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Assembly Election: East Derry

Posted on May 5, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

East Derry is a constituency which includes Coleraine, Limavady, Dungiven,and some coastal towns. Traditionally unionist but with a large Catholic minority and a university (UUC) at Coleraine. East Derry..Currently there are five MLAs…DUP (2) SDLP (1) Sinn Féin (1)). Independent … Continue reading →

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Assembly Election 2022: North Belfast

Posted on April 23, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

North Belfast is a constituency comprising areas like Antrim Road, Crumlin Road, Oldpark Road and Shore Road (the arterial roads leading north from the City Centre.)as far as the old village of Glengormley and Ligoneil. It includes prosperous areas like … Continue reading →

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Assembly Election 2022: East Belfast

Posted on April 17, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

East Belfast is a constituency that includes prosperous areas around Knock, Belmon and Stormont and working class Protestant areas such as Lower Newtownards Road, Castlereagh Road, Woodstock and estates such as Gilnahirk and Dundonald. There is a Catholic enclave at … Continue reading →

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Assembly Election 2017: East Belfast

Posted on February 16, 2017 by fitzjameshorse

The key difference between Assembly 2016 and Assembly 2017 is that only five MLAs will be elected from each constituncy. For at least eighteen MLAs and their staff, this election has come four years too early. The percentage of votes … Continue reading →

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Poster Boys & Girls: #13 Sophie Long (PUP)

Posted on April 21, 2016 by fitzjameshorse

Sophie Long: Upper Bann. This poster is located at High Steet, Lurgan. The PUP (Progressive Unionist Party) is seen as the voice of the UVF. The irony is that PUP (previous leaders include David Ervine and Dawn Purves) sees itself … Continue reading →

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Inflatable Rats…Old Belfast…New Belfast

Posted on November 17, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

I was watching Sky News at midnight last night. The lead story was that the British Government was going to do “something” about intimidation of directors of the Grangemouth Oil Refinery by trade unionists. It is said that members of … 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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Belfast Meets Rock Ridge

Posted on December 4, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Watching the “stream” from Belfast Council last night……I could not quite put my finger on who those assorted unionist councillors reminded me of………surely it is that Town hall meeting in the movie Blazing Saddles. Gabby Johnson, Van Johnson, Howard Johnson … Continue reading →

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The Day That I joined The SDLP…They Stopped Listening To Me

Posted on February 16, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

I like Dawn Purvis. I have met her twice now and found her extremely pleasant. Some might regard her previous membership of the Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) as baggage…because of its perceived links to the UVF. The real point is … Continue reading →

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