Tag Archives: Slugger O’Toole

Donorgate

Posted on March 27, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

So a Conservative Party treasurer (and millionaire) got on the wrong end of a newspaper sting……..and was secretly filmed (will they ever learn?) negotiating a Premiership type donation to the Conservative Party. Apparently for £250,000 Peter Cruddas was offering dinner … Continue reading →

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Interesting Piece On Slugger-Stratagem Website

Posted on March 22, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

The peerless Mick Fealty has an interesting piece on Slugger O’Toole (partner of Stratagem which advises Rowntree which has given £98,000 to the Alliance Party over the past few years) …..in which he compares and contrasts the very public nature … Continue reading →

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John Prescott Reminds Me Of……Me.

Posted on March 21, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

I just watched John Prescott interviewed by Stephen Sacker on the BBC News Channel. As always Prescott, much derided in the mainstream press and the Blaggersphere was impressive. Particuarly so when he pointed out that he spent a lot of … Continue reading →

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Who Pays The Farry Man?

Posted on February 29, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Who pays Stephen Farry (Alliance-Rowntree), Minister for Employment and Learning? Well obviously we do. And Rowntree played a part too. I am intrigued that Mr Farry is Guest of Honour at a Belfast Chamber of Commerce “dinner” on 7th March. … Continue reading →

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Capital Assets Transfer Seminar………What Was That All About?

Posted on February 24, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Yesterday I attended a seminar at the Farset International House…on Capital Assets Transfer. It was first notified last week on the “Slugger O’Toole” website and I was susprised that such a relatively obscure subject was given such weight. Unusually in … Continue reading →

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The Rise And Fall Of Slugger O’Toole

Posted on February 1, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

I suspect that the obituary of Slugger O’Toole will be written soon. It should be sad to see an old friend dying on his feet…but sympathy is eroded when the dying person acts erratically and even viciously towards those who … Continue reading →

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Belfast Sectarian Beatings…Redux

Posted on January 16, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

A few days ago, I blogged about James Turley, a Catholic Belfast youth, who was savagely beaten up by a gang of Protestant youths while he was working as an extra in a movie being shot in the loyalist Village … Continue reading →

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Censorship On Slugger O’Toole

Posted on December 1, 2011 by fitzjameshorse

Andy Pollak from the Centre of Cross-Border Studies in Armagh posted a piece on Slugger O’Toole yesterday “Why are Irish researchers so uninterested in North-South cooperation?” About 8.30am today, I saw a reply from a fellow Sluggerite and posted a … Continue reading →

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The Leveson Inquiry…Nuremburg For Journalist Nazis

Posted on November 24, 2011 by fitzjameshorse

I have just finished watching the first weeks evidence in the Leveson Inquiry. Hopefully, I will post about this in greater detail over the weekend. The concensus among Journalists (reporting on the Inquiry)seems to be that this has been a … Continue reading →

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Gobshite-Gate.

Posted on September 22, 2011 by fitzjameshorse

The Great and the Good are in a tizzy because Carál Ni Chuilín (Sinn Féin) the Minister for Culture, Art and Leisure at Stormont has called (via Twitter) Michael McDowell, a former politician in the Republic a “gobshite”. Now there IS … Continue reading →

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