I recently caught up with Jeff Dudgeon to discuss his candidacy for the Irish Seanad.
Clickthrough for embedded video in the post…
Category Archive: Civic unionism
Feb
13
A unionist pact to save education?
turgonni examines the possibility of a Unionist pact where defence of the Education system, as opposed to defence of the constitutional link, provides common cause.
A couple of weeks ago Sam McBride had a very interesting piece in the News Letter about the possibility of removing Catriona Ruane as Education minister (link unavailable).
Sam’s main focus was the possibility that a unionist pact might be a mechanism by which she could be ousted. With a positive message: vote unionist not only for the union and the economy but to fix the education system it is just possible that a pact might yield results…
Jan
02
Quiet confidence…
If you were an Irish Nationalist how would you feeling as of, 1st of January 2011, at the beginning of yet another decade “under British Rule”? How far away do you think your nirvana of the 32 County Republic is at this point? Well, if I were a nationalist at this juncture, two things in …
Dec
02
Peace in our time…
In his speech to the party faithful on Saturday last, First Minister Peter Robinson talked about Unionism living in ‘peace time’. This phrase got me thinking for I felt that it was very relevant but needs explained further. Unionism has the habit of continually placing itself in a war-torn society; which is fair comment after …
Nov
03
Map first, then the route?
Both Chekov and Arthur Aughey have been ruminating lately on the future role of progressive / civic / liberal / UK / new / non-cultural* Unionism post the collapse of the Conservative-UUP project and the election of Tom Elliott as the latter party’s leader. I deliberately included all the various descriptions because I think it …
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Twitter: @openunionism
- @buachailldana1 *Minority* language funding is writing your own amt on invoice, all across EU. Ulster Scots is merely joining gravy train.
- Protestant pupils don’t speak Ullans : http://t.co/xscZNDEo
- @Askinner2011 Cheers for the link, Henry kept uncharacteristically quiet on that one;)
- My co-editor on Open Unionism tells it like it is;) : "Yes to the UK" http://t.co/qNEul4fr via @studentjournals
- OK, numbers are relatively small but still- "More Irish enlisting in British army even as losses in Afghanistan grow": http://t.co/oz60Yd1Q
- That didn't last long: http://t.co/HCcb9afS: http://t.co/OyajwtSp
- The Open Unionism Daily is out! http://t.co/u3fmvYNB ▸ Top stories today via @sallynicoll @markdevenport @news_letter @pmynes @ni_crc
- Scottish iseparation: "Country would lose warship contracts" -: http://t.co/ll8wvEEe
- @siema_skip "you'd be British all you like". Oh, thank you. With regards your question-yes, mistakes were made. And?
- @siema_skip You deny my and others born in N.Ireland's right to Britishness? What gives you that right to dictate my national identity?