Tag Archives: UUP

Conservatives Launch…Again

Posted on June 13, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

The Conservative Party has been launched in Norn Iron more often than the Bangor lifeboat. And there is no reason to think that tomorrow’s launch will be any more successful than any other launch. The Ulster Tatler crowd will love … Continue reading →

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MLA Constituency Offices…#3 Samuel Gardiner MLA

Posted on May 14, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Sam Gardiner’s office is in the main street of Lurgan.  Noteworthy features here are a blue sign indicating help for a number of disability issues. And a poster for the “Balmoral Review”.   The window is quite eye-catching. A portrait of … Continue reading →

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John McCallister…SDLP Youth Conference

Posted on April 15, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

I am not usually a big fan of SDLP paying too much attention to “other voices”. At SDLP Annual Conference 2010, SDLP members were treated to a critique from (among others) Duncan Morrow, Rev Norman Hamilton and (God save us!) … Continue reading →

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Congratulations Mike Nesbitt

Posted on April 2, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

On Saturday Mike Nesbitt (81% of the votes cast) defeated John McCallister (19%) and is the new Leader of the UUP. It wasnt close….81% is an overwhelming endorsemment and from the UUP perspective …..that kind of endorsement (81-19) is much … Continue reading →

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The Upcoming Decade…….Opportunity For SDLP And UUP

Posted on March 28, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Memorably UUP Leader Tom Elliott would not attend a GAA match. To do so would have exposed the UUP to criticism from the purists in the DUP. Memorably in November 2010, Margaret Ritchie, then SDLP Leader wore a poppy at … 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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McCallister, Kennedy…..Nesbitt?

Posted on March 15, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Three nominations for Leader of the UUP. And most posts on the subject seem to involve the words “poisoned chalice”. Certainly the UUP Assembly Party is not a happy ship and the wider membership are in near despair. For the record … Continue reading →

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The Alliance Party …”Liberal Unionists”?

Posted on March 14, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

While the upcoming decade of Centenaries (and a whole industry is built around it) CAN provide an opportunity for a degree of reconciliation ans we bow to the False God of a “shared history”……it also provides an opportunity to properly … Continue reading →

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From Basil McIvor To Basil McCrea…

Posted on March 14, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

I have been watching “liberal unionism” for over forty years. And playing poker almost as long……….and I know a busted flush when I see one. When the cards are dealt, there is some Hope. But it all ends in Failure. … Continue reading →

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So Farewell Then Tom Elliott

Posted on March 9, 2012 by fitzjameshorse

Tom Elliott, Leader of the UUP resigned tonight. He was elected to the position in the summer of 2010. Perhaps not surprisingly…….seemingly twenty per cent of the UUP voters who elected him were from his Fermanagh-South Tyrone constituency. Elliott is … Continue reading →

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