Tag Archives: Martin McGuinness MLA

SDLP: The Case For Opposition

Posted on January 24, 2016 by fitzjameshorse

It is certainly possible to have a very academic debate in SDLP…should the Party play a role in the Norn Iron Executive. I could present a case either way. But really it boils down to a single photograph. Earlier this … Continue reading →

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Deal Or No Deal?

Posted on November 18, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Well of course there IS a Deal. The only requirement is that DUP and Sinn Féin reach an agreement. The other Parties in the so-called “power-sharing” Executive saw the Agreement forty five minutes before Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness went … 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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Constituency Offices…Sinn Fein Coalisland

Posted on July 28, 2014 by fitzjameshorse

Not sure how to attribute this one. A few years ago, I think I credited it to Michelle O’Neill, the Sinn Fein MLA for Mid Ulster. She is, I believe from Coalisland in County Tyrone. It seems part of a … Continue reading →

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The Giro Sham

Posted on May 9, 2014 by fitzjameshorse

There is a certain irony in the fact that I actually like CYCLING. Whether its the Tour of France, Spain or Italy…I have a lot of admiration for those drug-free guys that have that amount of courage, endurance and skill. … Continue reading →

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Buying The T-Shirt

Posted on August 2, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

I am indebted to “Turgon” over on Slugger for the story on the Strabane T-Shirt Scandal. Seemingly an American company is selling a T-Shirt with the logo “Strabane” with the British Flag. Strabane is of course just about the most … Continue reading →

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The Eagle Has Landed…Rolling Blog Of Sorts

Posted on June 17, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

So …Air Force One has landed. And the only question I want to ask is when do they all go home. G8…sick of it already. Not without its funny side. Noel Thompson did not know it was the Lord Lieutenant … Continue reading →

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G8….Wake Me Up When It’s Over

Posted on June 14, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

As part of the whole normalisation process which we must accept…the G8 Summit is coming to County Fermanagh next week. To be honest I prefer that whole Titanic crap and that Derry City of Culture nonsense. Possibly even the MTV … Continue reading →

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CSI Belfast

Posted on May 9, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

CSI Las Vegas is great. Less so CSI Miami and CSI New York. But “CSI” is nothing to do with Crime Scene Investigation in Belfast. Im not actually sure about what the initials stand for…probably Community Strategy for Integration or … Continue reading →

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“No…I Am The Steward of the Manor of Northstead”

Posted on December 31, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

I am entirely neutral on the issue of “abstention” at Westminster. I voted Sinn Féin from 1993-2009 so it would hardly have bothered me if the Sinn Féin candidate had won and refused to take his/her seat. And I have … Continue reading →

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