Comments for Young Unionists http://www.youngunionists.org.uk/blog Blog of the Youth Wing of the Ulster Unionist Party Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:56:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on Change for the Sake of Change by Bobballs’s Big Links « Bobballs! http://www.youngunionists.org.uk/blog/2009/09/26/change-for-the-sake-of-change/comment-page-1/#comment-102 Bobballs’s Big Links « Bobballs! Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:56:02 +0000 http://www.youngunionists.org.uk/blog/?p=153#comment-102 [...] knowledgeable piece from the YUs on the cost of the Supreme [...] [...] knowledgeable piece from the YUs on the cost of the Supreme [...]

]]> Comment on No Door can hold back the Bailiff. by dairishguy http://www.youngunionists.org.uk/blog/2009/01/12/no-door-can-hold-back-the-bailiff/comment-page-1/#comment-64 dairishguy Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:18:41 +0000 http://www.youngunionists.org.uk/blog/?p=101#comment-64 The Union Is Over, The North of Ireland will soon be Part of the Republic Of Ireland , No Joint Ulster Unionist and The Consertives will Ever be a Majority Government in the North of Ireland, That went Out the Window with Margret Thatcher no Body would Trust the Consertives Because Margret Thatcher lot a Lot of People Die just Because she was a Stuck Up Cow, Hurry up a United Ireland Sovereignty to the People instead of a Foreign Westminster Parliament and English Crown, The Union Is Over, The North of Ireland will soon be Part of the Republic Of Ireland , No Joint Ulster Unionist and The Consertives will Ever be a Majority Government in the North of Ireland, That went Out the Window with Margret Thatcher no Body would Trust the Consertives Because Margret Thatcher lot a Lot of People Die just Because she was a Stuck Up Cow,

Hurry up a United Ireland
Sovereignty to the People instead of a Foreign Westminster Parliament and English Crown,

]]> Comment on Mary McAleese: Demolishing Bridges and Putting Up Walls by qurious-student http://www.youngunionists.org.uk/blog/2009/01/05/mary-mcaleese-demolishing-bridges-and-putting-up-walls/comment-page-1/#comment-59 qurious-student Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:40:37 +0000 http://www.youngunionists.org.uk/blog/?p=98#comment-59 I wrote an article for the Trinity News last March about this sort of attitude toward the Irish contribution to the Great War. Someone entitled President of Ireland really should be more careful about carefree statements such as this one. 210,000 Irishmen fought, not all of them for the same reasons but to suggest that putting food on the table was the only reason is shamefully untrue and intellectually spurious. My article is still available on my personal blog http://qurious-student.blogspot.com/2009/03/remembering-irelands-fallen-heroes-of.html I wrote an article for the Trinity News last March about this sort of attitude toward the Irish contribution to the Great War. Someone entitled President of Ireland really should be more careful about carefree statements such as this one. 210,000 Irishmen fought, not all of them for the same reasons but to suggest that putting food on the table was the only reason is shamefully untrue and intellectually spurious.
My article is still available on my personal blog http://qurious-student.blogspot.com/2009/03/remembering-irelands-fallen-heroes-of.html

]]> Comment on James Leslie by Andrew Wilson http://www.youngunionists.org.uk/blog/2009/02/23/james-leslie/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Andrew Wilson Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:04:16 +0000 http://www.youngunionists.org.uk/blog/?p=124#comment-58 I would like to mirror Ricks words and state again that James Leslie's death is a massive loss to unionism in our country. I would like to mirror Ricks words and state again that James Leslie’s death is a massive loss to unionism in our country.

]]> Comment on James Leslie by Rick Cairns http://www.youngunionists.org.uk/blog/2009/02/23/james-leslie/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Rick Cairns Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:23:11 +0000 http://www.youngunionists.org.uk/blog/?p=124#comment-57 From all accounts James Leslie was a man who got what we wanted out of life and he certainly led what looks like an exciting career. A great loss. From all accounts James Leslie was a man who got what we wanted out of life and he certainly led what looks like an exciting career. A great loss.

]]> Comment on House of Lords sleaze by Zoon Politikon http://www.youngunionists.org.uk/blog/2009/01/25/house-of-lords-sleaze/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Zoon Politikon Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:57:11 +0000 http://www.youngunionists.org.uk/blog/?p=106#comment-55 Let’s compare and contrast the UK Parliament with the US Congress shall we and sees where this thinking gets us. For a legitimate law to be made in parliament all that needs to be done is the primus inter pares PM to tell his executive colleagues how to vote, on fear of losing their jobs as Ministers; tells his party members of parliament how to vote, on fear of them losing party whip etc; advice the upper house not to delay Bill, on fear of using Parliament Acts 1911 & 1949; advise HM Queen to give Royal Assent which she will, on fear of having that royal prerogative stripped of her. Therefore law making resides squarely in the lower house of parliament, with the executive and more specifically with the PM. In congress law making is based on the frustration of the House of Representatives and Senate as both are equal constitutionally in that purpose with the President given the ‘Royal Assent’ by another name – Presidential Veto. If the House of Lords were to become like the US Senate then it is natural that members will demand equality with the House of Commons which means being paid a salary to scrutinise and make law and this in turn will reduce the PM into but a bit-player in constitution something Blair and our now uncrowned King Brown would not tolerate. Let’s compare and contrast the UK Parliament with the US Congress shall we and sees where this thinking gets us.

