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Fitzjames Horse Annual Awards 2011: Journalist Of The Year

Posted on December 8, 2011 by fitzjameshorse

The nominations. Stephen Nolan……..BBC Radio Ulster……ruled ineligible. Martina Purdy………BBC………………a woman not afraid about climbing on a table (to get a better view at SDLP Conference) despite the handicap of a tight black suit and high heels. Love that accent too. … Continue reading →

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Fitzjames Horse Annual Awards 2011: Green Politician Of The Year

Posted on December 8, 2011 by fitzjameshorse

Only two nominations. Clare Bailey Green Party. Sammy Wilson MP MLA….DUP Minister of Finance. Hotly and evenly contested Award. And the winner is ……….Clare Bailey. Congratulations Clare.    

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Fitzjames Horse Annual Awards 2011: Comedian Of The Year

Posted on December 8, 2011 by fitzjameshorse

The nominations are: Jake O’Kane…… Tim McGarry…… Pat Ramsey MLA……SDLP…….Foyle An easy choice for the Judges (me). The basic requirement of a Comedian is that they should make people laugh. As only one of the above has ever done this … Continue reading →

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Outreach And Outrage

Posted on December 8, 2011 by fitzjameshorse

For the second successive week Sinn Féin are having a bad time. Martina Anderson MLA is the Sinn Féin Junior Minister in the Department of the First/Deputy First Minister. She combines this with being her Partys spokesperson on Outreach to the … Continue reading →

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TV Reviews: The Big Bang Theory, Modern Family, The Middle.

Posted on December 8, 2011 by fitzjameshorse

I love Television comedy. Especially American TV Comedy. Over fifty years ago, I was watching Phil Silvers as Sergeant Bilko…………Car 54 Where Are You?………and I graduated thru the Dick Van Dyke Show, B*witched, Mary Tyler Moore (heavy sigh), Rhoda, MASH, Rowan … Continue reading →

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The Leveson Inquiry…Witnesses Week 3 (Tuesday)

Posted on December 7, 2011 by fitzjameshorse

Another quiet day. Steven Nott is the man who “discovered” the insecure nature of cell phones and believes that when he approached newspapers and even Chris Choi of ITN about what he saw as a “consumer” issue, they downplayed it. … Continue reading →

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A Tale Of Three Churches (RTE “Would You Believe?”)

Posted on December 7, 2011 by fitzjameshorse

Mick Peelo is Irelands leading Religion journalist/broadcaster. RTE showed the first of a two parter (in their “Would You Believe?” series) made by Peelo on the condition of the Irish Catholic Church in 2011. The programme featured how three churches/parishes were … Continue reading →

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The Leveson Inquiry…Witnesses Week 3 (Monday)

Posted on December 6, 2011 by fitzjameshorse

A quiet day. Alec Owens, former Investigator with the Information Commission is going thru spreadsheets taken from Private Investigator Steve Whittamore in Operation Motorman in 2003. It has been Owens contention last week that there was no prosecutions of journalists … Continue reading →

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New SDLP Representatives Announced

Posted on December 5, 2011 by fitzjameshorse

A key part of Alasdair McDonnell’s SDLP Leadership Campaign….was his plan to make the SDLP “battle ready” with SDLP representatives appointed to fill gaps in the Partys strength and give the Party a visible presence in places where it was … Continue reading →

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Sean Rogers MLA Elect

Posted on December 5, 2011 by fitzjameshorse

Sean Rogers has been selected by SDLP in South Down to be co-opted into the Stormont Assembly to replace Magaret Ritchie who will now be concentrating on her role as Member of Westminster Parliament. Seemingly 239 people voted in the … Continue reading →

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