Tag Archives: Stephen Nolan

Derry Girls…What Can I Say?

Posted on May 19, 2022 by fitzjameshorse

Derry Girls (and the Finale) was brilliant.What makes it good is that the jokes that occasionally misfire “three Catholics in the RUC” are compensated by the Politics that always works.A harmless wee comedy? No.It is Subversion.I have never believed in … Continue reading →

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Word Press Blogs

Posted on July 10, 2020 by fitzjameshorse

I have to say that I really like this platform…word press blog. I take it for granted. I am now on here in one incarnation or other for around ten years. One good thing…it is FREE. It is literally Free … Continue reading →

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Bell Or Foster?

Posted on December 16, 2016 by fitzjameshorse

I have not met Jonathon Bell. But I never really liked him. I have not met Arlene Foster. But I have never really liked her. I have never met Stephen Nolan. But I never really liked him. So by any … Continue reading →

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Stephen Nolan Themed Christmas Party

Posted on December 5, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Tonight I will be hosting my annual Christmas Party, attended by three hundred of my closest friends. The Party will have a Stephen Nolan theme. A tribute to one of the great mediocre shock jocks of our times. Guests are … Continue reading →

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“Spotlight”, “Nolan” and SDLP

Posted on October 8, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

At some point before the Leadership vote, I will have to blog on the contest between Alasdair McDonnell and Colum Eastwood….and just as important, other contests within SDLP. The conventional wiisdom is that divided parties do not do well. And … Continue reading →

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Politicians Owe The Media Nothing

Posted on September 14, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

In January 2011, I had a discussion with a SDLP MLA in his office on the Lisburn Road in South Belfast. I do not want to name him because he is now retired from politics. I am the soul of … Continue reading →

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“Hope I Die Before I Get Old”

Posted on May 1, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

As The Who put it nearly fifty years ago. My mother was in an old peoples home. She hated it. She referred to it as the ” Work House” . She died aged 90 in 2003. Depressing days as we … Continue reading →

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Why Is Local TV …Crap?

Posted on February 21, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

As Father Jack Hackett said….”what’s that gobshite doing on the television?” …Stephen Nolan…again. Going back to circa 1960…..it’s a rule of thumb that ALL local television is crap. The Troubles rescued local TV….made stars out of Eamonn Holmes, Gloria Hunniford … Continue reading →

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Nolan…Just Say No

Posted on January 17, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

Let me make this clear. The Stephen Nolan Radio Show is the lowest form of political discourse. Nolan transferring his “act”….and make no mistake…it is an act…of playing the Reasonable Exasperated Everyman forced to deal with lesser people who just … Continue reading →

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I Hate To Say “I Told You So…”

Posted on January 16, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

I hate to say “I told you so” but er……….I told you so. In a comment on Slugger O’Toole on 10th January 2013 (4.17pm) I suggested that the “bold move” that Theresa Villiers was looking for would involve the flying … Continue reading →

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