Tag Archives: SDLP

Poster Boys & Girls…#28 Gerry Mullan (SDLP)

Posted on May 4, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

27th April Linenhall Street, Limavady. Gerry Mullan, a local councillor is SDLP candidate in East Derry. The Party has a safe seat in the Assembly and John Dallat MLA is not expected to stand in 2016. I dont know Gerry … Continue reading →

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An Appeal On Behalf Of The Alliance Party

Posted on April 29, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

I have now published 24 Election posters. You will be delighted to know that I have another twenty to be published over the next few days. Why am I doing it? Well mostly for the craic. But the serious nerdy … Continue reading →

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Marriage Equality Is Generational…Time For SDLP Youth To Step Up

Posted on April 28, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Disappointing that four SDLP members from fourteen could not bring themselves to support the Equal Marriage Bill in the Assembly yesterday. Equally disappointing that three of eight Alliance members could not vote for this either. Although I dont really care … Continue reading →

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Wells Far Gone

Posted on April 27, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

So farewell Jim Wells. Last week, speaking as the DUP candidate for South Down, he made some comments at a hustings event. His view that children with parents in a gay relationship are more likely to be abused or neglected … Continue reading →

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The Town I Love So Well

Posted on April 27, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

In recent days, I have been in East, South and North Belfast, Strangford, North Down, East Antrim, Lagan Valley and of course Upper Bann. My stately progress thru the northern constituencies began in Foyle (ie Derry City) two weeks ago. … Continue reading →

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Poster Boys & Girls…#21 Margaret Anne McKillop (SDLP)

Posted on April 26, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

25th April. Margaret Anne McKillop, SDLP candidate for East Antrim. I wasn’t expecting SDLP posters in Larne. There are some on Circular Road, near the railway station and another group at the Laharna Shopping Mall. Good to see SDLP posters … Continue reading →

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DUP Are “Toxic”

Posted on April 24, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

The British General Election is a very odd thing. It has none of the old certainties. Nothing is straightforward in 2015. It is not just about 650 seats and a handful on the “celtic fringe”. It is about 650 different … Continue reading →

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Poster Boys & Girls…#15 Tom Woolley (SDLP)

Posted on April 21, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Wednesday 15th April. Bangor, County Down. The roundabout at Brunswick Road-Maxwell Road. Tom Woolley, SDLP candidate for North Down. There was a second poster which had been defaced and it appears some SDLP posters have been removed. Not fertile ground … Continue reading →

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The Sturgeon Revolution: The Edinburgh Spring

Posted on April 18, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

I was always a politics nerd. I suppose the first Westminster election that I ever watched “thru the night” was in 1964. I was 12 years old. It was a narrow Labour win. Then..1966 (Labour) , 1970 (Tory win..the first in … Continue reading →

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Poster Boys & Girls…#12 Joe Boyle (SDLP)

Posted on April 17, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

14th April. Regent Street, Newtownards, outside the Ulsterbus Station. Joe Boyle is the candidate for Strangford and is a councillor based in Portaferry on the tip of the Ards Peninsula. Newtownards is not a nationalist-friendly town so it is nice … Continue reading →

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