For a legitimate law to be made in parliament all that needs to be done is the primus inter pares PM to tell his executive colleagues how to vote, on fear of losing their jobs as Ministers; tells his party members of parliament how to vote, on fear of them losing party whip etc; advice the upper house not to delay Bill, on fear of using Parliament Acts 1911 & 1949; advise HM Queen to give Royal Assent which she will, on fear of having that royal prerogative stripped of her. Therefore law making resides squarely in the lower house of parliament, with the executive and more specifically with the PM.
In congress law making is based on the frustration of the House of Representatives and Senate as both are equal constitutionally in that purpose with the President given the ‘Royal Assent’ by another name – Presidential Veto.

If the House of Lords were to become like the US Senate then it is natural that members will demand equality with the House of Commons which means being paid a salary to scrutinise and make law and this in turn will reduce the PM into but a bit-player in constitution something Blair and our now uncrowned King Brown would not tolerate.

]]> Comment on Blood money won’t heal the wounds. by torystoryni http://www.youngunionists.org.uk/blog/2009/01/28/blood-money-wont-heal-the-wounds/comment-page-1/#comment-50 torystoryni Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:21:23 +0000 http://www.youngunionists.org.uk/blog/?p=108#comment-50 What is really disappointing about the story, politically speaking, is that the DUP have got away with their mishandling of the drafting of the Victims and Survivors (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 before enactment. Nevertheless, your post helped me to discover the real reason for the recommendation to commensate families of the terrorists. As a result, I posted a comment on a post about this story on the Conservative Website Blog http://conservativesni.net/2009/01/28/report-fails-to-distinguish-between-victims-and-terrorists/ and enlightened them accordingly, so thank you very much What is really disappointing about the story, politically speaking, is that the DUP have got away with their mishandling of the drafting of the Victims and Survivors (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 before enactment.

Nevertheless, your post helped me to discover the real reason for the recommendation to commensate families of the terrorists. As a result, I posted a comment on a post about this story on the Conservative Website Blog

http://conservativesni.net/2009/01/28/report-fails-to-distinguish-between-victims-and-terrorists/

and enlightened them accordingly, so thank you very much

]]> Comment on House of Lords sleaze by Chekov http://www.youngunionists.org.uk/blog/2009/01/25/house-of-lords-sleaze/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Chekov Tue, 27 Jan 2009 09:13:19 +0000 http://www.youngunionists.org.uk/blog/?p=106#comment-48 I don't agree Michael. The HoL is an excellent repository of experience and expertise. An elected chamber wouldn't perform its role as effectively. I don’t agree Michael. The HoL is an excellent repository of experience and expertise. An elected chamber wouldn’t perform its role as effectively.

]]> Comment on The “Peace Process”: Why it’s not over by Young Unionists » Blog Archive » Victims should be the heart & soul of Eames-Bradley proposals http://www.youngunionists.org.uk/blog/2008/12/28/the-peace-process-why-its-not-over/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Young Unionists » Blog Archive » Victims should be the heart & soul of Eames-Bradley proposals Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:37:47 +0000 http://www.youngunionists.org.uk/blog/?p=96#comment-45 [...] am sad, but not shocked, at the leaked details of what is being proposed by the Eames-Bradley Consultative Group on the [...] [...] am sad, but not shocked, at the leaked details of what is being proposed by the Eames-Bradley Consultative Group on the [...]

]]> Comment on Mary McAleese: Demolishing Bridges and Putting Up Walls by Kloot http://www.youngunionists.org.uk/blog/2009/01/05/mary-mcaleese-demolishing-bridges-and-putting-up-walls/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Kloot Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:02:16 +0000 http://www.youngunionists.org.uk/blog/?p=98#comment-40 <i>The RoI in the last 10 years has taken a greater responsibility in remembering those who fought both wars and it has become less of a taboo subject.</i> Agreed, and I sincerely believe that the chains of the past with regards to this period of history have finally been thrown away. RTE did a fantastic job recently putting together a plethora of programming around the involvement of Irish people in WW1, check it out at http://www.rte.ie/1918/ . Fascinating stuff. There is a renewed interest this side of the border in that part of our history. A mature reassessment of our part in WW1 and of the treatment of those who did take place is well under way I hope. <i>But small things, such as the perceived message the Irish President is putting forward, are a backward step.</i> I wonder sometimes if she really intends to offend, or whether she is just to think to understand how some of her comments could offend. Id like to hope it was the former. Im still miffed that I didnt get a chance to vote on her second term in office ;) The RoI in the last 10 years has taken a greater responsibility in remembering those who fought both wars and it has become less of a taboo subject.

Agreed, and I sincerely believe that the chains of the past with regards to this period of history have finally been thrown away. RTE did a fantastic job recently putting together a plethora of programming around the involvement of Irish people in WW1, check it out at http://www.rte.ie/1918/ . Fascinating stuff. There is a renewed interest this side of the border in that part of our history. A mature reassessment of our part in WW1 and of the treatment of those who did take place is well under way I hope.

But small things, such as the perceived message the Irish President is putting forward, are a backward step.

I wonder sometimes if she really intends to offend, or whether she is just to think to understand how some of her comments could offend. Id like to hope it was the former. Im still miffed that I didnt get a chance to vote on her second term in office ;)

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