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Tag Archives: letsgetalongerism
Kneecap
I am hardly a fan of “rap music”. Kneecap is a rap group led by DJ Provái. People might say that the name (a reference to the brutality of “kneecapping”…the punishment shooting of anti social elements by (mostly) republican paramilitaries) … Continue reading
It Wasn’t Supposed To Be Like This
There are two things that can be said about the Good Friday Agreement of 1998. The first thing is that it has worked out better than we all thought. The second is that it has worked out worse than we … Continue reading
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Tagged Alliance Party, Andy Pollak, Brexit, Clare Hanna, Creative Ambiguity, DUP, Fintan O'Toole, Go Lucky Four, good friday agreement, History, IRA, Ireland, Kneecap, letsgetalongerism, Malachi O'Doherty, Mick Fealty, politics, RUC, SDLP, Sean South, Sinn Féin, slugger o toole, UUP, Wolfe Tones
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That Knock On The Head Was Good For Me
Six weeks ago, I had an accident. Or more precisely an “incident”. I was outside a supermarket waiting for my wife. Off and on I had felt dizzy. All of a sudden. I collapsed fell to the pavement and banged … Continue reading
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Tagged David Mitchell, letsgetalongerism, Letsgetalongerists, Robert Webb, slugger o toole
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Irish Neutrality And…Irish Neutrality
Almost twenty years ago, I was part of a discussion on a History “discussion board” on MySpace. The subject was Irish Neutrality in the Second World War. This is often a sore point for Irish people. Not so much for … Continue reading
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Tagged Belfast Blitz, British Empire, Ciaran Cuffe, Clare Daly, DDay, Eamon de Valera, Emily Lawless, Europe, good friday agreement, Grace O'Sullivan, Green Party, letsgetalongerism, Mick Wallace, Ming Flanagan, Neutrality, RealPolitik, Russia, Sinn Féin, Skibbereen Eagle, Treaty Ports, Ukraine, United Nations, World War II
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FitzjamesHorse …Back in the Saddle
I feel like one of those retired generals who has been recalled to the colours after years in retirement. It turns out that Mr Fukuyama was wrong. History has not ended. The whole world is in a state of chassis … Continue reading
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Tagged Alliance Party, Border Poll, Brexit, DUP, EU, Ireland's Future, letsgetalongerism, Norn Iron, Perfidious Albion, Platform for Change, SDLP, Sinn Féin, Slugger O'Toole, TUV, UUP, Withdrawal Agreement
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Meanwhile in Norn Iron…
So General Election. I am not tempted to say that this is eighteen different elections. At best it is maybe 50% elections and 50% coronations. The usual suspects…analysts and number crunchers on Slugger O’Toole will tell us that if these … Continue reading
BREXIT Broke Britain But…
BREXIT broke Britain but… will it break the “United Kingdom”? In June 2016, I voted for the “UK” to leave the European Union. Actually, I voted in a perverse way for England to be expelled from the European Union. Many … Continue reading
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Tagged Brexit, Britain, European Union, good friday agreement, letsgetalongerism, Referendum
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FitzjamesHorse Rides Again…Again
I have not blogged since July. One of the things that always surprises me is signing into “Keeping an Eye on the Czar of Russia” is the stats …people really do read this Blog. I find this literally awesome …a … Continue reading
Three Generations of LetsGetAlongerists
I wonder if LetsGetAlongerism is changing. Well……everything is changing. Back in the 1960s there were so-called liberal unionists who thought that sectarianism was outdated and we could all just get along if Catholics just became unionist and…conservative. Give a Catholic … Continue reading
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Tagged Alliance Party, Green Party, letsgetalongerism, Letsgetalongerists
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It Was Twenty Years Ago Today…
…that the Good Friday Agreement was signed. 10th April 1998. It seems like yesterday but it is actually closer to one third of my life. Good Friday just happened to be the day that it was signed. There were intense … Continue reading
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Tagged Arlene Foster MLA, Bertie Ahern, Bill Clinton, David Trimble, DUP, George Mitchell, Gerry Adams TD, good friday agreement, Ian Parsley, letsgetalongerism, Martin McGuinness, Michelle O'Neill MLA, Peter Robinson, SDLP, Seamus Mallon, Sinn Féin, Tony Blair, UUP
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Keeping An Eye On the Czar of Russia 