User talk:Traditional unionist/Archives/2007/May

UUP
I consider UUP cprvative for many reasons. There are many sources in which it is considered conservative (think only about The Economist and Parties-and-elections.de) and UPP is member of European Democrats, the conservative sub-group in the European Parliament. For these and other many reasons, I feel free to edit UUP as conservative. --Checco 12:00, 9 May 2007 (UTC)


 * Except that it is not Conservative, as the many socalist members (including it's two ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive will testify. The ED group is also eurp sceptic, as to an extent is the UUP. Traditional unionist 12:02, 9 May 2007 (UTC)


 * ED is first of all conservative then eurosceptic. The UUP, in my opion, can have also social-democratic factions (as the Basque PNV and the Northern Italian LN have), but the party is basically moderate-conservative. --Checco 15:01, 9 May 2007 (UTC)


 * It is not my opionion, but the opinion of many important commentators, starting from The Economist and Wolfram Nordsieck of Parties-and-elections.de, and most political scientists. --Checco 15:59, 9 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I wrote "in my opinion" only not to be authoritarian, ok? And there are many sources describing UUP as conservative, starting from the fact that it is part of EPP-ED group in the EP. It is not only my opinion, but the opinion of those UUP members who decided to join ED and of many many many politological sources. --Checco 18:13, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

I agree with Checco. The UUP is definitely conservative. &mdash; Nightst a  llion  (?) 09:29, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

It really isn't good enough to make such claims without providing evidence. The historical context to the party is a comglomerate of political standpoints, and to this day the party's MP votes with the Labour Party in Parliament. It is not Conservative.Traditional unionist 11:20, 12 May 2007 (UTC)