Post by dindsenchas on Jun 10, 2020 21:05:08 GMT
Conscious that Irish Conservatives take their name from a tradition that originated in England, how do people here feel about the current direction of the British Tory's?
Dominic Cummings has been in the news recently for gently breaking curfew, as he is de facto Chief of Staff in Johnson's government and despised by the left. In light of the ongoing global protests, his 30 minute trip--to a local castle with his recovered wife and child on her birthday in which they stayed in the car and only left to go to the toilet--seems a bit pedestrian.
He was unpopular with Tory leadership for decades, getting blocked from positions and called a "career psychopath" by David Cameron in the papers. He engineered Brexit as part of his history of localist referendum campaigns designed to prevent loss of control of British government powers to the EU bureaucracy.
You can read his account of it here, it is a heady mix of science, history and plain old disagreeableness: dominiccummings.com/2017/01/09/on-the-referendum-21-branching-histories-of-the-2016-referendum-and-the-frogs-before-the-storm-2/
Johnson was the face of that Brexit campaign, Take Back Control. Through this he formed his government, in light of the collapse of negotiations in British parliament over what was seen as a 'Remain' bill. Next willing an overwhelming GE result with the slogan Get Brexit Done, Johnson ushered in a populist, large-state conservatism.
This is best exemplified in the budget explosion achieved by the forced resignation of Sajid Javid. Cummings is like Johnson's attack dog, taking over control of Javid's ability to hire his own special advisors and thus giving number 10 access to the treasury.
Are Catholic Conservatives in Ireland supportive of Ireland's current EU membership, especially in light of the migration crisis and the financialisation of the economy?
Or is there opposition? If so, what would the conservative tradition be in Ireland, of not Fianna Fáil?
And how do we feel in light of Britain's history of colonising this island?
Dominic Cummings has been in the news recently for gently breaking curfew, as he is de facto Chief of Staff in Johnson's government and despised by the left. In light of the ongoing global protests, his 30 minute trip--to a local castle with his recovered wife and child on her birthday in which they stayed in the car and only left to go to the toilet--seems a bit pedestrian.
He was unpopular with Tory leadership for decades, getting blocked from positions and called a "career psychopath" by David Cameron in the papers. He engineered Brexit as part of his history of localist referendum campaigns designed to prevent loss of control of British government powers to the EU bureaucracy.
You can read his account of it here, it is a heady mix of science, history and plain old disagreeableness: dominiccummings.com/2017/01/09/on-the-referendum-21-branching-histories-of-the-2016-referendum-and-the-frogs-before-the-storm-2/
Johnson was the face of that Brexit campaign, Take Back Control. Through this he formed his government, in light of the collapse of negotiations in British parliament over what was seen as a 'Remain' bill. Next willing an overwhelming GE result with the slogan Get Brexit Done, Johnson ushered in a populist, large-state conservatism.
This is best exemplified in the budget explosion achieved by the forced resignation of Sajid Javid. Cummings is like Johnson's attack dog, taking over control of Javid's ability to hire his own special advisors and thus giving number 10 access to the treasury.
Are Catholic Conservatives in Ireland supportive of Ireland's current EU membership, especially in light of the migration crisis and the financialisation of the economy?
Or is there opposition? If so, what would the conservative tradition be in Ireland, of not Fianna Fáil?
And how do we feel in light of Britain's history of colonising this island?
