Tag Archives: Referendum

BREXIT Broke Britain But…

Posted on November 9, 2019 by fitzjameshorse

BREXIT broke Britain but… will it break the “United Kingdom”? In June 2016, I voted for the “UK” to leave the European Union. Actually, I voted in a perverse way for England to be expelled from the European Union. Many … Continue reading →

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EU Referendum: A Voter’s Guide

Posted on May 26, 2016 by fitzjameshorse

1…This whole referendum was little more than a tactic to keep the Conservative Party united and to stop defections of voters and Tory members to UKIP. Yes ….so I should probably abstain. 2…Cameron won the 2015 Election on the basis … Continue reading →

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Equal Marriage Referendum

Posted on May 22, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

I was in Dublin today. I wanted to be there. Hard to explain. At Connolly Station, one young woman with a “Tá” sticker. It gave me the impression that a lot of people would be wearing stickers. In fact, very … Continue reading →

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Ooops They Did It Again

Posted on September 25, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Over on his own Blog the peerless Mr BangorDub draws attention to the Orange Orders demand that “Ulster Scots” have a vote in any Referendum on Scottish Independence. http://bangordub.wordpress.com/2012/09/25/lets-all-vote-together/ Aside from the nightmare of actually working out who is real … Continue reading →

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Referendum: Victory For Fear

Posted on June 2, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

So the Referendum on Fiscal Stability/Austerity was passed 60:40. There are, I suppose reasonable arguments to be made FOR the Treaty. And I suppose reasonable arguments to be made against the Treaty. Long Live Reason. Yet it strikes me that … Continue reading →

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The Austerity Referendum

Posted on May 16, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

In Dublin yesterday, I took some photographs of the posters around Henry Street and Talbot Street. By my non-scientific reckoning, “No” posters outnumbered “Yes” posters by about four to one. Balancing this is the fact that the three traditionally main … Continue reading →

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The Scottish Referendum…Quintin Oliver Steps In!

Posted on March 8, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Interesting piece by Quintin Oliver on Slugger O’Toole-Stratagem site……..how to win a Scottish Refendum. So no sense of Irony…..in his “ten iron rules”. How exactly did the AV Referendum go Quintin? Was Stratagem perhaps involved?  

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The Scotland Question

Posted on January 26, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

There is a surprising number of threads about Scottish independence on Norn Irons third best political website. In part this is tribal……Norn Irons unionists will, by default back a “United Kingdom” and oppose Scottish independence. Irish nationalists of course oppose … Continue reading →

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