tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post4049627611197426770..comments2024-03-28T09:36:06.579+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famousJames Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-48430272351340032302011-10-07T08:51:35.824+01:002011-10-07T08:51:35.824+01:00Another thought I had was "It's Brutal Bu...Another thought I had was "It's Brutal But You Love It".<br /><br />Doug, I'd forgotten there was already a Scottish Unionist Party registered with the Electoral Commission. Could they get away with it by calling themselves "the Scottish Unionists", or is that too similar?James Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-47440307798038803862011-10-06T22:56:01.687+01:002011-10-06T22:56:01.687+01:00The "Scottish Right" would appeal to the...The "Scottish Right" would appeal to their masonic members :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-46035119494805923492011-10-06T16:40:15.464+01:002011-10-06T16:40:15.464+01:00'Scottish Centre Right Asymmetric Party''Scottish Centre Right Asymmetric Party'cynicalHighlanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06034325908473006163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-68360623833728787402011-10-06T15:34:27.782+01:002011-10-06T15:34:27.782+01:00If he succeeds in beating our ex BBC Radio Scotlan...If he succeeds in beating our ex BBC Radio Scotland newsreader he could capture the essence of Conservatism whist saying a cheery farewell to his rival and call it the Ruthless Party. See what I did there.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-9407426717129593762011-10-06T13:19:24.833+01:002011-10-06T13:19:24.833+01:00Yeah, they're all a bit laughable really. Prog...Yeah, they're all a bit laughable really. Progressive Conservatives is particularly bad - isn't that a bit of a contradiction in terms? How can you want progress when you also want to conserve the status quo?<br /><br />Out of them all, I would say Scottish Unionists is the best, as it at least describes them (they're Scottish, and they're unionists). Then again, it doesn't tell you about the direction Murdo is taking here. Scottish Devolutionists, how about that?<br /><br />Or in the vein of I'm Alan Partridge series 1 episode 1: "Devolution, Not Revolution: because we devolve, but we don't... revolve...".Doug Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15017218581660887134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-16806410612765715022011-10-06T12:57:08.243+01:002011-10-06T12:57:08.243+01:00Murdo's options are a bit limited.
The "...Murdo's options are a bit limited.<br /><br />The "Scottish Unionist Party" already exists and is registered with the Electoral Commission.<br /><br />There are already three parties with "Progressive" in their name registered with the Electoral Commission, "The Progressive Party", "The Progressive Democrat Party" and the "Progressive Action Party".<br /><br />As far as the word "Reform" goes there already are six parties registered with the Electoral Commision that use that word in their names, the "Central Party for Reform", the "Democratic Reform Party", the "Money Reform Party", the "Nationwide Reform Party", the "Reform 2000 Party", and the "The Individual Reform Party"<br /><br />If any of these parties fight elections in Scotland then Murdo might have a job choosing a name which doesn't cause confusion on the ballot paper.<br /><br />However as I at one time worked for a company in a job which required contact with the military I do remember the military slang of, "Cake and Arse Party".<br /><br />The current definitions being, "An activity in which none of the participants recognise a purpose.", and, "A polite term used to describe a job/mission that no longer resembles normality, i.e. a Cluster Fuck, something that has gone pear-shaped.".<br /><br />Since the term, "Cake and Arse Party", in its current definitions matches the Scottish Conservative outlook quite well I propose it for Murdo's new party name.<br /><br />Murdo Fraser, leader of the Cake and Arse Party. Got a bit of a ring to it.DougtheDughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02952281599715356995noreply@blogger.com