Author Archives: fitzjameshorse

“Win A Weekend Break For Two In London”

Posted on May 4, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

During the week, I saw a competition in a local newspaper and the first prize was a weekend trip to London. Now you are probably thinking that this is something I might have seen every day of my life for … Continue reading →

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Bloggers In Arms…#2 Séamas Ó’Sionnaigh

Posted on May 4, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Militant Gael, Celtic Nationalist, Progressive Republican, environmentalist, centre-left social-democrat, socially liberal, an atheist with spiritual leanings of a Celtic kind, disciple of An Piarsach with elements of Connolly and Davis, follower of Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Peadar Ó Domhnaill and Earnán … Continue reading →

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UKIP : Send In The Clones.

Posted on May 3, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

There is…or at least WAS…something far too cosy about British electoral politics. Seasoned election watchers like myself will recall Richard Dimbleby, David Butler the psephologist and Professor Robert McKenzie and his swingometer on BBC Election nights in 1964, 1966, 1970, … Continue reading →

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Bloggers In Arms …#1 FitzjamesHorse

Posted on May 2, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Good to see so many pan-nationalist bloggers out there. Hopefully some of the Word Press Gang will introduce themselves here. This is Fitzjames Horse. FJH is 60 years old, retired and an occasional member of SDLP. He is a socialist, … Continue reading →

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BBC Man Stuart Hall Guilty Of Sex Abuse

Posted on May 2, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

So……Jimmy Saville was not the only rogue BBC man. Stuart Hall aged 83 the TV presenter and sports reporter and a big BBC man up in the Manchester area will be sentenced next month for sex abuse. The abuse goes … Continue reading →

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“Hope I Die Before I Get Old”

Posted on May 1, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

As The Who put it nearly fifty years ago. My mother was in an old peoples home. She hated it. She referred to it as the ” Work House” . She died aged 90 in 2003. Depressing days as we … Continue reading →

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IPSOS Survey

Posted on May 1, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

So this is a bit awkward. A Telephone Opinion Poll: What council area do you live in? Well that was easy. Lets have question #2. And your age? 60… Next question. This is going well. Im sorry sir…we have already … Continue reading →

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Karma Is A Bitch

Posted on April 29, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

I see on another message board, another thread (from the usual source) celebrating that another relative of a high-profile Sinn Fein person has been found guilty of something. I am not exactly sure of the relevance. After all the same … Continue reading →

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Violence Towards The Elderly…And Me

Posted on April 29, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Violence towards the Elderly concerns me a lot. Violence towards ME concerns me even more. Or more accurately..the threat of violence. I was in Derry on Saturday. Came back to Belfast on the SDLP minibus…the designated adult “supervising ” the … Continue reading →

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What Do Young People Think?

Posted on April 29, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Over the weekend I was thinking a lot about my trip to Texas three months ago.The very last question put to me was ” What do young people in Norn Iron think? The question was put as we were all … Continue reading →

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