Tag Archives: Slugger O’Toole

Marching Season

Posted on June 22, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Marching Season has begun. It is that time of the year …mid-June to mid-August….when Orangemen walk about a lot. They do this because 1 It is their British, Protestant and Unionist Culture. Or 2 It annoys Catholics. Or 3 It … Continue reading →

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Slugger O’Toole And West Belfast

Posted on June 19, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Is it cos Im from West Belfast? (as Ali G might have said). Slugger O’Toole’s obvious dislike for James Kelly and Mairead Corrigan…couldnt be anything to do with them both being from West Belfast…could it? No …there would need to … Continue reading →

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Slugger O’Toole And Non-Persons

Posted on June 18, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Does Slugger O’Toole, the LetsGetAlongerist message board have a list of people who are are “undesirables”? Probably not …or I would probably be on it. Yet Slugger seems to ignore some people. What harm could James Kelly the veteran journalist … Continue reading →

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NI21: A Model Party?

Posted on June 15, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

With Alliance Internet warriors now attacking NI21 on Slugger O’Toole, I am indebted to “Granni Trixie” , the Boedica of Alliance warrior tribe for the information that NI21s launch was organised by a model agency headed by a model called … Continue reading →

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Who Let The Dogs Out?

Posted on June 14, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

As I predicted….and even a broken clock is right twice a day….Alliance are the Party most affected by the emergence of NI21. Far too early to say if NI21 will have any impact on Norn Iron politics or whether Basil … Continue reading →

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No Room For Irish Flags …In…erm Irish Fermanagh

Posted on June 11, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

I read on Slugger O’Toole that there is no room for British flegs (sic) in British Fermanagh. Let me assure my British readers that this is not the case. On Friday I travelled thru County Fermanagh on my way to … Continue reading →

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Life And Times

Posted on June 6, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Great excitement over on Slugger O’Toole with the publication of the annual Life and Times Survey. This is like Christmas Day for LetsgetAlongerists as it shows them that despite voting Sinn Fein and SDLP, nationalists are not really nationalists at … Continue reading →

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Paddy Wilson RIP

Posted on June 5, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

A declaration…Paddy Wilson was a friend of my father who occasionally visited our house. Elected to the old Stormont Senate in 1969, he was one of the eight founder members of the SDLP a year later. The last occasion that … Continue reading →

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BBC Ulster Scots (sic) Word Of The Day

Posted on June 2, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

I was inspired by a thread on Slugger O’Toole to look up the Ulster-Scots (please dont snigger) word for “scoundrel”. I did not have far to look because it is actually the Word of the Day on the BBC Ulster … Continue reading →

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It’s Zero Sum Stupid!

Posted on May 31, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Bad week for nationalism. Hence the gloating on Slugger O’Toole and the admiration there for Jim Allister of the TUV. He socked it to Sinn Fein this week or to paraphrase Slugger …it was a victory for common sense and … Continue reading →

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