Tag Archives: Newton Emerson

Strictly Come Journalism (The View)

Posted on April 15, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

“The View” (Thursday night 10 40 pm) is the flagship politics programme on BBC Norn Iron. I never watch it of course. It represents all I do not like about local politics…DUP, TUV, UUP, Greens, Alliance, Sinn Féin. And commentators … Continue reading →

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Dr Johnson and Boswell…Norn Iron Style

Posted on March 4, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

I have always been surprised by the number of times, Mick Fealty quotes Newton Emerson. But oddly today, I was thinking of James Boswell and his old mucker, Dr Samuel Johnson. Has Mick Fealty quoted Emerson more times than Boswell … Continue reading →

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Sinking Ship?

Posted on December 10, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

An amusing thread over on Slugger O’Toole. “Take Alliance seriously. They represent what most people want, the politics of compromise”. Its not the most catchy headline that Brian “Dimbleby” Walker has come up with. But Walker, who might be styled … Continue reading →

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Good Old Norn Iron

Posted on October 25, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Those of us who love Nostalgia will have enjoyed the cameo performance by an audience member on the Stephen Nolan-Alan Partridge Show tonight. Beneath all the good news “Our Time, Our Place” narrative, it is good to know that the … Continue reading →

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Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain, Newton Emerson…And SDLP

Posted on October 22, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Oscar Wilde had a way with words. So did Mark Twain. So …in his own way….does Newton Emerson. Oscar Wilde said something about us lying in the gutter but some of us are looking up at the stars. Newton Emerson … Continue reading →

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Alas Poor Newt

Posted on October 19, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Seemingly the latest victim of Tinternet is Newton Emerson. Something he said on Facebook apparently. SDLP reported it to the BBC where he has a regular Freelance gig….and the Beeb sacked him. There wasa time when Newton Emerson was a … Continue reading →

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I Think I See Whats Happening Here

Posted on September 27, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

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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Belfast Sectarian Beatings…Redux

Posted on January 16, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

A few days ago, I blogged about James Turley, a Catholic Belfast youth, who was savagely beaten up by a gang of Protestant youths while he was working as an extra in a movie being shot in the loyalist Village … Continue reading →

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