Author Archives: fitzjameshorse

Bangor Dub & FitzjamesHorse: Exclusive Pics

Posted on March 22, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Unmasked: Legendary Bloggers, BangorDub and FitzjamesHorse at SDLP Youth Quiz Fundraiser.

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SDLP Youth Quiz: A Moral Victory

Posted on March 21, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

SDLP Youth Quiz. South Belfast last night. I am happy to report that a team of international bloggers (a new American friend, Mr BangorDub and my good self) finished second. Unhappily I must report that nobody on our team knew … Continue reading →

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Angela Merkel Ate My Hamster

Posted on March 20, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Back in the 1970s I voted NO in the Referendum on the Common Market as it was called then. The rhetoric at the time was that the Common Market was a “rich mans club”. I have seen nothing in the … Continue reading →

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Congratulations To St Patricks And Our Ladys College

Posted on March 19, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Congratulations to St Patricks and Our Ladys College from East Belfast who beat St Malachys in the “IFA” Norn Iron Schools Cup Final at Solitude yesterday. Back in 1968, my old school St Marys CBS moved from Barrack Street in … Continue reading →

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Orange Order Has Cunning Plan

Posted on March 19, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

The Orange Order has a cunning plan…not quite sure if it is “cunning” in the Baldrick sense of the word….or in the Blackadder sense of a fox who is Professor of Cunning at Oxford University. Most towns have town parks. … Continue reading →

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The British Press. Victims Of Their Own Malice

Posted on March 18, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Hyperbole….it can be defined as The Sun reporting that the “crisis” over Press Regulation as “D Day”. There is something particuarly hilarious about Journalists talking about their favourite subject…themselves. Hyperbole…yes but also Hypocrisy. Legislation is about the balance of  Rights. … Continue reading →

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Sycophancy…It Gets You Barred.

Posted on March 16, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

I have unapproved many recent comments. On some blogs, playing the man gets you yellow cards ans red cards. I am not of course justifying such behaviour. But one thing that really pisses me off is FLATTERY bordering on SYCOPHANCY. … Continue reading →

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Local News Values?

Posted on March 15, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

I actually bought The Guardian yesterday. The first newspaper I have bought since the Leveson Report was published prior to Christmas. Actually it was far too soon to get any kind of real “behind the headlines” analysis of the Papal … Continue reading →

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Three Tribes

Posted on March 15, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Three years ago I started using a term on a well know political discussion board. The term was (all together now) ….LETSGETALONGERISM. I ventured to suggest that there are three communities in Norn Ireland. Irish/Republican/Catholic and British/Unionist/Protestand….and a third community … Continue reading →

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“One Rogue Reporter”

Posted on March 15, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Remember when we were fed the line that there was no Phone Hacking Scandal. There was just one rogue reporter. It strikes me that for a profession which is about observing and reporting, Journalists are at least remarkably incompetent as … Continue reading →

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