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St Patrick’s Day In “No Man’s Land”

This is a Word Press blog. Every day, Word Press supplies me with statistics, telling me where “Keeping An Eye On The Czar of Russia” is read. As you might expect, it is read in Ireland, Britain and United States. … Continue reading

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“Je Suis Elton John”

I used to like Elton John. I have done a thing called the Crocodile Rock. And I have lived and died in Philadelphia Freedom. More or less. I am The Rocket Man. A nice “Greatest Hits” Catalogue and Chairman of … Continue reading

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“Je Suis A Lazy Irish C***”

Can it really be true that BBC presenter threw a punch at his producer and called him a “lazy Irish cxxx”? Surely most people would have a problem with THAT word. And surely it is racist to refer to a … Continue reading

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Sinn Féin U Turn Again

It always seems that the biggest insult to a political party is to accuse them of a “U Turn”. Sinn Féin fielded John O’Dowd to try and explain the debacle over Welfare Cuts. It is all a bit awkward for … Continue reading

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Quintin Oliver…His Life, His Work

Alam Meban will be interviewing Quintin Oliver, (The Man, The Legend) on community television station, NVTV about his Life and Work. Tonight 7.30pm. Not sure if Alan is doing a Jeremy Paxman or an Evan Davies. I urge you not to … Continue reading

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James Molyneaux …Ex UUP Leader Dies

Earlier this week Jim Molyneaux the former Leader of the UUP died. He was Leader from 1980 something to 1990 something (I couldnt be bothered looking up Wikipedia). He was a politically quiet man and (seemingly) personally a courteous man. … Continue reading

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Francie Molloy MP…Off Message

When the Mairia Cahill sex abuse scandal broke last year, Sinn Féin hardly covered themselves with glory. Their slick PR machine was all over the place. The Party seemed to be dragged to a position of compassion, even if their … Continue reading

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England Cant Deal With Radicalism

In 1981, I lived in Dungannon. I did not vote in the Fermanagh-South Tyrone bye-election. It was of course won by Bobby Sands, the IRA Hunger Striker, who would soon die. The result was a shock, primarily for unionists in … Continue reading

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Voting And Identity …In Black and Whyte

Nicholas Whyte is now Visiting Professor at University of Ulster. Professor Whyte is the main man behind the Ark Elections website, a treasure trove of statistics on elections. So …who cares about Voting and Identity. Well…about Voting. In 1996 Nicholas … Continue reading

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Cyril Smith MP : Nice One Cyril

One of the odd things about Blogging is the assumption that my readers are as much political anoraks as I am …or as old. Take Cyril Smith…Liberal MP for Rochdale in the north of England. Rochdale is a seat that … Continue reading

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