Author Archives: fitzjameshorse

The Lady’s Not For Burning?

Posted on April 9, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

I wonder if she will be buried or cremated. I dare say this is not an original Thatcher joke. So apologies if its all over Twitter, Facebook. I have never knowingly said anything original or funny.

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Il Duce At Sunderland?

Posted on April 9, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

What do I know about Paolo Di Canio. Well he pushed over the referee in a Premiership game which was absolutely hilarious…..er I mean it was absolutely disgraceful. Nobody in our house laughed…much. And he was responsible for one of … Continue reading →

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Thatcher: Ceremonial

Posted on April 9, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Yes….I woke up this morning and Margaret Thatcher is still dead. To be honest, I have avoided news coverage as the parade of Thatcher sycophants from the1980s is irritating. Like so many vampires eulogising Dracula. The Newsnight and various “specials” … Continue reading →

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A Minutes Silence?

Posted on April 8, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

So Manchester United play Manchester City…an hour to kick off. Will there be an impeccably observed Minutes Silence to mark the passing of Margaret Thatcher. Hardly a lover of Football….Hillsborough and Heysel to hcore dubious credit. Black armbands anyone?

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If You Can’t Say Something Nice About The Dead….

Posted on April 8, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

You really had to be there…in full adulthood …to really know what it was like to live under Margaret Thatcher….whether in Norn Iron or in “the United Kingdom”. Certainly in 1974, she seemed destined to be remembered as Thatcher Milk … Continue reading →

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John McCallister MLA

Posted on April 6, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

A year is a long time in Politics. Grand National Day 2012 and John McCallister was a guest speaker at the SDLP Youth Conference in Beechmount in West Belfast. He had some nice things to say about SDLP, even asking … Continue reading →

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South Armagh Man Wins Mastermind

Posted on April 6, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Congratulations to Mr McQuade (no relation since you ask) from South Armagh who has won BBC Mastermind. I expect that we will read about this on Slugger O ‘Toole where the commentator Sheldon takes an interest in things of interest … Continue reading →

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Working Class?

Posted on April 4, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

I am 60 years old. The older I get, the more disturbed I am at pictures of children in distress. Ipossible to see footage from war-torn Palestine and famine-blighted Ethiopia witbeing seeing my grandchildren. And I am sure that the … Continue reading →

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Ashes To Ashes…Norn Iron 1960s

Posted on April 4, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

I never really “got” Ashes to Ashes …or for that matter Inspector George Gently, Foyles War, Call The Midwife and WPC 54. Nostalgia…it’s not what it used to be. We live it seems in washy washy times and the only … Continue reading →

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Vexing Vexillology

Posted on April 3, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Jamie Bryson is obsessed with Flegs. Willie Fraser is obsessed with Flegs…and so too is Mick Fealty over on Slugger O’Toole. The question has been posed that the National Flag of Ireland seems a bit dated as the “orange” bit … Continue reading →

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