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The Slugger East Belfast Debate: I Wuz There (Kinda)

Posted on April 15, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

I had a busy day yesterday. Breakfast in a shopping mall at Craigavon. Bus to Lurgan. Train to Bangor, getting there around noon. A few hours there in the company of a fellow blogger. At 3pm, I was on a … Continue reading →

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The Ginger Ninja

Posted on April 14, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

As she prepares for her head-to-head encounter (courtesy of Slugger O’Toole)  Naomi Long did an interview with “Sticky” Henry McDonald in yesterdays Guardian. I dont suppose that there are many copies of The Guardian sold in East Belfast…it is £1.60 … Continue reading →

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Political Parties Have A High Turnover

Posted on April 13, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Over the weekend, I was thinking about just how many members of SDLP Youth, I have met over the past five or six years. I was thinking about this even before I saw two former SDLP staffers interviewed within about … Continue reading →

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Hillary Term?

Posted on April 12, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

I really want to like Hillary Clinton. She is after all a Democrat…which means she is a lot better than any of the assorted fruit cakes, neo cons and self-styled Christains in the Republican Party. There does not seem to … Continue reading →

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Cuba…Close But No Cigar…Yet!

Posted on April 12, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

It has to be good news that United States of America and Cuba are actually talking. The fifty odd years of hostility has outlived the Cold War and has frankly taken on the appearance of two elderly neighbours who fell … Continue reading →

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Poster Boys & Girls…#8 Gearóid Ó hEára (Sinn Féin)

Posted on April 10, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Derry City 8th April. Gearóid Ó hEára (Sinn Féin candidate in Foyle)”. This poster is beside the Ulsterbus Station near the Guild Hall.

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Niall Ó Donnghaile

Posted on April 9, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

I have a lot of time for Cllr Niall Ó Donnghaile, the former Mayor of Belfast …he is I believe the youngest ever Mayor and he deserves credit for at least making one seat in East Belfast comparatively safe for … Continue reading →

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Poster Boys & Girls…#7 Mark Durkan (SDLP).

Posted on April 9, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Derry City yesterday. Mark Durkan, outgoing SDLP MP for Foyle. This poster of Mark (a Manchester United supporter), who had a Q & A Session with young people yesterday is outside the Ulsterbus Station. The Guild Hall is in the background.

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“You Know Nothing Jon Snow”

Posted on April 9, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Full marks to Kit Harrington, the actor who plays Jon Snow on “Game Of Thrones”, the fantasy HBO series, much of which is made in and around Belfast. Most of the cast …when prompted…have spoken about the people and scenery … Continue reading →

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Upper Class Twits Of The Year Fly Into Belfast

Posted on April 7, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

OK ….so I said that the British Conservative Party do not put up candidates in Norn Iron. And it turns out they are actually standing in SIXTEEN of the eighteen constituencies. Perhaps it would be churlish to point out that … Continue reading →

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