Tag Archives: Sinn Féin

Assembly Election 2022: Upper Bann

Posted on April 12, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

Upper Bann is a constituency comprising towns like Portadown, Lurgan and Banbridge as well as villages like Waringstown, Aghagallon and Derrytrasna. Currently there are five MLAs…DUP (2), UUP (1), Sinn Féin (1), SDLP (1). Previous to 2017 when it was … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alliance Party, Aontú, Darrin Foster, Diane Dodds, Dolores Kelly, Doug Beattie, DUP, Eóin Tennyson, Glenn Barr, Green Party, John O'Dowd, Jonathan Buckley, Liam Mackle, SDLP, Sinn Féin, TUV, Upper Bann, UUP | 6 Comments

Irish Neutrality And…Irish Neutrality

Posted on March 17, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

Almost twenty years ago, I was part of a discussion on a History “discussion board” on MySpace. The subject was Irish Neutrality in the Second World War. This is often a sore point for Irish people. Not so much for … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Belfast Blitz, British Empire, Ciaran Cuffe, Clare Daly, DDay, Eamon de Valera, Emily Lawless, Europe, good friday agreement, Grace O'Sullivan, Green Party, letsgetalongerism, Mick Wallace, Ming Flanagan, Neutrality, RealPolitik, Russia, Sinn Féin, Skibbereen Eagle, Treaty Ports, Ukraine, United Nations, World War II | 7 Comments

Bloody Sunday 1972-2022

Posted on January 30, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

This is a strange post. I have always known that I would write about Bloody Sunday. And I thought it would be a long post but actually it wont be long. Reasons…we are all familiar with the story. And I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alliance Party, Ballymurphy Massacre, Bloody Friday, Bloody Sunday, British Army, Claudy, Derry, Doug Beattie, DUP, John Hume, Johnny Mercer, Kingsmill, McGurks Bar, Paras, Sammy Wilson, Savile Report, SDLP, Sinn Féin, UUP, Widgery | 1 Comment

Doug Beattie…It’s The Way He Tells Them!

Posted on January 24, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

Apparently Doug Beattie, UUP Leader who we keep being told is a modern kind of unionist has made a very unfunny joke about Edwin Poots and Mrs Poots. I have not heard the joke and I do not want to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barry McElduff, Doug Beattie, DUP, Edwin Poots, Sinn Féin, Slugger O'Toole, UUP | 36 Comments

JeffreyMandering

Posted on January 15, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

Dual Mandate or Double Jobbing? They mean the same thing but one is much more perjorative than the other. This means a person being a member of two legislative Assemblies at the same time…ie Westminster Parliament and the regional Assemblies … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alliance Party, Assembly Election 2022, Brandon Lewis, Chris Hazzard, Claire Hanna, Colum Eastwood, Double Jobbing, Douglas Ross, Dual Mandate, DUP, East Antrim, East Derry, Fermanagh-South Tyrone, Foyle, Gregory Campbell, Ian Paisley, Jeffrey Donaldson, Lagan Valley, Michelle Gildernew MP, Paul Maskey, Sammy Wilson, SDLP, Sinn Féin, Slugger O'Toole, Sorcha Eastwood, south belfast, South Down, Stephen Farry, UUP, west belfast, Westminster | 14 Comments

Life Skills Required To Be A (Despised) Minority

Posted on January 11, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

I have spent some of the Pandemic researching my own family History. The despicable comments by (Lady) Kate Hoey have angered a lot of people in the nationalist community. At this point, I do not want to go into much … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Brexit, Civil Rights, DUP, Enoch Powell, Gaelic Athletic Association, House of Lords, Ireland's Future, Jamie Bryson, Kate Hoey, Mr Tibbs, Protocol, SDLP, Sinn Féin, UUP | 7 Comments

Mass Rocks (Dungeon, Fire & Sword?)

Posted on December 29, 2021 by fitzjameshorse

American academics who are interested in Civil Rights rarely understand that integrated education (Catholics and Protestants) was not a basic demand in Norn Iron. Educating black and white children together was a prime demand by Civil Rights activists in Alabama … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alliance Party, Anthony Babington, Bosworth, Cardinal Wolsey, Christian Brothers, Civil Rights, Dominicans, Edmund Campion, Elizabeth I, Faith of Our Fathers, Guy Fawkes, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Integrated Education, John Fisher, Lady Jane Grey, Laudabiliter, Martin Luther, Mary Queen of Scots, Mass Rock, Norn Iron, Oliver Plunket, SDLP, Sinn Féin, Sisters of Mercy, Thomas Cranmer, Thomas More, Tudor | 2 Comments

The Queen’s Speech

Posted on December 28, 2021 by fitzjameshorse

The annual Christmas speech by Mrs Elizabeth Windsor is one of those things that is impossible to explain, mainly because I don’t actually watch it. It is a curious throw-back to the 1950s. Listen to any left wing “woke” British … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Commonwealth, Diana Spencer, Duke of Edinburgh, Elizabeth Windsor, Meaghan, nationalists, Prince Andrew, Prince Charles, Queen, Royal Family, SDLP, Sinn Féin, unionists | Leave a comment

That’s Another Storey (sic)

Posted on April 1, 2021 by fitzjameshorse

The news that the Crown Prosecution Service will not be prosecuting anyone over the Bobby Storey funeral last June will shock nobody. To be clear, nobody will be shocked cos that’s how Norn Iron works. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-56581056 In strict legalistic terms, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Arlene Foster MLA, Bobby Storey, Conor Murphy, Covid, Deirdre Hargey, DUP, good friday agreement, Michelle O'Neill MLA, Norn Iron, Pandemic, PSNI, Sinn Féin | 2 Comments

FitzjamesHorse …Back in the Saddle

Posted on March 6, 2021 by fitzjameshorse

I feel like one of those retired generals who has been recalled to the colours after years in retirement. It turns out that Mr Fukuyama was wrong. History has not ended. The whole world is in a state of chassis … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alliance Party, Border Poll, Brexit, DUP, EU, Ireland's Future, letsgetalongerism, Norn Iron, Perfidious Albion, Platform for Change, SDLP, Sinn Féin, Slugger O'Toole, TUV, UUP, Withdrawal Agreement | Leave a comment

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