Tag Archives: letsgetalongerism

“What We Need Is A Great Big Melting Pot”

Posted on April 3, 2018 by fitzjameshorse

….”big enough to hold the world and all its got. Keep it stirring for a hundred years or more. Turn out coffee coloured people by the score” Perhaps I am not the only person here who was a 17 year … Continue reading →

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A Civic Forum: The Last Refuge Of The Un-Electable

Posted on February 5, 2018 by fitzjameshorse

I see people on Slugger O’Toole are again beating the drum for a Civic Forum. One of the great problems that the LetsGetAlongerists have with the post-Good Friday politics is that they are not part of it. Indeed that’s the … Continue reading →

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LetsGetAlongerism…USA Style

Posted on January 24, 2017 by fitzjameshorse

Since 2010, I have ranted and raved (in a relatively sane way) about the heresy of LetsGetAlongerism. My warnings have fallen on deaf ears but I continue to tilt at these windmills. Indeed LetsGetAlongerism is a giant octopus spreading its … Continue reading →

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The Somme 1916-2016

Posted on July 1, 2016 by fitzjameshorse

I dont like military ceremony. More so…I dont like “Remembrance”, the way Officialdom takes over and uses “Memory”. “Remembrance” is always a means of using suffering to create an agenda. So I dont like my TV set being taken over … Continue reading →

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Euros Football: There’s Only One Ireland

Posted on May 28, 2016 by fitzjameshorse

So the European Football Championships begin in two weeks time. In a not very radical move, I have decided to support Ireland…Republic of Ireland. I will not be supporting Norn Iron. “Making Northern Ireland Work” can never be interpreted as … Continue reading →

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Confidence Building Measures For Nationalists

Posted on May 7, 2016 by fitzjameshorse

If you were the last German soldier to be mortally wounded in Berlin in April 1945, you might think it wasnt worthwhile. Conversely if you were the last Russian soldier to be mortally wounded, you might think it was at … Continue reading →

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President Obama…LetsGetAlongerist

Posted on April 23, 2016 by fitzjameshorse

I really dont have much time for President Obama. An American President will always act in the interests of United States. It is human nature we love to hear foreign politicans say the “right” thing about domestic matters. For example, … Continue reading →

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The Belfast Blitz 1941

Posted on April 18, 2016 by fitzjameshorse

in 1941, Belfast was bombed by th German Luftwaffe. During four nights of bombing, up to 950 Belfast civilians were killed. The city was inadequately defended and the infrastructure and emergency planning was woeful. My Uncle Jackie often talked about … Continue reading →

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LetsGetAlongerist Football

Posted on November 17, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

The essence of Sport is competition. So we have a peculiar situation where some of our politicians will be falling over themselves to support two teams in one competition. Norn Iron have qualified for the European Football Championships in France … Continue reading →

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Stormont Remembrance…Cunning Stunts

Posted on November 12, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

What would Bloggers do without Poppy Season? The annual commemoration of stories that define Norn Iron in all its crap-ness. So the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. Remembrance and Silence. And the Hall at Stormont. … Continue reading →

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