posted on January 30, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

This is a strange post. I have always known that I would write about Bloody Sunday. And I thought it would be a long post but actually it wont be long. Reasons…we are all familiar with the story. And I … Continue reading →

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SDLP : New Faces: Paul Doherty (West Belfast)

Posted on January 28, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

I am of course a man from West Belfast. I still feel like that even though I only lived there from 1952 to 1979. Of course I usually worked in Belfast but oddly I have never felt totally at ease … Continue reading →

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I Am A Victim Of “Cancel Culture”

Posted on January 27, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

It would be hard to find a person more “woke” and “right on” than me. So I find it odd that a comment I made on Slugger O’Toole has been deleted. There is an excellent post by Ms Kellie Turtle. … Continue reading →

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Doug Beattie…It’s The Way He Tells Them!

Posted on January 24, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

Apparently Doug Beattie, UUP Leader who we keep being told is a modern kind of unionist has made a very unfunny joke about Edwin Poots and Mrs Poots. I have not heard the joke and I do not want to … Continue reading →

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Downing Street: Whaddya Know?…Whaddya Say?

Posted on January 20, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

We do of course live in the “New Normal”. At first the Pandemic seemed like Science Fiction. Mysterious killer disease that started in Asia. For the record, I had the worst flu I ever had (at times I could not … Continue reading →

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JeffreyMandering

Posted on January 15, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

Dual Mandate or Double Jobbing? They mean the same thing but one is much more perjorative than the other. This means a person being a member of two legislative Assemblies at the same time…ie Westminster Parliament and the regional Assemblies … Continue reading →

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Royally Screwed

Posted on January 13, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

I do not like rich people. The main reason is that I am not rich. I do not like Monarchy or the Royals. It is more a philosophical dislike. But there are trappings that I like. For example, I quite … Continue reading →

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Life Skills Required To Be A (Despised) Minority

Posted on January 11, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

I have spent some of the Pandemic researching my own family History. The despicable comments by (Lady) Kate Hoey have angered a lot of people in the nationalist community. At this point, I do not want to go into much … Continue reading →

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Three Decades of Half-Centenaries

Posted on January 3, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

When I became an active blogger over ten years ago, the”big theme” was the Decade of Centenaries. As regular readers will know, I prefer private remembering to public remembrance. We are entitled to remember our history as we wish. I … Continue reading →

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