Tag Archives: Alliance Party

Lies, Lies And Creative Ambiguity

Posted on December 12, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Most of the readers of this Blog will know that I do not care very much for Creative Ambiguity. I prefer to think that (allegedly for the Common Good) the Good Friday Agreement was sold to nationalists on the basis … Continue reading →

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Mid Ulster: Francie Molloy

Posted on December 11, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

The news that Sinn Féin have selected Francie Molloy to contest the Mid Ulster election has surprised me …….and yet it shouldn’t. He was the only nominee. I had assumed that the successor to Martin McGuinness would be Ian Milne, … Continue reading →

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Alliance: Decision Time?

Posted on December 11, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

The Alliance Party are too angry to act logically at the moment. They have a right to be angry. There seems no end to the viloence…..”pogrom” they have called it……and the hyperbole is understandable. The Stormont Debate yesterday will not … Continue reading →

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Protests About Protests

Posted on December 10, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Interesting to hear that Joe Jordan, Chair of Belfast Chamber of Commerce thinks that the “Flegs” Debate should have been held in March or April. And as Belfast traders count the costs of the protests, Jordan blames the three parties … Continue reading →

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Sinking Ship?

Posted on December 10, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

An amusing thread over on Slugger O’Toole. “Take Alliance seriously. They represent what most people want, the politics of compromise”. Its not the most catchy headline that Brian “Dimbleby” Walker has come up with. But Walker, who might be styled … Continue reading →

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“We Are All Alliance Now”?

Posted on December 7, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

I am boycotting newspapers…Leveson reaction. But I am not boycotting them enough to not notice the headline in tonight’s Belfast Telegraph. “We Are All Alliance Now”. Notwithstanding the sympathy we all feel at the brutality of this week, the headline … Continue reading →

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That Was The Week That Was

Posted on December 7, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

A bad week……but what exactly happened? Belfast City Council meet to debate the Big Flag…..the British one which flies over the City Hall. Belfast is no linger a unionist citadel. There are fifty councillors. Sinn Féin have sixteen. SDLP eight. … Continue reading →

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Kristallnacht (Alliance)

Posted on December 6, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

A totally depressing week. Later on, I will be trying to put some nuanced perspective on what I think is happening. But I think the first priority is without any kind of nuance totally condemn the violence, directed at Alliance … Continue reading →

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Belfast Meets Rock Ridge

Posted on December 4, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Watching the “stream” from Belfast Council last night……I could not quite put my finger on who those assorted unionist councillors reminded me of………surely it is that Town hall meeting in the movie Blazing Saddles. Gabby Johnson, Van Johnson, Howard Johnson … Continue reading →

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Take It Down From The Mast

Posted on December 3, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

So First Minister Robinson….apart from all that unpleasantness at the City Hall…how is your outreach to Catholics going? I watched the council debate on a “stream” and I actually enjoyed it. The UUP looked right out of touch. Jim Rodgers, … Continue reading →

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