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Poster Boys & Girls…#22 Lily Kerr (Workers Party)

Posted on April 26, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

25 th April. Oxford Street, Belfast…outside St George’s Market. Lily Kerr, Workers Party candidate in South Belfast. I know nothing about her.

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Poster Boys & Girls…#20 Máirtín Ó Muilleoir (Sinn Féin)

Posted on April 26, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

25th April. The corner of Hamilton Street and Joy Street in the Markets area of Belfast and just a few metres from the plaque commemorating “Official IRA” captain, Joe McCann who was killed in a gun battle with British Army. … Continue reading →

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SDLP South Belfast Campaign Launched

Posted on April 15, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Last night. Malone House Hotel, Belfast. Alasdair McDonnell was in pretty good form officially launching the South Belfast Campaign.   Fearghal McKinney MLA made a short speech (first pic) before Alasdair spoke. There is a good mood in SDLP these … Continue reading →

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Poster Boys & Girls…#4 Paula Bradshaw (Alliance)

Posted on April 5, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

South Belfast. This Paula Bradshaw poster is at Tesco on Lisburn Road. In 2015, Ms Bradshaw is standing for the Alliance Party. In 2010 she stood for the UUP-Conservative nonsense. I cant speculate on the Party she will be representing … Continue reading →

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Poster Boys & Girls…#3 Ben Manton (Conservative)

Posted on April 5, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

I cannot pretend that I have ever heard of Ben Manton, the Conservative Party candidate in South Belfast. The prominence of the British Flag is unlikely to attract “Catholic” or “nationalist” voters. The Conservative Party is a total irrelevance in … Continue reading →

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Poster Boys & Girls…#2 Alasdair McDonnell (SDLP)

Posted on April 4, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

In Belfast 4th April 2015. A lot of generic SDLP posters around City Hall. A cluster of Alasdair McDonnell (SDLP Leader and currently MP for South Belfast) posters around St Georges Market.

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Competition Time: Design A Paula Bradshaw 2020 Election Poster

Posted on March 31, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Now that your children and grandchildren are at home for Easter and the weather is not too good, you may wish to encourage them to take part in my Blue Peter-style “Design a Paula Bradshaw 2020 Election Poster” competition. Election … 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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Local Elections: South Belfast

Posted on May 30, 2014 by fitzjameshorse

Breaking down the Belfast Council area into four Westminster constituencies, I am looking first at South Belfast. From some inner city areas such as Ormeau (nationalist) and The Village (unionist), the constituency also includes the leafier middle class areas of … Continue reading →

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Local Elections: Belfast

Posted on May 30, 2014 by fitzjameshorse

Belfast …the big one. Enlarged by the inclusion of some Catholic DEAs from Lisburn and some Protestant DEAs from Castlereagh, the consequence was (as it turned out) that nationalists would outvote unionists but that the Alliance Party would hold the … Continue reading →

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