Tag Archives: good friday agreement

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Conall McDevitt MLA, good friday agreement, Gregory Campbell MP, Joe McHugh TD, Katherine McCloskey, Michael Copeland MLA, Peter Shirlow, SDLP Youth | 15 Comments

Howdy Texans

Posted on January 22, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Just two weeks to Texas. And an opportune time to welcome some Texan folks who have been given a link or about to be given a link to this Blog. It might be helpful if I set out some explanatory … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alliance Party, Conflict Resolution, DUP, Flegs, good friday agreement, SDLP, Sinn Féin, Texas, UUP | 5 Comments

The Night They Drove Old Ulster Down

Posted on January 8, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

I have been reading a lot about the old Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu recently. Executed….actually pretty much murdered along with his wife after a show trial on Christmas Day 1989….those images of the old despots on the balcony of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Conall McDevitt MLA, East Belfast, Flegs, good friday agreement, Nicolae Ceasescu, SDLP | 33 Comments

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alliance Party, good friday agreement, SDLP | 17 Comments

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alliance Party, David Ford MLA, DUP, Edwin Poots MLA, good friday agreement, Jane Loughrey, Matt Baggott, Naomi Long MP, PSNI, SDLP, Sinn Féin, Theresa Villiers MP, UTV, UUP | 1 Comment

Political Policing?

Posted on December 5, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

I was talking to a young police officer a few nights ago. I had not spoken to her in about eighteen months, when she had just finished training. I have noticed a big change in her..she is not quite so … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Creative Ambiguity, good friday agreement, PSNI, RUC | 2 Comments

Ping Pong Diplomacy…Norn Iron Style

Posted on February 2, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

The object of Unionism is to destroy Nationalism. The object of Nationalism is to destroy Unionism. Things are really that simple. The Good Friday Agreement provides a basis to put this on hold………providing as it does a set of obstacles … Continue reading →

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