Tag Archives: SDLP

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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SDLP Selection Convention: Newry-Armagh

Posted on February 12, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Armagh City Hotel. Crowded hall which is maybe surprising for a Convention to ratify the single nominee. It was so to speak, an “open invite”. Attendees from several branches, not in the constituency. Margaret Ritchie MP in the Chair. Justin … Continue reading →

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Norn Iron’s Leading Political Couple?

Posted on February 6, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

It is now five years since Mrs Iris Robinson left Politics. She and husband Peter were both MPs and MLAs when she stepped down. The reason/s she left Politics need not concern us. They were for many years Norn Iron’s … Continue reading →

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Gerry Conlon Memorial Lecture

Posted on January 25, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Interesting Event last night. The Gerry Conlon Memorial Lecture in St Marys College, Falls Road in the heart of West Belfast. Organised by SDLP and with Alex Attwood MLA presenting the event…it says a lot ABOUT SDLP and indeed FOR … Continue reading →

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Roadmap To A United Ireland

Posted on January 12, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Very odd thread on Slugger O’Toole, where Deputy Editor Doctor Who (David McCann) muses on Irish unity from the centre -right republicanism of Fianna Fáil. He wonders how the economic case for unity can be made (to northern unionists). Sinn … Continue reading →

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SDLP: Getting With The (Feile) Programme

Posted on August 7, 2014 by fitzjameshorse

Odd thing. No mention of SDLP in West Belfast’s Annual Festival. It almost looks likr they (we) dont exist. Are we even mentioned in the great big glossy brochure? As West Belfast invites the world to celebrate the diversity of … Continue reading →

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Constituency Offices…#16 Sean Rogers MLA

Posted on July 26, 2014 by fitzjameshorse

Earlier this week, I was in Newcastle in County Down. This is the office of Sean Rogers MLA for South Down. I liked this one and thanks to newly elected Councillor Laura Devlin for showing me round.   

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Not In My Name!

Posted on July 26, 2014 by fitzjameshorse

A few days ago, I posted a Blog…”Helpless in Gaza”. In that Blog, I noted how articulate Israeli spokesmen were pushing the idea that Israel was in some way on the front line fighting for Civilisation. That Israel is in … Continue reading →

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Taking The Derry Air

Posted on July 25, 2014 by fitzjameshorse

Just returned from a very pleasant few days in Derry..with a cross-county excursion into County Donegal. I like Derry. Effectively, it is a city made by SDLP. I make no apology for saying that. I rarely visited Derry in the … Continue reading →

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Féile…West Belfast Festival

Posted on July 15, 2014 by fitzjameshorse

So Féile starts in two weeks. The West Belfast Festival. On 9th August 1971, Internment Without Trial was introduced. That night, the Ballymurphy Massacre took place. For some years afterwards, the anniversary was marked by often intense rioting in West … Continue reading →

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