Tag Archives: Alliance Party

More Hypocrisy From Slugger O’Toole

Posted on April 1, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Slugger O’Toole at its worst. Organising a “General Election” Debate in East Belfast…which only features two of the candidaes standing. Sitting MP, Naomi Long of the Alliance Party and Gavin Robinson of DUP. The Election itself is effectively a head-to-head … Continue reading →

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Competition Time: Design A Paula Bradshaw 2020 Election Poster

Posted on March 31, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Now that your children and grandchildren are at home for Easter and the weather is not too good, you may wish to encourage them to take part in my Blue Peter-style “Design a Paula Bradshaw 2020 Election Poster” competition. Election … Continue reading →

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Electoral Pacts And Unionism

Posted on March 18, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

So DUP and UUP have agreed to maximise the votes for the “unionist” family by agreeing an electoral pact in four constituencies. In East Belfast, Gavin Robinson will stand for DUP. The UUP will not be on the ballot paper. … Continue reading →

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Constituency Offices…#23 Trevor Lunn MLA

Posted on March 2, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

I came across the office of Trevor Lunn MLA (Alliance, Lagan Valley) by accident. It is in a side street , near the train station in Lisburn.  It is quite spacious and when I passed by (Thursday last week at … Continue reading →

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“Selma”: LetsGetAlongerist Porn?

Posted on February 20, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

A new movie “Selma” tells the story of Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights movement. Although it is fair to say that the scale in the Old South was greater than in the North of Ireland, it is worth … Continue reading →

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Je Suis SDLP

Posted on February 14, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

So things have got nasty. Overnight the Constituency Office of Alban Magennis, SDLP MLA for North Belfast was attacked. The SDLP Office is actually above a business on the Antrim Road and as you will see, the people who daubed … Continue reading →

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Norn Iron’s Leading Political Couple?

Posted on February 6, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

It is now five years since Mrs Iris Robinson left Politics. She and husband Peter were both MPs and MLAs when she stepped down. The reason/s she left Politics need not concern us. They were for many years Norn Iron’s … Continue reading →

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Gerry Conlon Memorial Lecture

Posted on January 25, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Interesting Event last night. The Gerry Conlon Memorial Lecture in St Marys College, Falls Road in the heart of West Belfast. Organised by SDLP and with Alex Attwood MLA presenting the event…it says a lot ABOUT SDLP and indeed FOR … Continue reading →

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Let Them Eat Cake

Posted on July 8, 2014 by fitzjameshorse

Perhaps the oddest News Story ever. For an Anti-Homophobia Reception, a man goes into a Belfast Bakery and orders a cake. Featuring Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street. Today I learn that these are Gay Icons. And they would also like … Continue reading →

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So…Racism

Posted on June 6, 2014 by fitzjameshorse

We used to be far too busy with Sectarianism (a specifically local problem) to worry about one of the great global problems like Racism. As “Lord” Brookeborough, one of the founding fathers of the Norn Iron statelet put it (when … Continue reading →

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