Young Unionists

Is Murdo Fraser right? No, but he’s got a point.

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on October 19, 2011, 1:30 pm

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Robert Price, Iain McGill, Mike Nesbitt, Bill Manwaring, Ian Parsley at Young Unionists debate asking Is Murdo Fraser Right?

“No, but he’s got a point” was probably the most succinct answer to the question “Is Murdo Fraser Right?” posed at last night’s Young Unionists’ event in QUB Students Union. With Mike Nesbitt in the chair, four centre-right panellists took ten minutes to outline their response to the question as well as the implications for unionism in Northern Ireland. There were 21 in the audience, nearly all young male students. Young Unionists: Is Murdo Fraser Right? (part 1) (mp3) Organiser …

Dis-united Kingdom? Young Unionists debating the issue on Tuesday night

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on October 17, 2011, 12:05 pm

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As Brian, O’Neill, Mick, Dewi and others have posted, there has been a lot of public debate in recent weeks about the state of the Union. Attention has largely been centred around the strength of Scotland’s links with the rest of its island and whether the Scottish Conservatives should go it alone. The Guardian has been running a Dis-united Kingdom series this month. Mick and I participated in an online debate (that was dominated by Scotland and Cornwall) last week …