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Census And Censusability

Posted on December 8, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Ardmajell and indeed others have raised the prospect that it might all be about the census figures next week. Certainly it is safe to assume that the First Minister, Deputy Minister and others have seen the Report. Ardmajell points out … Continue reading →

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“We Are All Alliance Now”?

Posted on December 7, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

I am boycotting newspapers…Leveson reaction. But I am not boycotting them enough to not notice the headline in tonight’s Belfast Telegraph. “We Are All Alliance Now”. Notwithstanding the sympathy we all feel at the brutality of this week, the headline … Continue reading →

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That Was The Week That Was

Posted on December 7, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

A bad week……but what exactly happened? Belfast City Council meet to debate the Big Flag…..the British one which flies over the City Hall. Belfast is no linger a unionist citadel. There are fifty councillors. Sinn Féin have sixteen. SDLP eight. … Continue reading →

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LetsGetAlongerism Defined

Posted on December 6, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

LetsGetAlongerism “…congratulations to Celtic for making it through to the last 16, Im no fan of the club…” (Mick Fealty, Slugger O’Toole 6th December 2012).

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Danny Boy?

Posted on December 6, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Now here is an odd coincidence. Two days ago, I blogged “Wanted: One Catholic…No Experience Necessary”. It was a reference to the inevitability that one day Peter Robinson will call a news conference to unveil the DUP;s first Catholic member. … Continue reading →

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Kristallnacht (Alliance)

Posted on December 6, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

A totally depressing week. Later on, I will be trying to put some nuanced perspective on what I think is happening. But I think the first priority is without any kind of nuance totally condemn the violence, directed at Alliance … Continue reading →

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Political Policing?

Posted on December 5, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

I was talking to a young police officer a few nights ago. I had not spoken to her in about eighteen months, when she had just finished training. I have noticed a big change in her..she is not quite so … Continue reading →

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So About Craigavon

Posted on December 4, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Over on Stratagem-O’Toole, there is some concern about the naming of a public park in the name of Raymond McCreesh, a hunger striker who died in 1981. While not necessarily argreeing with the point, I certainly see that unionists would … Continue reading →

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Belfast Meets Rock Ridge

Posted on December 4, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Watching the “stream” from Belfast Council last night……I could not quite put my finger on who those assorted unionist councillors reminded me of………surely it is that Town hall meeting in the movie Blazing Saddles. Gabby Johnson, Van Johnson, Howard Johnson … Continue reading →

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Wanted: One Catholic…No Experience Necessary

Posted on December 4, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

There is just one thing missing from Peter Robinson’s retro-1960s Outreach to Catholics…….a Catholic. No Unionist Outreach is complete without a Catholic. Back in the 1960s, the Chairman of QUB Unionist association was a Catholic called Louis Boyle. Although occasionally … Continue reading →

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