tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post3820807184597837098..comments2023-10-22T11:57:34.718+01:00Comments on A Pint of Unionist Lite: When the going gets tough, N.Irish and Scottish Conservatives go hidingO'Neillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-18634134008221080832010-08-15T08:09:30.122+01:002010-08-15T08:09:30.122+01:00Dillettante.
Your site won't let jakes like m...Dillettante.<br /><br />Your site won't let jakes like myself post without an account of some sort, so here is my response to you here if Oneill doesn't mind too much;<br /><br />Hello big D<br /><br />I see that you are carrying on with your cultural soft touch that you displayed so eloquently over on Unionist lite;<br /><br />>>a story of the Scottish Conservative & Unionist tonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-81873948737100326902010-08-13T22:20:55.790+01:002010-08-13T22:20:55.790+01:00I cover this (mainly in response to a post on New ...I cover this (mainly in response to a post on New Right) [url=http://dilettante11.blogspot.com/2010/08/scottish-conservative-party-should-not.html]here[/url].Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03532639584338090676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-185546254191911212010-08-11T20:13:32.025+01:002010-08-11T20:13:32.025+01:00oneill
>>But I can say almost 100% categori...oneill<br /><br />>>But I can say almost 100% categorily that the NI Conservatives lose no votes because of any perceived Orange Order connection.I'm guessing the same is now the case with the Scottish Tories.<<<br /><br />That says more about the particular unhealthy mindset that exist amongst unionists in NI. And any connection that Scots OO members percieve with the tories are tonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-86822372670920753572010-08-11T19:05:56.167+01:002010-08-11T19:05:56.167+01:00I did a piece on Open Unionism on what I think is ...I did a piece on Open Unionism on what I think is the negative influence of Orangeism on NI Unionism here:http://tinyurl.com/3xkno9b<br />You might be interested in some of the responses.<br /><br />But I can say almost 100% categorily that the NI Conservatives lose no votes because of any perceived Orange Order connection. I'm guessing the same is now the case with the Scottish Tories.<br />O'Neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531858236570346203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-63841173546050354202010-08-11T16:40:58.270+01:002010-08-11T16:40:58.270+01:00Orange this orange that Aberdonian...........now I...Orange this orange that Aberdonian...........now I wonder who has the hegemonic influence in Oneills political party of choice, indeed underwrites virtually everything they do *coughs* ahem Unionist/loyalist unity talks.<br /><br />Anybody would think the orangies were some kind of toxic brand.tonynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-17082380118634206652010-08-11T15:03:34.895+01:002010-08-11T15:03:34.895+01:00Tony is spot on. The Scottish Tories have to take...Tony is spot on. The Scottish Tories have to take a leaf out of the book of the Quebec right. Association with the Orange Anglo-phone Tories in Canada damaged the so-called "Bleaus" so much (particularly after the execution of Louis Riel) that the party detached itself from the Anglophone party and recreated itself as the "Union Nationale" playing the small "n" The Aberdoniannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6008037633121035579.post-36278468426347647872010-08-10T21:23:40.684+01:002010-08-10T21:23:40.684+01:00To be fair the tories in Scotland are hamstrung by...To be fair the tories in Scotland are hamstrung by their reluctance to orient themselves from Scotland instead of an appendage of a party that has a bad reputation in Scotland. You know how i often go on about the Scottish unionist media, well just media because there isn't a nationalist media.<br /><br />Imagine if you will how they have managed to con the Scots so successfully for so long. tonynoreply@blogger.com