tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post3129538895605328109..comments2024-03-28T17:49:01.125+00:00Comments on Three Thousand Versts of Loneliness: Discipline Hermon to stop her electioneeringOwen Polleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00567787385096905811noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-13387669721878295482010-03-16T19:33:42.406+00:002010-03-16T19:33:42.406+00:00Is it not more the case that Hermon is a liberal r...Is it not more the case that Hermon is a liberal rather than a 'champagne socialist,' which begs the question why she isn't affiliated to the Alliance Party?<br /><br />If she is a genuine Socialist, then why is she popular in a constituency that would be a Tory safe seat if it was located in England? And surely urban Belfastian seats have much more need for Socialism than leafy North Down?Ulster Luberalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-45435884987430947732010-03-13T15:13:29.820+00:002010-03-13T15:13:29.820+00:00Best to leave her alone. It would only make her lo...Best to leave her alone. It would only make her look more popular than she says she is.<br /><br />A bit like Kilfedder and Bob McCartney (who never tried to be popular).<br /><br />What all three may have in common is electoral survival due to the absence of a DUP candidate.<br /><br />Sylvia'a praise for the DUP policing and justice policy may be part of a process ending with Peter Weir being sacrificed again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-78458698618042309902010-03-12T20:07:18.270+00:002010-03-12T20:07:18.270+00:00UCUNF is increasingly looking like a bad marriage,...UCUNF is increasingly looking like a bad marriage, good luck holding it together until 6th May.Onlookernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-2146961976546451432010-03-12T19:49:10.026+00:002010-03-12T19:49:10.026+00:00Hermon of course was the chosen candidate of the T...Hermon of course was the chosen candidate of the Turtle when Peter Weir, who had beaten Her Ladyship, in the North Down selection to take on Big Bob, was conveniently suspended just before the 2001 election. So I feel some schadenfreude now that she has turned on the UUP.Orangemannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-21470318256807531242010-03-12T17:44:14.351+00:002010-03-12T17:44:14.351+00:00The lady is not for turning! So they'd better...The lady is not for turning! So they'd better get a move on and choose her successor.Timothy Belmonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15111145260662707575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-62835374098889679242010-03-12T17:33:09.882+00:002010-03-12T17:33:09.882+00:00I believe you've got the wrong blog. Unionist ...I believe you've got the wrong blog. Unionist Lite has posted about Montgomery.Owen Polleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00567787385096905811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-39029135996618289422010-03-12T17:13:20.900+00:002010-03-12T17:13:20.900+00:00Where'd the Chris Montgomery thread go?Where'd the Chris Montgomery thread go?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com