#Unionism

CD Montgomery

MechaNonPlacet

One of the worst aspects of the mess unionism’s in is the crippled state Arlene Foster’s in politically. Countless open goals come in front of her, but always inaction, &

Daniel Gross

dgorganize

Been thinking the same based on some stuff out there. Personally, I romanticize the potential of unionism. The day-to-day reality is far from that potential. A union’s Twitter account or

Sarah Creighton 🍂

Saraita101

This research was carried out by @UnitingUK, who are worth a follow. Nobody should be surprised by this. Political unionism has a lot to answer for.https://twitter.com/SJAMcBride/status/1353685632305029120 I think a lot

Daniel Gross

dgorganize

Quick thread on some questions/misconceptions about solidarity unionism! (1) A solidarity union, as the name implies, is a union model of workplace change. Solidarity unionists believe a labor union is

Scott Hames

hinesjumpedup

Excuse this short thread on a long read - Spitfire Britain and the Zombie Union in @The_Drouth http://www.thedrouth.org/spitfire-britain-and-the-zombie-union-by-scott-hames/ This essay updates some ideas from my book and applies them to

Tommy Maguire

RationalPanic

Been quite a week here for NI Protocol. Swathes of clickbait headlines being regurgitated without reading articles. Anecdotal commentary with no evidence or fact being spun to heighten tensions. And

Andrew McKinley

McKinleyAn

We need more of this kind of bookhttps://twitter.com/acallan87/status/1273243224992342018 Lack of recent books on partition is pronounced and those that have been published (so far as I’m aware) are largely negative.

David Leask

LeaskyHT

The deeply prejudiced and stunningly ignorant subset of unionists abusing @Lenniesaurus & disparaging the speech of their neighbours are not new but they appear to be growing in confidence. It’s

Barbara J. Pym

barbarapym2

Deeply depressing to see Jim Allister urging unionists to set about “disrupting” the NI Protocol a campaign campaign that is doomed for three reasons.@SJAMcBri First, it’s a done deal, no

Paul Patrick

PaulTyredagh81

1. #Belfast #IrishSeaBorder There is no doubt that Brexit & the accompanying Irish Sea Border has destabilised the Union. Whilst the constitutional status of Northern Ireland has not changed, the

Cruithneach

Cruithneach

The shift from Unionism - which in theory saw the Union as guarding and respecting the various national traditions and identites of the UK - to British nationalism, verging on

Coly O'Hare

colydawg

This is Unionism eating itself. A short thread.I had long seen myself as a temporary Unionist Republican. I strongly dislike the term ‘sides’ & have never considered myself to be

Emma DeSouza

EmmandJDeSouza

David McNarry wrote in the Newsletter today about unionist outreach to the nationalist community. Any outreach & attempts to bridge the divide are enormously welcomed but doing so would require

Laura McAllister 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

LauraMcAllister

THREAD 1/7 At a time when the @WelshConserv have been polling well & there’s real space on the centre ground, it beggars belief that they’ve managed to get into such

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spooktaig

Why you should be protesting against ANY celebration of Northern Ireland centenary next year, a thread: NI was founded entire out of sectarianism, out of militant rejection of democratic opinion

Nick🇬🇧🇪🇺

nicktolhurst

I’m naturally a unionist.But the problem UK now has is its govt has “othered” Scots (remember Miliband in Salmond’s top pocket? The Scots do) for a decade now.......but if you

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