Tag Archives: North Belfast

How Would Henry Joy McCracken Vote?

Posted on May 1, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Sinn Féin now circulating this election leaflet in North Belfast. The most famous (albeit deceased ) resident of North Belfast is Henry Joy McCracken, hanged for his role as Leader of the 1798 Rebellion and now interred in Clifton Street … Continue reading →

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Poster Boys & Girls…#6 Alban Maginness (SDLP)

Posted on April 6, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Saturday 4th April 2015. Glengormley. Thanks to my (free travel) Translink Pass…a bus ride from Belfast for a walk around Glengormley. Quite a surprise to see so many SDLP posters for North Belfast candidate, Alban Maginness. Beginning (amusingly) at Clifton … Continue reading →

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Poster Boys & Girls…#5 Nigel Dodds (DUP)

Posted on April 5, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Glengormley Main Street 4th April 2015. Nigel Dodds (outgoing DUP MP for North Belfast). I have already seen Dodds posters on Crumlin Road but could not take a photograph.

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Poster Boys & Girls…#1 Gerry Kelly (Sinn Féin)

Posted on March 31, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

So the Westminster Election 2015 gets underway and with it the Election posters. This one is Gerry Kelly MLA (Sinn Féin, North Belfast). It is on the Antrim Road, in the New Lodge area. It was taken last Thirsday. This … Continue reading →

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Electoral Pacts And Unionism

Posted on March 18, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

So DUP and UUP have agreed to maximise the votes for the “unionist” family by agreeing an electoral pact in four constituencies. In East Belfast, Gavin Robinson will stand for DUP. The UUP will not be on the ballot paper. … Continue reading →

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Je Suis SDLP

Posted on February 14, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

So things have got nasty. Overnight the Constituency Office of Alban Magennis, SDLP MLA for North Belfast was attacked. The SDLP Office is actually above a business on the Antrim Road and as you will see, the people who daubed … Continue reading →

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Local Elections: North Belfast

Posted on May 31, 2014 by fitzjameshorse

North Belfast comprises the Oldpark DEA, Castle DEA as well as part of Court DEA and some areas from Glengormley, which are actually in the Antrim-Newtownabbey DEA. The Westminster MP is Nigel Dodds (DUP). The six MLAs…three DUP, two Sinn … Continue reading →

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Local Elections: Belfast

Posted on May 30, 2014 by fitzjameshorse

Belfast …the big one. Enlarged by the inclusion of some Catholic DEAs from Lisburn and some Protestant DEAs from Castlereagh, the consequence was (as it turned out) that nationalists would outvote unionists but that the Alliance Party would hold the … Continue reading →

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LetsGetAlongerism Interupted

Posted on April 16, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

We live in a decade which Conflict Resolutionists and LetsGetAlongerists aided and abetted by Historians have mapped out for us. It is The Decade of Centenaries, a series of events to show how much nationalists and unionists have in common … Continue reading →

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SDLP:Reasons To Be Cheerful?

Posted on March 8, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Yes….mostly. The point has been made that SDLP is “only” back to 2007 figures. I think this misses the point that the 2013 percentage was against a single unionist candidate. It also misses the point that SDLP added about 600 … Continue reading →

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