Tag Archives: Conall McDevitt MLA

SDLP Selection Convention South Belfast

Posted on June 25, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

I am typing this at noon on 25th June. I will not publish this post until after the result of the Selection Convention in South Belfast is known. As far as I know there are only two candidates for two … Continue reading →

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Conall McDevitt

Posted on September 4, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Saddened to learn of resignation of Conall McDevitt from Politics. This Blog is socialist, republican and nationalist and while getting some credit for being independently minded, I lean towards SDLP. In the circumstances, I will not be blogging about this … Continue reading →

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Constituency Offices…#15 Dr Alasdair McDonnell MP

Posted on August 28, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Dr Alasdair McDonnell is Member of Parliament and MLA for South Belfast. This is possibly the most subtle of all constituency offices. Alasdair, SDLP Party Leader is now retired from his practice as a medical doctor on the Ormeau Road. … Continue reading →

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Alex For Europe?

Posted on July 23, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

It is surely getting to the stage where SDLP should be choosing the candidate for the European Elections in 2014. Will the Party Conference in November be the event at which the candidate is announced? Or will the candidate be … Continue reading →

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Durkan Tops SDLP Youth Poll

Posted on June 3, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

This is interesting. My friends in SDLP Youth have had a poll on who the Party should select as the candidate in the European Elections next year and have come up with Mark Durkan, former Party Leader and currently the … Continue reading →

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Good Friday Agreement…Fifteen Years On (SDLP Conference)

Posted on May 26, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

It is somewhat inevitable that an event organised by SDLP to mark the fifteenth anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement will focus on the fact that the opportunies presented by the Agreement have been wasted. The Agreement is an article … Continue reading →

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SDLP Youth Conference: The Campbells Are Coming

Posted on April 29, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

There are two images from the SDLP Youth Conference in Derry that I will not easily forget. One is Gregory Campbell…fairly outspoken DUP MP for East Derry walking into An Culturlann and the second image is the collective double-take of … Continue reading →

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SDLP Youth Conference: Panel Discussion

Posted on April 27, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Interesting Panel Discussion about which I might blog tomorrow. Pretty tired tonight. Michael Copeland MLA (UUP …East Belfast), Joe McHugh TD (FG…Donegal North East), Gregory Campbell MP (DUP…East L*****derry), Daniel Wray McCrossan (SDLP Executive member Strabane) Conall McDevitt MLA (SDLP…South … Continue reading →

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SDLP:Reasons To Be Cheerful?

Posted on March 8, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Yes….mostly. The point has been made that SDLP is “only” back to 2007 figures. I think this misses the point that the 2013 percentage was against a single unionist candidate. It also misses the point that SDLP added about 600 … Continue reading →

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And Then There Were…Fourteen…..Er Thirteen

Posted on February 15, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Ooops…he did it again. Mike Nesbitt that is. Does he seriously think that he is doing a good job in leading the UUP? Does any member of the UUP think that? He is a disaster…..but lets be frank. One of … Continue reading →

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