Tag Archives: Naomi Long MP

Back To The Future With Naomi Long

Posted on July 26, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Kudos to Naomi Long MP for East Belfast, for suggesting that a new bridge in East Belfast be named for the newest member of the British “Royal Family”. I am not entirely sure how this fits in with the Alliance … Continue reading →

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Two Cheers For Naomi Long

Posted on July 9, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Its an ill wind that blows no good. In 2010, Naomi Long was the beneficiary of a scandal within the DUP. The goings on …both personal and professional…led the good folks in the Belmont Bowling Club to vote for Naomi … Continue reading →

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Three Tribes

Posted on March 15, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Three years ago I started using a term on a well know political discussion board. The term was (all together now) ….LETSGETALONGERISM. I ventured to suggest that there are three communities in Norn Ireland. Irish/Republican/Catholic and British/Unionist/Protestand….and a third community … Continue reading →

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Alliance Party: Reasons To Be Cheerful?

Posted on March 8, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Absolutely none. In short term or long term. None. And I can live with that. With their usual sense of entitlement….being GODs Special People…they anticipated some sympathy in respect of their “principled” stand on Flegs. But I think they hopelessly … Continue reading →

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Alliance Party: Reassuringly Crap

Posted on March 8, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

David Ford said last night that the story of the night would be the Alliance Partys performance. I am happy to point out that the story was that they were awful. No sympathy. No liberal unionists. No Catholic unicorns. No … Continue reading →

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Irish News: David Ford Squeaks Out!

Posted on January 28, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

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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MLA….MIA

Posted on January 18, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

About I week ago I started to notice that I had not seen much of David Ford, the Alliance Leader over the past few weeks. He turned up again on Monday at Stormont. and indeed performed credibly in the zoo … Continue reading →

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Flags:The Way Out

Posted on January 11, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

So …what exactly happens next? Well…the nationalist parties do not have to do anything. It’s not really a nationalist problem. Yet there are I think three distinct problems. The Unionists have a problem. The Flags vote is a defeat.And in … Continue reading →

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The Metro-Textual

Posted on January 1, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Having failed miserably to get “letsgetalongerism” and “the political overclass” into the Oxford English Dictionary, I am trying again with……..”Metro-Textual”. I hope it is original. What is a Metro-Textual???? Well ……..let me put it this way. Being a political anorak … Continue reading →

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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 →

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