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“Sister” Parties & “Girlfriend” Parties

Posted on April 7, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

“You should support the British Labour Party…your sister Party” they say. “You should support the Irish Labour Party…your sister Party” they say. I daresay they are only half-right. Family of sorts. And I daresay we would support them. If Joan Burton … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Ireland

Posted on April 6, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Breithlá Shona, Ireland.

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Poster Boys & Girls…#6 Alban Maginness (SDLP)

Posted on April 6, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Saturday 4th April 2015. Glengormley. Thanks to my (free travel) Translink Pass…a bus ride from Belfast for a walk around Glengormley. Quite a surprise to see so many SDLP posters for North Belfast candidate, Alban Maginness. Beginning (amusingly) at Clifton … Continue reading →

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Je Suis Kenyan Christian Student

Posted on April 5, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

So …back in January…Islamist extremists murdered French cartoonists and journalists in Paris. The Victims had committed the grievous offence of insulting Islam. Let me be clear that I dont like being gratuitously offensive to anything that people hold dear. Yes … Continue reading →

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Poster Boys & Girls…#5 Nigel Dodds (DUP)

Posted on April 5, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Glengormley Main Street 4th April 2015. Nigel Dodds (outgoing DUP MP for North Belfast). I have already seen Dodds posters on Crumlin Road but could not take a photograph.

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Poster Boys & Girls…#4 Paula Bradshaw (Alliance)

Posted on April 5, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

South Belfast. This Paula Bradshaw poster is at Tesco on Lisburn Road. In 2015, Ms Bradshaw is standing for the Alliance Party. In 2010 she stood for the UUP-Conservative nonsense. I cant speculate on the Party she will be representing … Continue reading →

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Poster Boys & Girls…#3 Ben Manton (Conservative)

Posted on April 5, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

I cannot pretend that I have ever heard of Ben Manton, the Conservative Party candidate in South Belfast. The prominence of the British Flag is unlikely to attract “Catholic” or “nationalist” voters. The Conservative Party is a total irrelevance in … Continue reading →

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Poster Boys & Girls…#2 Alasdair McDonnell (SDLP)

Posted on April 4, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

In Belfast 4th April 2015. A lot of generic SDLP posters around City Hall. A cluster of Alasdair McDonnell (SDLP Leader and currently MP for South Belfast) posters around St Georges Market.

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A History Footnote

Posted on April 4, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

As many of you will know, I collect Irish stamps. Take a look at this envelope and stamp I bought today….very cheaply. A few pence.  This is an envelope posted in Cork on 8th May 1941. The stamp is a … Continue reading →

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Everyone Is A Nationalist

Posted on April 4, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Watching “Question Time” on BBC last night, I have to say that I was disappointed in Andy Burnham who is a leading member of the Labour Party. Indeed, he might well be a future Deputy Leader or even Leader of … Continue reading →

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