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Local Elections: North Down & Ards

Posted on May 25, 2014 by fitzjameshorse

The new council is effectively the amalgamation of four DEAs from North Down and three from Ards Council. And in Assembly terms, the constituency of North Down and Strangford. The results. SDLP 1. Alliance 7 Greens 3 DUP 17. UUP … Continue reading →

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Local Elections: Fermanagh & Omagh

Posted on May 25, 2014 by fitzjameshorse

The Council area is made up of four electoral areas in Fermanagh (part of the Fermanagh-South Tyrone constituency) and three in the West Tyrone constituency. The Results: Sinn Fein 17. SDLP 8. Ind Republican 1. DUP 5. UUP 9. SDLP … Continue reading →

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Went The Day Well?

Posted on May 23, 2014 by fitzjameshorse

Out and about in polling stations all day. I felt like one of those International Observers at an election in North Korea or South Sudan. It sounds exciting but actually its a bit boring. Carrying political nerdiness to an unreasonable … Continue reading →

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District Councils: A Guide

Posted on May 23, 2014 by fitzjameshorse

I start to write this at 9am Friday. Just as the ballot boxes are being opened in “count centres” across Norn Iron. The District Council Election Count takes place today and tomorrow. The Euro Count takes place on Monday. The … Continue reading →

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Louise…What Politics Should Be About

Posted on May 22, 2014 by fitzjameshorse

Out and about at various polling stations today, I found myself in Bangor. Met this lovely lady Louise Macartney at the Castle Polling Station. Louise is an Independent candidate and its an uphill struggle for her. It is micro-politics …she … Continue reading →

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So I Voted….

Posted on May 22, 2014 by fitzjameshorse

Just for the record, I voted as follows. EUROPE…1 Alex Attwood SDLP. 2 Martina Anderson SF 3 Ross Brown Green 4 Anna Lo Alliance. The SDLP vote should stay in the race until the final count. To some extent the … Continue reading →

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Euro Race: Runners & Riders

Posted on May 21, 2014 by fitzjameshorse

With the European Election tomorrow, I think it would be a good idea to list the ten candidates that are standing. It might help those who do not live in Norn Iron understand the Spectrum. Three candidates will be elected. … Continue reading →

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NI21…Officially A Joke

Posted on May 21, 2014 by fitzjameshorse

The line between Political Reality and Political Fantasy…does it even exist anymore? For the best part of a year, two UUP MLAs, Basil McCrea and John McCallister …two liberals in a notoriously conservative Party…dithered about leaving the UUP. Speculation that … Continue reading →

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The Boston Bunglers?

Posted on May 19, 2014 by fitzjameshorse

Where do I really start to tell the story of the Boston College tapes? I have largely avoided the issue, in part because it is a fast moving story, in part because other “real” news sources can do it better … Continue reading →

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Max Power

Posted on May 16, 2014 by fitzjameshorse

There are really two ways to look at the Fall of a powerful man. Uncontrolled Glee. Or Sympathy. Thus…when Jeffrey Archer is imprisoned for Perjury, it makes a lot of people happy. It is not the nicest human emotion, the … Continue reading →

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