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Tag Archives: General Election
Why regional identity is a much bigger problem for the Conservatives than Labour
We tend to think that within the UK, it is only Northern Ireland which has identity politics. Putting that conventional thought another way, Northern Ireland’s politics would be identity politics along a Unionist / Nationalist axis, whilst the rest of … Continue reading
Posted in Conservative Party, Conservativism, Euro, Europe, General Election, George Osborne, Identity, Ideology, Labour Party, Nationalism, Northern Ireland politics, Scotland, Scottish Conservative Party, UK Constitution, UK Politics, UKIP, Unionism, Wales
Tagged Centre-Right, Conservative Party, Conservative Party of Northern Ireland, Conservativism, DUP, Euro, Europe, General Election, George Osborne, Identity, Ideology, Labour Party, Nationalism, Northern Ireland politics, Scotland, Scottish Conservative Party, UK Constitution, UK Politics, UKIP, Unionism, Wales, Welsh Conservative Party
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UUP accuses Conservatives about breaking promises
Not promises about not putting up Assembly candidates – yet. However, for Conservative Yoopyphobes, there is a cheering headline to a report in the Belfast Telegraph today. David McNarry has called for Owen Paterson’s head following his stated refusal to … Continue reading
Posted in Conservative Party, David McNarry, General Election, Good Friday Agreement, Martin McGuinness, Owen Paterson, St. Andrews Agreement, Stormont, Unionism, UUP
Tagged Conservative Party, David McNarry, General Election, Good Friday Agreement, Martin McGuinness, Owen Paterson, St. Andrews Agreement, Stormont, Unionism, UUP
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Opinion polls – ignore them until 2013 if you can
I don’t like talking about opinion polls just after a general election. Unfortunately, the media stuffs them into one’s face. This has been particularly so during the recent Oldham and Saddleworth by-election, which Labour won. I treated that result with … Continue reading
NI Centre Right Campaign strengthened by events of the last week
Child abuse comes in many forms. Nearly all child abuse falls into one of three categories: neglect, physical harm and emotional abuse. All forms of abuse by a parent or carer involve some form of emotional abuse. Not all child … Continue reading
Posted in Conservative Party, Conservativism, DUP, General Election, Good Friday Agreement, New Party, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Centre-Right, Northern Ireland economy, Northern Ireland politics, Orange Order, Political History, Stormont, UK Politics, Unionism, UUP
Tagged Conservative Party, Conservativism, DUP, General Election, Good Friday Agreement, New Party, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Centre-Right, Northern Ireland economy, Northern Ireland politics, Orange Order, Political History, Stormont, UK Politics, Unionism, UUP
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Conservativism in Northern Ireland
Irwin Armstrong, Chairman of the Northern Ireland Region of the Conservative Party, has made a comment contribution to ‘About Northern Ireland Centre-Right (a static page on this blog). I have republished his comment below with my reply. By Irwin Armstong … Continue reading
Posted in Basil McCrea, Conservative Party, Conservativism, David Cameron, General Election, Identity, Ideology, Irwin Armstrong, Nationalism, New Party, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Centre-Right, Northern Ireland politics, Stormont, Toxicity, UK Politics, Unionism, UUP
Tagged Basil McCrea, Centre Right, Centre-Right, Conservative Party, Conservative Party of Northern Ireland, Conservativism, David Cameron, Equal Citizenship, Equal citizenship, General Election, Identity, Ideology, Irwin Armstrong, Nationalism, New Party, Normal Politics, Normal politics, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Centre-Right, Northern Ireland politics, sectarianism, Sectarianism, Stormont, The United Kingdom, Toxicity, UCUNF, UK Politics, Unionism, UUP, Westmister Elections
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UUP leadership election could become an evolutionary link to normal politics
The path leading to a political party which is non-sectarian, Northern Ireland centred and neutral on the position of the Union is full of stepping stones. Those stones are neither in a straight line nor at the same stepping distance. … Continue reading
Posted in Basil McCrea, Conservative Party, Northern Ireland Centre-Right, Northern Ireland politics, Tom Elliott, Unionism
Tagged Assembly Elections, Basil McCrea, Centre Right, Centre-Right, Conservative Party, General Election, Good Friday Agreement, New Party, Normal Politics, Normal politics, Northern Ireland Centre-Right, Northern Ireland politics, Orange Order, Scottish Conservative Party, Sectarianism, Stormont, Tom Elliott, UCUNF, Unionism, UUP
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Cutting public spending creates more votes for the Conservatives in 5 years time?
An interesting angle on the budget has been provided by James Forsyth in the Spectator. Forsyth portrays George Osborne as a Tory equivalent of Gordon Brown, seeing the budget in terms of political calculation. He believes that whereas Brown created … Continue reading
Posted in Conservative Party, David Cameron, Economy, General Election, George Osborne
Tagged Budget, Budget Deficit, Centre Right, Centre-Right, Conservative Party, David Cameron, Economy, General Election, George Osborne, Northern Ireland Centre-Right, Public Spending, Spending cuts, Taxation
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Toxicity and the anti-identity
Since I launched the campaign for a new centre-right party two weeks ago, I have highlighted, in a number of posts, the problem of toxicity. The Toxicity of the Conservative Brand in Scotland is most certainly related to past policy … Continue reading
Posted in Conservative Party, General Election, Identity, Nationalism, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Centre-Right, Northern Ireland Labour Party, Northern Ireland politics, Orange Order, Political History, SDLP, Sinn Fein, Toxicity, Unionism
Tagged Centre Right, Centre-Right, Conservative Party, Conservative Party of Northern Ireland, General Election, Identity, Nationalism, New Party, Normal Politics, Normal politics, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Centre-Right, Northern Ireland Labour Party, Northern Ireland politics, Orange Order, Political History, Scottish Conservative Party, SDLP, sectarianism, Sectarianism, Sinn Fein, Toxicity, Unionism
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Toxic Conservative Party and David Cameron’s Bloody Sunday apology
Earlier today, I was at the High Court in Belfast representing a client. For the purpose of this post, I will use the pseudonym Eamon as if it was his real name. After the hearing, we paid a visit to … Continue reading
Posted in Bloody Sunday, Conservative Party, David Cameron, General Election, New Party, Northern Ireland Centre-Right, Northern Ireland politics, Political History, Toxicity, Unionism
Tagged Bloody Sunday, Centre Right, Centre-Right, Conservative Party, Conservative Party of Northern Ireland, David Cameron, General Election, Lord Saville, New Party, Normal Politics, Normal politics, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Centre-Right, Northern Ireland politics, Political History, Saville Report, Toxicity, UCUNF, Unionism
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Comparing Conservative Problems in Scotland with Northern Ireland
The campaign that I have launched for an independent centre-right party in Northern Ireland is running in parallel to a campaign for a similar scenario in relation to the Scottish Conservative Party. Each campaign has been launched in the wake of electoral … Continue reading
Posted in Conservative Party, David Cameron, General Election, Identity, Nationalism, New Party, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Centre-Right, Northern Ireland politics, Political History, Scotland, Scottish Conservative Party, Unionism
Tagged Centre Right, Centre-Right, Conservative Party, Conservative Party of Northern Ireland, David Cameron, General Election, Identity, Nationalism, New Party, Normal Politics, Normal politics, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Centre-Right, Northern Ireland politics, Political History, Scotland, Scottish Conservative Party, sectarianism, Sectarianism, Unionism
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Northern Ireland Centre-Right 