Unionism

Witnessing the party of the ‘founding fathers’ of unionism being an embarrassment and an impediment to the best interests of unionism goes beyond personal sadness.

Mr Allister added: “When the leader of unionism finds himself in this position, the damage is not limited to his party but impacts unionism as a whole.

Undermining trade unionism During the mid to late 1970s, Stirling created a secret organisation designed to undermine trade unionism from within.

Adam Tomkins wrote on these pages, on Wednesday, that Ms Forbes was the candidate feared by his colleagues in unionism, and he is dead right.

All this means that the Southern electorate are extraordinarily ill-informed about the North (and particularly about unionism).

At his father’s urging he joined the central bank, where he became involved in trade unionism and grew interested in social issues.

For the first time ever in a province-wide election, nationalism outpolled unionism.

He is right, of course, about the need for 21st-century Unionism to have a compelling story – arguably 21st-century Scottish nationalism needs one too.

His death was the result of false criminal charges imposed on him as part of the government’s war on militant unionism.

If Dublin and to some extent the SDLP, but mostly Dublin, had given on extradition and recognition, a significant slice of middle unionism which felt it got nothing would have felt it got something.

In response to the negative perception of him within some elements of unionism, when his name and image appeared in threatening graffiti, Varadkar said, “I’m sure we’ve all made mistakes in the handling of Brexit.

In the past, Scottish unionism was characterised by the argument for a multi-national state – despite the nations of the UK being different bodies politic, they hold in common sufficient interests and preferences to legitimise a shared state.

Private-sector unionism is adversarial but with both sides understanding the need for profitability.

Pro-O’Neill candidates won the most seats but the results proved that Unionism was divided and shortly after the election, Terrence O’Neill resigned.

Public-sector unionism, in contrast, is collusive.

The listening Jamie Bryson tweeted that Mr Heaton-Harris was "the most hostile SoS (secretary of state) unionism has experienced in decades".

The TUV leader said: “This is a seminal moment for unionism.

The Ulster Unionist Party is also facing a battle to hold its ground but its leader Doug Beattie said Unionism was likely to take a hit across the board.

Unionism is a broad church, much broader than Nationalism.

Unionist infighting has been damaging to Unionism and it has turned many people off.