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Date registered: July 10, 2010

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Is an independent Scottish currency viable? — April 5, 2012
That exclusive Unionist Community…does it help the Union? — March 31, 2012
Peter Robinson’s speech at Iveagh House, Dublin. — March 30, 2012
Not ‘uber-’ unionists Tim, just unionists. — February 20, 2012
Would Alex Salmond make a colony of Scotland? — February 7, 2012

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Dec
13

Introducing: Northern Ireland Conservative Future

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Continuing OU’s occasional series on the various unionist youth movements in Northern Ireland, we present the Northern Ireland regional branch of Conservative Future. Northern Ireland Conservative Future (NICF) is the organisation for those under the age of 30, and those in institutions of higher/further education, who are members of the Northern Ireland Conservative Party. NICF …

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Dec
09

Nomenclature Wars Part 2

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Yesterday I provided evidence of how Irish Republicans are using words and language to, well, basically rewrite history. Today I’ll give you two more contemporary examples of the importance of words and language in modern political discourse and why pro-Union activists should pay more attention to their effect. Imagine you are a Scot who is …

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Dec
07

Nomenclature Wars Part 1

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Recently Chris Tribble pondered on what we should call those who have heroically introduced the Arab Spring this year- Rebels? Protesters? Campaigners? Fighters? Guerrillas? Insurgents? Dissidents? Revolutionaries? Maybe even, depending on whom you ask, terrorists? Does it matter how we describe them? Yes, it does. How language is employed is important in determining not just …

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Nov
25

An open letter to Tom Elliott

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Note from Admin: Bill McKendry was chairman of UUP Comber branch and Elections Officer for Strangford, as well as a member of Jim Nicholson’s election team. Dear Tom, As you may know, I held a number of senior positions in Strangford UUP until recently. I was a typical member, considering enterprise and entrepreneurship the engines …

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Nov
24

Undertaking the Union

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Critics may brand The Democratic Party Unionist Party (DUP) as a ruthless amalgam of driving ambition, internecine rivalries and disposable political principle but they should also appreciate the central driving force that binds this party together and which makes it so electorally successful– the insatiable lust for power. Having spent years in the shadows of …

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Nov
18

East Belfast Speaks Out!

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Update: 22nd November. “Given the increasing support for industrial action (such as the NASUWT vote last Friday), we thought it wise to seek advice about the potential difficulties involved in going forward with our debate event on 30th November, the day of the proposed strike. Unfortunately that advice has led us to the very disappointing …

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Nov
12

Unionism and the Republic

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This is the conclusion of a much longer document which can be found here. That document deals with the recent history of N.Irish Unionism’s relationship with the Republic of Ireland and how this could be utilised to our fullest benefit in the future. In summary, compared to where we were in 2006, we now have: …

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Nov
10

Some thoughts on ‘Creating the Good Economy’

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Economy

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NICVA’s conference ‘Creating the Good Economy‘ was intriguing. There were alot of ideas being shared; lots of information on display; and lots of neat one-liners. (NICVA’s Storify amounts to an exec summary of the event.) But what to make of it? What was it all for? Chair of NICVA Bob Stronge explains all in the …

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Nov
08

Angela McGowan’s presentation to ‘Good Economy’ conference

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Economic empowerment conference 2011 View more presentations from geoffmcgimpsey The above is Angela McGowan’s presentation to the NICVA conference. It amounts to an interesting SWOT analysis of where the NI economy lies at the moment.

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Nov
08