Tag Archives: Alliance Party

Poster Boys & Girls 2016: #2 Paula Bradshaw (Alliance)

Posted on April 14, 2016 by fitzjameshorse

Paula Bradshaw: South Belfast. This poster is located on Ormeau Road, near Eglantine Avenue. Stood as a UUP-Tory in 2010 Westminster Election. Defected to Alliance in late 2011. Her hisband Ian Parsley had been Alliance candidate in 2009 European Election … Continue reading →

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UTV Election Debate

Posted on April 14, 2016 by fitzjameshorse

So the Big Debate with five Party Leaders…Arlene Foster (DUP), Mike Nesbitt (UUP) Martin McGuinness (Sinn Féin), David Ford (Alliance) and Colum Eastwood (SDLP). I enjoyed it despite it seeming very low-key. These Debates now seem to be part of … Continue reading →

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SDLP: The Case For Opposition

Posted on January 24, 2016 by fitzjameshorse

It is certainly possible to have a very academic debate in SDLP…should the Party play a role in the Norn Iron Executive. I could present a case either way. But really it boils down to a single photograph. Earlier this … Continue reading →

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Arise “Lord” Ford?

Posted on December 28, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

My readers are all great admirers of Alliance Party Leader, David Ford. Will he be awarded a peerage …presumably “for services to the DUP and Sinn Féin” before standing down from the Assembly? A peerage would be richly deserved. Ford … Continue reading →

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Introducing “Westminster” (The Sinn Féin Pup)

Posted on November 27, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

As the adverts tell us, a puppy is not just for Christmas. Last week, Sinn Féin were sold a pup. They…the Irish Nationalists and Republicans….agreed to hand “Welfare” (ie Welfare Cuts) back to ….Westminster. But Sinn Féin assure us they … Continue reading →

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Deal Or No Deal?

Posted on November 18, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Well of course there IS a Deal. The only requirement is that DUP and Sinn Féin reach an agreement. The other Parties in the so-called “power-sharing” Executive saw the Agreement forty five minutes before Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness went … Continue reading →

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Stormont Remembrance…Cunning Stunts

Posted on November 12, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

What would Bloggers do without Poppy Season? The annual commemoration of stories that define Norn Iron in all its crap-ness. So the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. Remembrance and Silence. And the Hall at Stormont. … Continue reading →

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The Great East Belfast Alliance Party Selection Controversy

Posted on October 23, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

i cant say that I have seen much about the Alliance Party and East Belfast on Slugger O’Toole. And yet Naomi Long is their favourite politician. interesting to note that Judith Cochrane MLA has decided not to seek re-selection. She … Continue reading →

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Every Picture Tells A Story

Posted on October 14, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Stormont yesterday. Two Debates. DUP currently disconnected from the Assembly dont show up for a Debate on Autism. But DUP show up to defend the system where Special Advisors get inflated salaries. What is a Special Advisor and why are … Continue reading →

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Constituency Offices…#26 David Ford MLA

Posted on September 25, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Carnmoney Road, Glengormley and just a few metres from the SDLP South Antrim Constituency Office…the office of Alliance Party Leader, David Ford MLA for South Antrim and gerrymandered Minister for (In)Justice in the Executive. It is on the boundary of North … Continue reading →

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