@IanB2 (upthread) compared the position Reform are in now with the early days of the SDP. Looked like the greatest thing since sliced bread for a while, then divisions developed and they didn't. Simi… (View Post)

Fair points, @Cookie; memories in these matters are long, though, so I think it will take quite a while for traditional Unionist fears to become marginalised. It's a pity that Sinn Fein, with it's hi… (View Post)

Congratulations. We have three 'children'; all grown up now, two of them had two children, the third three. Only one great-grandchild so far, though. (View Post)

There were Conservative Trade Unionists, even one MP, but generally they were rare birds. I had a few run-ins with management after I qualified; I tried to keep my nose clean before. Getting into a d… (View Post)

Yes. Don't think my boss was a member, though. (View Post)