Tag Archives: SDLP

It’s Civil Rights….Stupid!

Posted on May 23, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Interesting that todays headline in the News Letter (no of course I didnt buy it” has Nigel Dodds MP (DUP for North Belfast) having a rant about the SDLP losing its moral compass and pandering to the “dissident republicans”. For … Continue reading →

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Constituency Offices…#7 Joe Byrne MLA

Posted on May 17, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Strabane today in the constituency of West Tyrone.  The offices of Joe Byrne SDLP MLA for West Tyrone. A terraced house in a square. The bay window advertises “A Night at the Races” a fundraising event tomorrow night. There is a … Continue reading →

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MLA Constituency Offices…#6 Dolores Kelly MLA

Posted on May 14, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

The most striking feature of the constituency office of SDLP Deputy Leader Dolores Kelly is the absence of the letters “MLA”. The window shows photographs of Ms Kelly and the (only) two SDLP councillors on Craigavon Council. A poster in … Continue reading →

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Bringing Back “Civil Rights”

Posted on May 14, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

About a month ago, I wrote that the upcoming decade of centenaries is actually a decade featuring  a lot of “Fiftieth Anniversaries”…….notably of the Civil Rights movement, the start of the Troubles and the formation of the SDLP. I have … Continue reading →

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Hugh News RIP

Posted on April 30, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Saddened to learn of the death of Hugh News, former SDLP Assembly Member for Armagh (his area being North Armagh particuarly Lurgan). Ar dheis De go raibh a anam. Hugh News was elected in 1973, held his seat in the … Continue reading →

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The Nolan TV Show

Posted on April 26, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Awful moment last night when I walked into the living room and discovered Stephen Nolan had been given a TV Show. I had a Father Jack Hackett moment ….”How did that gobshite get on the television?” I would like to … Continue reading →

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Two SDLP Blogs

Posted on April 25, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Good to see that there are some other SDLP-orientated Blogs out there. Ballycastle SDLP have a an excellent local Blog.  http://ballycastlesdlp.wordpress.com/ And Daniel Hendrie who is a SDLP Representative in Ballymoney has set up a Blog at http://dhendriesdlp.wordpress.com/. Daniel is … Continue reading →

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Is Blogging Inconsistent With Party Membership?

Posted on April 25, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

I have been blogging…off and on….for about five years. My constant inability to remember passwords has meant that I have moved sites a few times. But for the record this is the only “political” Blog, I have in Europe. I … Continue reading →

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From The Youth Team To The Senior Team

Posted on April 19, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

I have never been very good at getting the balance right between praising a young person and being patronising. But on the other hand, in three weeks time I will be a 60 year old….an aul fella……so I suppose I … Continue reading →

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Square Pegs….Round Holes….Local Politics

Posted on April 18, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

I am going thru a lot of Nostalgia over the past few weeks. Lots of reasons. In three weeks, I will be sixty years old. And it should not actually be any more different than any previous birthday. It concentrates … Continue reading →

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