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Tag Archives: UVF
Appalling Vistas
In the summer of 1966, a man called John Patrick Scullion was murdered in the Clonard area of West Belfast. It is the first killing of the (modern) Troubles. He was shot outside his home and died two weeks later. … Continue reading
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Tagged Conflict Resolution, Gusty Spence, IRA, John Patrick Scullion, Royal Ulster Constabulary, RUC, Terence O'Neill, Texas, Troubles, UVF
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The Poppy…A Neutral Symbol?
So what about the Poppy? The one that unionists wear in the weeks leading up to Remembrance Sunday. The Unionists and the LetsGetAlongerists would have us believe we should respect it. It commemorates…they would claim….the (British) soldiers who lost their … Continue reading
Inflatable Rats…Old Belfast…New Belfast
I was watching Sky News at midnight last night. The lead story was that the British Government was going to do “something” about intimidation of directors of the Grangemouth Oil Refinery by trade unionists. It is said that members of … Continue reading
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Tagged Alliance Party, David Ford MLA, Dr John Kyle, DUP, Mairtin O'Muilleoir, Naomi Long MP, PUP, Sinn Féin, UVF
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Drugs…Nobody Knows Nothin’
Titanic Centre, Justin Bieber at MTV Awards, Derry “City of Culture”, Rory McIlroy, G8 Summit…amid all the relentless good news stories being churned out by the compliant journalists in Norn Iron, there are occasional reminders that it is all a … Continue reading
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Tagged Drugs, Edwin Poots MLA, John Kyle, Michael Copeland MLA, Pastor Paul Burns, PSNI, UVF
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Apologise For This!
Living in Belfast in the 1970s was not a lot of fun. Death was everywhere. I was reminded of this just lately, when I was preparing a list of people who I knew…who ended up as statistics. Names in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Conflict Resolution, Gerry Adams TD, Lost Lives, Miriam O'Callaghan, Patrick O'Neill, Romper Room, Rosemary McCartney, UDA, UVF
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Brass Neck And “No Neck”
I dont of course buy newspapers. That kinda thing only encourages “journalists” but I am indebted to a small restaurant in County Tyrone for the complimentary copy of ” The Sunday Life”. I love Norn Iron Sunday papers as they … Continue reading
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Tagged Conflict Resolution, decade of centenaries, East Belfast, letsgetalongerism, Letsgetalongerists, UVF
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How The Irish Saved….Belfast
Ian Parsley, the politician, businessman and linguist who was previously a member of the Alliance Party and the UCNUCFCPF and is now back with Alliance…all since 2009….makes a fair point when he blogs that loyalists and republicans get more out … Continue reading
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Tagged Alliance Party, Belfast Blitz, Conflict Resolution, East Belfast, Flegs, Ian Parsley, letsgetalongerism, Letsgetalongerists, UVF, World War II
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Matryoshka Dolls And Unionism
Wearing my other hat as Conspiracy Theorist, I have decided to explain Unionism by reference to Matryoshka/Babushka Dolls…and your spelling is probably better than mine because I am too lazy to look up Wikipedia. This set was bought by me … Continue reading
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Tagged Alliance Party, DUP, Flegs, letsgetalongerism, Orange Order, UDA, unionism, UUP, UVF
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