Tag Archives: Harry Hamilton

Assembly Election 2017: Upper Bann

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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Profile: Upper Bann

The candidates: DUP: Sydney Anderson. Carla Lockhart. UUP: Joanne Dobson. Doug Beattie. Kyle Savage. TUV: Roy Ferguson. PUP:Sophie Long. UKIP: David Jones. Alliance: Harry Hamilton. Green: Simon Lee. SDLP: Dolores Kelly. Sinn Féin: John O’Dowd. Catherine Seeley. CISTA: Martin Kelly. … Continue reading

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NI21 Launch

    Pretty big turnout. Nine rows of ten seats. A group of journos and cameras standing to the right.  Group of staffers and volunteers standing to the left in front of curtains which would be drawn apart to reveal … Continue reading

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Alliance: Be Careful What You Wish For

John McCallister and Basil McCrea have left the UUP. So…the middle ground is now bigger. So this is good news for the Alliance Party, the brand leader in middle ground politics. Well…seemingly not. For John and Basil have NOT joined … Continue reading

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Irish News: David Ford Squeaks Out!

My boycott of newspapers is now eight weeks old. I have not of course read the story myself but I understand from Slugger O’Toole that there is an interview with David Ford, Leader of the Alliance Party in today’s Irish … Continue reading

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Morse Code?

One of the really great posts on Slugger. From Gerry Lynch, the former Alliance Party staffer/candidate in East Antrim. It has attracted a lot ocomponent. Frankly too much….as I have pointed ouonion my  er ….own comment. It would not do … Continue reading

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The Alliance Party And Religion

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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I Think I See Whats Happening Here

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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Alliance Party Conference

Unfortunately I wont be at the Alliance Party Conference. The venue…La Mon Hotel in East Belfast/Castlereagh is not convenient. A pity. It promises to be almost interesting. In the past few months, things have started to go wrong for the … Continue reading

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Paula Bradshaw Elected To Alliance Party Executive!!!

When Paula Bradshaw (and then Harry Hamilton) left the UUP ……there was an exchange of views on the Slugger O’Toole (partner of Stratagem who advises Rowntree which funds the Alliance Party) as to whether they would be fast-tracked by the … Continue reading

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