Tag Archives: UUP

South Belfast: Hustings

Posted on April 28, 2016 by fitzjameshorse

Rodney McCune (UUP), Claire Bailey (Green), Duncan Morrow (Alliance) Claire Hanna (SDLP), Ruth Patterson (Ind Unionist) and Christopher Stalford (DUP) After introducing the panel, William Crawley asks the first question. DOES THIS CONSTITUENCY NEED MORE MIGRANTS Rodney McCune talked about … Continue reading →

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UTV Election Debate

Posted on April 14, 2016 by fitzjameshorse

So the Big Debate with five Party Leaders…Arlene Foster (DUP), Mike Nesbitt (UUP) Martin McGuinness (Sinn Féin), David Ford (Alliance) and Colum Eastwood (SDLP). I enjoyed it despite it seeming very low-key. These Debates now seem to be part of … Continue reading →

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SDLP: The Case For Opposition

Posted on January 24, 2016 by fitzjameshorse

It is certainly possible to have a very academic debate in SDLP…should the Party play a role in the Norn Iron Executive. I could present a case either way. But really it boils down to a single photograph. Earlier this … Continue reading →

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Stormont Remembrance…Cunning Stunts

Posted on November 12, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

What would Bloggers do without Poppy Season? The annual commemoration of stories that define Norn Iron in all its crap-ness. So the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. Remembrance and Silence. And the Hall at Stormont. … Continue reading →

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Every Picture Tells A Story

Posted on October 14, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Stormont yesterday. Two Debates. DUP currently disconnected from the Assembly dont show up for a Debate on Autism. But DUP show up to defend the system where Special Advisors get inflated salaries. What is a Special Advisor and why are … Continue reading →

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Stormont….Not The End?

Posted on September 11, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Confused?  You will be. So the great Adjourn or Not Adjourn. So the DUP voted to Adjourn….and Sinn Féin, UUP and SDLP voted No. So….according to Robinson the whole sham would collapse because the DUP Ministers would resign. But Robbo … Continue reading →

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Stormont: The End?

Posted on September 10, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

It is 9am and I am on the Dublin train. When I return this afternoon, Stormont might have fallen. “Fallen” is a dramatic word that conjures up the Fall of Saigon in the 1970s but when the word “drama” and … Continue reading →

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Michael Copeland Resigns From Assembly

Posted on September 7, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

Michael Copeland MLA (UUP) resigning from Assembly is interesting. The replacement will be more interestting as Copeland is unlikely to have jumped without having a good idea who his replacement might be. His wife, Sonia is an East Belfast councillor … Continue reading →

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Westminster Election 2015: South Belfast

Posted on May 16, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

The Results: South Belfast is a strange consituency. At Assembly level, the six seats are held by five different parties. The sixth seat is held by SDLP. Much has been made of the fact that Alasdair McDonnell has won the … Continue reading →

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Westminster Election 2015: Newry & Armagh

Posted on May 16, 2015 by fitzjameshorse

The Results: Mickey Brady of Sinn Féin won but it seemed as much to do with Incumbency than anything else. In the early part of the campaign, SDLP felt they were making a lot of progress but ultimately the Unionist … Continue reading →

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