tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post3266264407238420975..comments2024-03-28T17:49:01.125+00:00Comments on Three Thousand Versts of Loneliness: DUP's pact proposals - treat with cautionOwen Polleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00567787385096905811noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-88051249821502869922008-05-07T11:34:00.000+01:002008-05-07T11:34:00.000+01:00It is a concern if that trend isn't coming across....It is a concern if that trend isn't coming across. The party has been moving in that direction though as far as I can detect. The argument within the UUP is being won by those who have this vision. <BR/><BR/>Johnny Andrews is a persistent exponent:<BR/><BR/>http://threethousandversts.blogspot.com/2007/12/johnny-andrews-on-varney-and-pan-uk.html<BR/><BR/>At conference the following declaration was made:<BR/><BR/>“We will continue to press for a Royal Commission into the future of the Union, for above all else we must participate and contribute to the Union and gain and build friendships within and throughout the United Kingdom.”<BR/><BR/>http://threethousandversts.blogspot.com/2007/10/high-uup-morale-at-confidence-boosting.html<BR/><BR/>The links might not come out the best but if you double click to highlight and then copy and paste.Owen Polleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00567787385096905811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2623721153002721356.post-79734307443719483622008-05-07T09:59:00.000+01:002008-05-07T09:59:00.000+01:00"the work done to present the UUP as a more secula...<EM>"the work done to present the UUP as a more secular party interested in overarching pan-UK unionism"</EM><BR/><BR/>I have to say, while maybe I haven't been paying close enough attention, I don't think I've seen very much evidence of that.<BR/><BR/>My impression is that they're struggling to present the party in any coherent manner at all, and that's not something I take any pleasure in saying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com