Tag Archives: Twitter

The SDLP Twitterati

Posted on January 27, 2016 by fitzjameshorse

“Squinter” from the Andytown News is a man who speaks his mind in his column. Of course sometimes he is reminded by Sinn Féin what his mind should be. So it seems a bit odd that a seasoned journalist would be … Continue reading →

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Naomi Hits Back!

Posted on March 30, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

One of the most bitter election campaigns will be in East Belfast. In 2010, Naomi Long of Alliance took the Westminster seat. It was a surprise. She rode the perfect storm of DUP Scandal and  a divided unionist vote. The … Continue reading →

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The Great Annual Tweet Up…Part One (NICVA)

Posted on March 29, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

   J Thursday 26th March 2015. NICVA, Duncairn Gardens, Belfast. Part One of the Great Annual Tweet Up. A joint event organised by NICVA and Slugger O’Toole. I am never very sure what NICVA is. On Thursday, I arrived about forty … Continue reading →

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Edwin, Mairtín And …Jim…And Peter Robinson!

Posted on September 25, 2014 by fitzjameshorse

Congratulations if you are old enough to know that the headline is a tip of the hat to “Abraham, Martin and John” and Smokey Robinson. So just to be clear…Edwin is Edwin Poots, DUP MLA for Lagan Valley and until … Continue reading →

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When Bloggers Meet…

Posted on March 18, 2014 by fitzjameshorse

The Big Tweet Up…a meeting of Bloggers on the Belfast “blogging scene”….the MetroTextuals….took place last Thursday night in McHughs Bar in Custom House Square. It was a fitting venue, just across the square from The steps at tne Custom House, … Continue reading →

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Tweet-Along-A-Mairtin…Monday

Posted on September 2, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

I celebrate the tweets of Belfast Mayor Mairtin O’Muilleoir. Historians will value these tweets as an insight into the minutae (no tweet too trivial) of being Mayor in a multi-cultural city like Belfast. 8am .Mairtin bids his 7,735 followers a … Continue reading →

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Vote Fitzjames Horse

Posted on September 1, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

I think I have worked out how Mairtin O’Muilleoir is Mayor of Belfast and I am not Mayor of Belfast. Its…Twitter. He has 7,000 odd Followers and follows over 5,000. I…a testament to my popularity …have just 52 followers. The … Continue reading →

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The Night They Drove Old Ulster Down?

Posted on August 10, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

“A Week Is A Long Time in Politics” Forty-Two years….is a very long time indeed. Earlier this week I blogged about the introduction of Internment without Trial and its violent aftermath on 9th August 1971. For several years afterwards the … Continue reading →

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@ And # Is All Crap

Posted on June 5, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

I cant believe that I got a comment on a blog I wrote which simply said “Mark Durkan has not tweeted since 2012”. I am indebted to regular commenter “Factual” for pointing this out because it confirms that Mark is … Continue reading →

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Twitter Ye Not!

Posted on May 27, 2013 by fitzjameshorse

I left Twitter about three months ago. I never really “got”Twitter. At Rostrevor, on Friday night it seemed most people have a Twitter account. I signed up again last night. In fairness to Twitter, it does what it says onthe … Continue reading →

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