Tag Archives: Alliance Party

The Alliance Party And Religion

Posted on November 27, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Last week Cllr Alan Harbinson (North Down) left the Alliance Party over the issue of Gay marriage…..he is against it. The surprising thing about his resignation……and even possible defection to DUP is that he has only been on the Council … Continue reading →

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Alliance Lose Seat

Posted on November 24, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Less than a week ago, an Alliance Party Councillor ….Patrick Clarke (Down Council) made it all the way to the front page of the “Sunday Life” newspaper. A sordid little story………seemingly involving his “Twitter” announcement of his engagement to a … Continue reading →

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Selective DUP Nastiness

Posted on November 22, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

So Jim Wells MLA  is a bit unpleasant (per Sinn Féin, SDLP, Green & Alliance) On the other hand Jim Wells MLA is not at all unpleasant. (per DUP & UUP). At worst he is a bit “in your face”. … Continue reading →

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Today I Am Getting Engaged

Posted on November 19, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

This might come as a shock to Mrs FitzjamesHorse, to whom I have been married for thirty years. In an effort to revive my flagging political career, I have decided to defect from SDLP and join the Alliance Party. I … Continue reading →

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Abortion Debate…1983

Posted on October 18, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

There is something curious about being a Catholic that means Catholics always seem to be on the wrong side of History. The Crusades, the Reformation, the “Glorious Revolution”, Jacobitism, the French Revolution, Democracy, Feminism. For “liberal” Catholics there is always … Continue reading →

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The Quintin and Parsley Show

Posted on October 11, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Good to see Ian Parsley (current and occasional member of the Alliance Party) praise an article by Quintin Oliver…….the “Agent for Change” who is the top man in Stratagem, the PR guru. Now have I ever mentioned that Stratagem are … Continue reading →

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David McNarry MLA (UKIP)

Posted on October 4, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Todays news that David McNarry MLA for Strangford, thrown out of the UUP some months ago has joined UKIP (the British-based United Kingdom Independence Party) comes as a surprise…and yet it shouldnt. McNarry now well into his 60s is a … Continue reading →

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I Think I See Whats Happening Here

Posted on September 27, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Hmmmm………Slugger O’Toole publishes a post referencing Newton Emersons reaction to THAT opinion poll. It is a particuarly fanciful analysis by Emerson (for whom I have never cared) and the comparatively new Sluggerite “Better Together”. Both “Better Together” and Emerson………Id call … Continue reading →

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Out-Greening Sinn Féin?

Posted on September 24, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

If you were a core-team blogger on a letsgetalongerist anti-SDLP weblog………a weblog of record……..how exactly would you set the narrative for todays “McCausland vote”. Well of course there is no such weblog 😉   but lets say that you cannot really … Continue reading →

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“Do You Know Who I Am?”

Posted on September 24, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

The Andrew Mitchell story is surely not that unique. He is hardly a household name in his own household. And if I ever appear on the excellent “Pointless Quiz” on BBC and chosse “Tory MPs Recognised By The Public”, I … Continue reading →

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