Tag Archives: Norn Iron

The Incredible Shrinking “United Kingdom”

Posted on July 12, 2024 by fitzjameshorse

How many constituencies are in the “United Kingdom”? Well if we look at Wikipedia, an impeccable source for everything…it is 650. But I dispute this. There are in reality just 643, Seven constituencies elected a MP who will not be … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Charles Windsor, Norn Iron, Plaid Cymru, Sinn Féin, SNP, Westminster Election | 1 Comment

It Was Eighteen Elections…Not One…And Ninety Proxy Elections.

Posted on July 12, 2024 by fitzjameshorse

The General Election. The Headline Well, it was actually eighteen different elections ….and the British one and it does not really matter. As a spectator sport, it was of course great to see the Conservatives get humiliated, But in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alliance Party, Boris Johnson, Conservative Party, DUP, General Election, Green Party, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour Party, Liberal Democrat, Norn Iron, Plaid Cymru, Reform, Rishi Sunak, SDLP, Sinn Féin, SNP, Starmer, TUV, Upper Bann, UUP | Leave a comment

Mass Rocks (Dungeon, Fire & Sword?)

Posted on December 29, 2021 by fitzjameshorse

American academics who are interested in Civil Rights rarely understand that integrated education (Catholics and Protestants) was not a basic demand in Norn Iron. Educating black and white children together was a prime demand by Civil Rights activists in Alabama … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alliance Party, Anthony Babington, Bosworth, Cardinal Wolsey, Christian Brothers, Civil Rights, Dominicans, Edmund Campion, Elizabeth I, Faith of Our Fathers, Guy Fawkes, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Integrated Education, John Fisher, Lady Jane Grey, Laudabiliter, Martin Luther, Mary Queen of Scots, Mass Rock, Norn Iron, Oliver Plunket, SDLP, Sinn Féin, Sisters of Mercy, Thomas Cranmer, Thomas More, Tudor | 2 Comments

That’s Another Storey (sic)

Posted on April 1, 2021 by fitzjameshorse

The news that the Crown Prosecution Service will not be prosecuting anyone over the Bobby Storey funeral last June will shock nobody. To be clear, nobody will be shocked cos that’s how Norn Iron works. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-56581056 In strict legalistic terms, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Arlene Foster MLA, Bobby Storey, Conor Murphy, Covid, Deirdre Hargey, DUP, good friday agreement, Michelle O'Neill MLA, Norn Iron, Pandemic, PSNI, Sinn Féin | 2 Comments

Germany 1945…Reconciliation?

Posted on March 27, 2021 by fitzjameshorse

A few months ago I watched a three part BBC documentary called “Berlin 1945”. It was difficult to watch. The year 1945 in Berlin…archive footage and quotes from the diaries of ordinary Berliners. By January 1945, the Nazis have already … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Conflict Resolution, Creative Ambiguity, Derry Girls, Germany, good friday agreement, Harry Enfield, Holocaust, Jacobites, Norn Iron, Oliver Cromwell, Reconciliation, Red Army, World War II | Leave a comment

FitzjamesHorse …Back in the Saddle

Posted on March 6, 2021 by fitzjameshorse

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | 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 | Leave a comment

So Euros…How Was It For You?

Posted on May 24, 2019 by fitzjameshorse

The Euro Campaign is over. I have not blogged much. Too busy on Slugger with the usual regiment of Sinn Féin bots and Alliance Party trolls. I have been in Coalisland, Dungannon, Carrickfergus and spent a few hours in Derry yesterday … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alliance Party, Brexit, Colum Eastwood MLA, Danny Kennedy, Diane Dodds MEP, DUP, European Elections, Naomi Long, Norn Iron, SDLP, Sinn Féin, Slugger O'Toole, UUP | 28 Comments

2017: That Was The Year That Was

Posted on December 28, 2017 by fitzjameshorse

No this is NOT a return to Blogging. It is a review of the year 2017 and an acknowledgement that “Keeping An Eye On The Czar of Russia” is still well read despite no entries from June this year. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Brexit, Norn Iron, Platform for Change, SDLP, Sinn Féin | 12 Comments

EU Referendum: Norn Iron

Posted on June 27, 2016 by fitzjameshorse

Norn Iron voted REMAIN but as always it is complicated. DUP advised a LEAVE vote but the sensible people never really made much effort. DUP seemed happy in the knowledge that they could parade their British nationalism and they would … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alex Attwood MLA, Claire Hanna MLA, Colm Eastwood MLA, EU Referendum, Nicola Sturgeon MSP, Norn Iron, SDLP, SNP | 5 Comments

Norn Iron…The Musical

Posted on August 5, 2014 by fitzjameshorse

So….August. Its the Silly Season and over on Slugger O’Toole , Mick Fealty is making his annual appeal for a new flag for Norn Iron. Something with which we can all identify. I cant log in to Slugger and comment. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Commonwealth Games, Ian Parsley, Letsgetalongerists, Mick Fealty, Norn Iron, Slugger O'Toole | 22 Comments

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