UKC

You know the stuff- climate change denial, creationism. Is it like UKIP, where you only have to scrape off the topsoil an you start to find some pretty fruity views? Or is all that a thing of the past and elected reps are more 'mainstream' in their thinking now..?

In reply to no_more_scotch_eggs:

It's a case of the tail most definitely wagging the dog. They won't be as much a push over as the Lib Dems were.

In reply to no_more_scotch_eggs:

They're the biggest party in Northern Ireland, so pretty mainstream.

In reply to climbwhenready:

They think they represent a "British" world view. That would be true if this were the seventeenth century. It will be astonishing if we are to start our Brexit negotiations with the DUP contributing to the steer rather than the mainstream of the UK centre ground.

In reply to climbwhenready:


Err... I grew up in Northern Ireland. Would never assume that mainstream there is the same as mainstream anywhere else. And that's putting it mildly.

Mick

In reply to no_more_scotch_eggs:

There is suprising overlap in the Venn diagram of DUP politics and Sharia Law.

In reply to no_more_scotch_eggs:
Election results 2017: Who are the Democratic Unionist Party?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2017-40217141

Well, my question answered- never mind rank-and-file duppers, it looks like the parliamentary party have their 'alternative facts' in full view.

Has it really come to this, Teresa? All political careers end in failure, they say, but few plunge into such a humiliating abyss, or drag so many down with them.

In reply to Mick Ward:


Too right. Have you seen Jedward? F*cking terrifying!

In reply to no_more_scotch_eggs:


Given the apparent fragility of the power sharing agreement, it's illustrative of May's character that she's willing to risk peace in NI to cling on to power. Power that she had and threw away through her own arrogance and incompetence. She's contemptible.

In reply to no_more_scotch_eggs:

Surely she risks dragging down the paace process too. Very odd set up altogether

In reply to Yanis Nayu:

Yes she seems determined to leave a legacy more toxic even than thatcher or Blair, which would be an achievement, of sorts, I suppose. But surely not what she envisaged when she took the job.

In reply to no_more_scotch_eggs:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2134162-five-things-you-need-to-know-a...

In reply to Yanis Nayu:


Excellent comment. Spot on in every respect. In the space of eight short weeks, May's position as prime minister has gone from unassailable to untenable and she's got nobody to blame but herself. the words arrogant, incompetent and contemptible sum her up perfectly.

In reply to no_more_scotch_eggs:

Perhaps the most worrying thing for me is that Brexit that such is the potential for a bad deal to screw us up that for a sufficiently pragmatic figure it might actually be rational to risk stirring up the troubles again if it means a better negotiating position.