Unionistlite

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Date registered: July 10, 2010

Latest posts

  1. The benefits of single mandates… — February 27, 2011
  2. Lord Empey, should he also be an MLA? — January 27, 2011
  3. Does the Union still require Unionist parties? — October 3, 2010
  4. It's Elliott's party… and his right to impose internal discipline — September 26, 2010
  5. Unionism’s continuing Orange connection – the argument against… — July 9, 2010

Most commented posts

  1. A Federal Union…or bust? — 44 comments
  2. Education- a less selective debate needed — 12 comments
  3. Unionism’s continuing Orange connection – the argument against… — 7 comments
  4. A Unionist's reading list? — 5 comments
  5. And what do we believe? Why? Where are we heading? — 4 comments

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Feb
27

The benefits of single mandates…

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O’Neill from A Pint of Unionist Lite looks at the double-jobbing issue and notes the positive effects of single mandates – with specific reference to the DUP…

I have been (and will most probably remain) one of the DUP’s harshest critics but in the end (and for whatever reason it’s happened) the result I have highlighted in the post is one that Unionists must surely welcome – Northern Ireland’s largest party is now making its presence well and truly felt in our nation’s parliament.

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Jan
27

Lord Empey, should he also be an MLA?

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O’Neill takes a look at Sir Reg Empey’s recent elevation and questions whether this supercedes his previous desire to stand at the upcoming Assembly elections.

While I’m sure most of the readers here have been enjoying the recent constitutional trials and tribulations of West Belfast’s very own Green Baron, there have been interesting developments on the other side of the city regarding the status of (a real) Lord.

Lord Empey a Conservative, Cross-Bencher or UUP peer?

According to the appointment list, a Conservative.

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Oct
03

Does the Union still require Unionist parties?

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Dermot Nesbitt, the former UUP Environment Minister and present commissioner at the Equality Commission, had a wide-ranging interview with the News Letter yesterday, touching on such diverse subjects as Human Rights, the flying of the Union flag over the City Hall and Sammy Wilson’s performance at Finance. The most thought-provoking section for me though was this: But …

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Sep
26

It's Elliott's party… and his right to impose internal discipline

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Part of a letter, purportedly written by Tom Elliott to UUP members, twittered by Stephen Nolan: “…what should have been a positive party media day on Thursday was spoiled by members contributing to Nolan in an unsavoury manner about issues that should be dealt with through the private mechanisms of the party…..there is no need …

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Jul
09

Unionism’s continuing Orange connection – the argument against…

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The Orange Order’s Belfast County Grand Master, Tom Haire: “We are not a member of any political party, therefore I would say we are not political, but as an organisation we are interested in what happens in our country,” he said. “Orangemen and their families, are all part of the political scene, they all have …

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May
13

Unionists Come Home!

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Dilettante has sent the following answer to my question “Whither Northern Irish Unionism?”  I published it on my own blog yesterday and I thought others who haven’t read it there may find it interesting:   Unionists: Come Home As O’Neill invites me to write this, we stand in the aftermath of a general election that was …

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Apr
14

Conservatives and the Union…

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From the Conservative manifesto Change Politics Strengthen The Union We are a Unionist party and we will not put the Union at risk. But we support devolution and are committed to making it work for all countries. We will take forward the proposals of the Calman Commission, grant a referendum on greater powers for the …

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Mar
29

And what do we believe? Why? Where are we heading?

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At the present moment politics and by extension, political blogging in the US, bores me; not so much the issues, more the black/white, no room for debate, partisanship. There are very few indeed standing back, using critical analysis on their “own” side as well as putting the boot into the “other”, very few prepared to …

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Mar
05

DUP asked to join Celtic Bloc?

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Apparently the SNP are hoping to form a “bloc’ of smaller N.Irish, Scottish and Welsh  parties in the next parliament. The aim, of course,  is that in event of a hung parliament they will be in the position of Kingmakers and will be able to push for preferential treatment for their own parts of the United …

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Nov
21

The UKIP and the TUV?

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On the morning of the DUP conference, this intriguing story from The Newletter: THE chairman of the UK Independence Party has said the party will consider an alliance with Jim Allister’s TUV in future elections. Paul Nuttall, UKIP MEP for the North West of England, was speaking to the News Letter yesterday after a low-key …

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