Author Archives: fitzjameshorse

Stuart Hall Jailed

Posted on June 17, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Stuart Hall, for five decades the voice of the BBC in Manchester has been sent to prison for fifteen months for abusing young girls. Now in his eighties,the light sentence reflects his age. Yet it sends out a signal to … Continue reading →

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The Eagle Has Landed…Rolling Blog Of Sorts

Posted on June 17, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

So …Air Force One has landed. And the only question I want to ask is when do they all go home. G8…sick of it already. Not without its funny side. Noel Thompson did not know it was the Lord Lieutenant … Continue reading →

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Barak Obama Is No Martin Sheen

Posted on June 16, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

I was as pleased as most Europeans with the election of Barak Obama in 2008. I certainly got the whole “History being made” thing. But even then I was realistic enough to know that Obama was going to be President … Continue reading →

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NI21: A Model Party?

Posted on June 15, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

With Alliance Internet warriors now attacking NI21 on Slugger O’Toole, I am indebted to “Granni Trixie” , the Boedica of Alliance warrior tribe for the information that NI21s launch was organised by a model agency headed by a model called … Continue reading →

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SDLP and Sinn Fein: How It Was

Posted on June 15, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

One of the books on the Troubles, it might even be Brian Feeney’s book on SDLP and Sinn Fein describes the early 1970s Sinn Fein manifestation as non combatants…the parents and wives of the activists in the Irish Republican Army. … Continue reading →

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SDLP and Sinn Fein

Posted on June 15, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

There was a conference at University of Ulster yesterday. Unfortunately due to a logistical problem, I did not get to attend. It was actually in the form of a series of discussions…one of which was on the relationship between SDLP … Continue reading →

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Fitzjames Horse MBE

Posted on June 15, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

I am honoured and a little surprised to have been awarded the MBE for services to Blogging. As a nationalist, republican and socialist, I thought long and hard about accepting it. Turning it down would be a selfish act because … Continue reading →

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Who Let The Dogs Out?

Posted on June 14, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

As I predicted….and even a broken clock is right twice a day….Alliance are the Party most affected by the emergence of NI21. Far too early to say if NI21 will have any impact on Norn Iron politics or whether Basil … Continue reading →

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G8….Wake Me Up When It’s Over

Posted on June 14, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

As part of the whole normalisation process which we must accept…the G8 Summit is coming to County Fermanagh next week. To be honest I prefer that whole Titanic crap and that Derry City of Culture nonsense. Possibly even the MTV … Continue reading →

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The Secret Life Of Keano (aka Fitzjames Cat)

Posted on June 14, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Great documentary on BBC Horizon last night. The Secret Life Of Cats. I confess to being a Cat Person. Keano, now almost twelve years old is the family pet. It has always struck me as odd that Wildlife documentaries are … Continue reading →

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