Author Archives: fitzjameshorse

Which Constitutional Nationalist Party Stoops Down Lower?

Posted on March 29, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Sammy McNally raised some interesting points in a comment on my earlier thread in which I suggested that the Decade of Centenaries…..and the Half Centenaries……provide an opportunity for SDLP and UUP. I want to develop that point further, with particular … Continue reading →

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The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner

Posted on March 29, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

My sister just phoned from London to ask if I was going over next month. The London Marathon passes her front door and I have watched it pass a few times. I used to run quite a lot ..even did … Continue reading →

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The Upcoming Decade…….Opportunity For SDLP And UUP

Posted on March 28, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Memorably UUP Leader Tom Elliott would not attend a GAA match. To do so would have exposed the UUP to criticism from the purists in the DUP. Memorably in November 2010, Margaret Ritchie, then SDLP Leader wore a poppy at … Continue reading →

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Reporting Norn Iron

Posted on March 28, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Fascinating BBC Norn Iron documentary last night. Four journalists who had reported on Norn Iron for TV News returned to Belfast to talk about their time here. Martin Bell………I have always regarded as a pompous ass. He was easily the … Continue reading →

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Slugger O’Toole Nominated For An Award

Posted on March 28, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Congratulations to the “independent” website Slugger O’Toole (partner of Stratagem which advises the Rowntree Foundation which has donated £98,000 to the Alliance Party since 2007). Slugger has been nominated for a blogging award. Alas, I am the George C Scott … Continue reading →

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Facebook Status (1908)

Posted on March 27, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Is Social Media really so new? Take this postcard sent for a half penny from the (British) Army Camp at the Curragh in County Kildare to Miss J Walls in East Belfast. Sent on 10th May 1908.  An early pioneer … Continue reading →

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Sounding The Last Post?

Posted on March 27, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

News that the price of a “first” class postage stamp is going up from 46 pence to 60 pence has shocked many people. The thought persists that this is a means of “fattening up” the Royal Mail to make it … Continue reading →

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The Fiftieth Anniversary Of The Fiftieth Anniversary Of The Easter Rising

Posted on March 27, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

You have not misread the Headline. I have chosen my words quite deliberately. The year 2016 will mark not merely the Centenary of the Easter Rising. It will also be the fiftieth anniversary of the fiftieth anniversary in 1966. I … Continue reading →

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Donorgate

Posted on March 27, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

So a Conservative Party treasurer (and millionaire) got on the wrong end of a newspaper sting……..and was secretly filmed (will they ever learn?) negotiating a Premiership type donation to the Conservative Party. Apparently for £250,000 Peter Cruddas was offering dinner … Continue reading →

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Trayvon Martin RIP

Posted on March 26, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

One of the hardest things for Europeans to understand about United States is the Gun Culture…the right to bear arms….the National Rifle Association and all that. I thought that United States had changed. I am old enough to barely remember … Continue reading →

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