Tag Archives: Edwin Poots

Assembly Election 2022: South Belfast

Posted on April 16, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

South Belfast is a constituency comprising areas like affluent Malone, Lisburn Road, the Queens Universityarea and the Holylands bedsit land. It also includes Ormeau, Donegall Pass and Sandy Row and suburban Carryduff. It also includes the City Hospital, Musgrave Park … Continue reading →

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Doug Beattie…It’s The Way He Tells Them!

Posted on January 24, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

Apparently Doug Beattie, UUP Leader who we keep being told is a modern kind of unionist has made a very unfunny joke about Edwin Poots and Mrs Poots. I have not heard the joke and I do not want to … Continue reading →

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Assembly Election 2017: Lagan Valley

Posted on February 17, 2017 by fitzjameshorse

The key difference between Assembly 2016 and Assembly 2017 is that only five MLAs will be elected from each constituncy. For at least eighteen MLAs and their staff, this election has come four years too early. The percentage of votes … Continue reading →

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DUP….Why Do We Tolerate Bigotry?

Posted on August 13, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Peace is of course a good thing. I remember to well the alternative. But if Peace has a downside it is the narrative that Norn Iron is all about the Giants Causeway, Titanic and “Royal” visits. That Norn Iron is all … Continue reading →

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Stephen Nolan……And A Tub Of Lard

Posted on May 3, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

A few years ago, Roy Hattersley did not turn up for a recording of Have I Got News For You. He was memorably replaced by a tub of lard. Edwin Poots Minister for Health did not show up for tonights … Continue reading →

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