tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post2875164543550596906..comments2024-03-27T12:40:09.015+00:00Comments on Three Thousand Versts of Loneliness: Elliott unveils "game changer" but can it change the game?Owen Polleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00567787385096905811noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-86886152437423919122011-02-17T21:06:46.056+00:002011-02-17T21:06:46.056+00:00The UUP need to get some priciples and say if the...The UUP need to get some priciples and say if they are not the biggest unionist party they will go into opposition.<br /><br />Will they? Not a chance they need the money to survive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-83524276485269400402011-02-17T17:57:39.526+00:002011-02-17T17:57:39.526+00:00I think the biggest surprise in all of this is tha...I think the biggest surprise in all of this is that Tom came up with these plans all by himselfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-83241619630765844222011-02-17T10:47:10.832+00:002011-02-17T10:47:10.832+00:00As others have said, the UUP will have to stick to...As others have said, the UUP will have to stick to their guns on this issue or lose all credibility. For me, I think that the current UUP leadership do not have the will to do so. Which makes this little more than gesture politics.Ed Simpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09073644378009527072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-86616202023360158422011-02-17T09:36:18.429+00:002011-02-17T09:36:18.429+00:00Slug,
The problem is Nationalist parties do not s...Slug,<br /><br />The problem is Nationalist parties do not see it that way. <br /><br />Margaret Ritchie has already responded saying it's not the system but the "spirit of government" that's broken. <br /><br />So, just as with First Minister designations, the UUP is making big play of a policy it cannot possibly implement. <br /><br />That should not stop us exposing Nationalist intransigence on this issue for what it is. <br /><br />Ian P.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-8408100773632832032011-02-16T18:28:33.615+00:002011-02-16T18:28:33.615+00:00I guess the answer to IJP's question is: thing...I guess the answer to IJP's question is: things move on. "Voluntary opposition" might be a possibility the nationalist parties go for - i.e. you can be in govt if you want to but you can also be in opposition if you want to. <br /><br />There may be electoral advantages of opposing for both SDLP and UUP - that is what will make it happen ultimately.slugnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-56897249584508700092011-02-16T13:14:25.486+00:002011-02-16T13:14:25.486+00:00Sadly for the UUP its all too late.
As Ian says th...Sadly for the UUP its all too late.<br />As Ian says there is nothing new here. Even if it was it wouldnt win them any votes.<br />The UUP - esp after the breaking of the link with the Tories has no USP.<br />Its too late to leave the Executive and voting against the Budget will look petty.<br />The election will a headcount and the UUP seen as irrelevantAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-25177728490066127672011-02-16T12:09:41.047+00:002011-02-16T12:09:41.047+00:00The more obvious problem is that these ideas have ...The more obvious problem is that these ideas have already been put forward by Alliance and, for the most part, the DUP. <br /><br />They were rejected by both Nationalist parties. <br /><br />Why would the UUP succeed where the DUP and Alliance failed?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com