The Monarchist 1.0
Defending the British Crown Commonwealth and the English-Speaking Peoples
[+] HONOURING OUR PATRON, SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL, VICTOR OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES
[+] HONOURING OUR QUEEN, ELIZABETH THE SECOND, ON THE 80TH YEAR OF HER BIRTH (1926 - 2006)
[+] HONOURING OUR KING, SAINT EDWARD THE CONFESSOR, ON THE 1000TH YEAR OF HIS BIRTH (1005 - 2005)
[+] HONOURING OUR HERO, LORD NELSON, ON THE BICENTENNIAL OF THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR (1805 - 2005)
[+] HONOURING OUR SONS, THE QUEEN'S COMMONWEALTH SOLDIERS KILLED IN THE 'WAR ON TERROR'
Chief Warrant Officer Robert Girouard, 46, Royal Canadian Regiment, Nov 27, 2006 (Afstan)
Staff Sergeant Sharron Elliott, 34, Intelligence Corps, Nov 12, 2006 (Iraq)
Private Jacob B. Kovco, 25, Royal Australian Regiment, April 21, 2006
[+] HONOURING OUR VETS ON THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VICTORIA CROSS (1856 - 2006)
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
More Tory than conservative
Occam's Carbuncle, a hearty libertarian and enthusiastic supporter of the Conservative Party of Canada, loathes the word "Tory" so much, that he refuses to be linked to the fast growing group of political web loggers called the "Blogging Tories".
In fact, I would be willing to wager that most Conservatives are at least mildly uncomfortable with the term, given the lengthy bout of bastardization [does anyone even remember what Toryism means, anymore?] the brand has suffered since Dalton Camp's "Red Tory" riff raff deep-sixed Diefenbaker & Company. Stephen Harper certainly is, but he's willing to downplay it in the interests of party unity, given the party's large coalition of democratic reformers, neoconservatives, monarchists, social conservatives, libertarians, marriage traditionalists, PCs, ...knuckle-dragging neanderthals.
I'm a little (or a lot) of all those things, but above them all I staunchly remain a traditional, uncoloured Tory. We're a dwindling band of has-beens that still clutch to the British spirit of this country, and more specifically to the great English tradition of parliamentary debate. All politicians debate with varying degrees of success and enthusiasm, but Tories revel in it; that is their one and only vocation.
We admire men like Pitt, Burke, Disraeli, Churchill, and in this country, McDonald and Meighen. We're the oldest party in the Anglosphere, which has its roots going all the way back to before the Glorious Revolution in 1688, when the principals of hereditary succession to the crown (without intervention from Parliament) and non-resistance to the monarch were fiercely fought and debated, a losing struggle for the devine right of kingship that lasted for more than a hundred years before the Tories finally admitted defeat.
Today, the Tory political philosophy is simple: Reform the ills, preserve the good. You don't kill the Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Canadian Air Force to more fully integrate the Canadian Forces. You can accomodate non-traditional relationships without undermining traditional morality and killing the traditional definition of marriage. You don't end a 500-year-old monarchy in order to "Canadianise" our Head of State. In a word, "respect" for our common past and institutions. It's that simple.
For those interested in some authentic Tory spirit, you won't find it in Britain's or Canada's official Conservative Party anymore. Now you have to join the private clubs, such as the Carlton Club, or the Rideau Club or, and here's a good one, The Tory Party at Yale University. Check this out to get into the proper spirit of things, Tory.
POSTED BY: The Monarchist AT 10:54 a.m. | LINKS |
Occam's Carbuncle, a hearty libertarian and enthusiastic supporter of the Conservative Party of Canada, loathes the word "Tory" so much, that he refuses to be linked to the fast growing group of political web loggers called the "Blogging Tories".
In fact, I would be willing to wager that most Conservatives are at least mildly uncomfortable with the term, given the lengthy bout of bastardization [does anyone even remember what Toryism means, anymore?] the brand has suffered since Dalton Camp's "Red Tory" riff raff deep-sixed Diefenbaker & Company. Stephen Harper certainly is, but he's willing to downplay it in the interests of party unity, given the party's large coalition of democratic reformers, neoconservatives, monarchists, social conservatives, libertarians, marriage traditionalists, PCs, ...knuckle-dragging neanderthals.
I'm a little (or a lot) of all those things, but above them all I staunchly remain a traditional, uncoloured Tory. We're a dwindling band of has-beens that still clutch to the British spirit of this country, and more specifically to the great English tradition of parliamentary debate. All politicians debate with varying degrees of success and enthusiasm, but Tories revel in it; that is their one and only vocation.
We admire men like Pitt, Burke, Disraeli, Churchill, and in this country, McDonald and Meighen. We're the oldest party in the Anglosphere, which has its roots going all the way back to before the Glorious Revolution in 1688, when the principals of hereditary succession to the crown (without intervention from Parliament) and non-resistance to the monarch were fiercely fought and debated, a losing struggle for the devine right of kingship that lasted for more than a hundred years before the Tories finally admitted defeat.
Today, the Tory political philosophy is simple: Reform the ills, preserve the good. You don't kill the Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Canadian Air Force to more fully integrate the Canadian Forces. You can accomodate non-traditional relationships without undermining traditional morality and killing the traditional definition of marriage. You don't end a 500-year-old monarchy in order to "Canadianise" our Head of State. In a word, "respect" for our common past and institutions. It's that simple.
For those interested in some authentic Tory spirit, you won't find it in Britain's or Canada's official Conservative Party anymore. Now you have to join the private clubs, such as the Carlton Club, or the Rideau Club or, and here's a good one, The Tory Party at Yale University. Check this out to get into the proper spirit of things, Tory.
POSTED BY: The Monarchist AT 10:54 a.m. | LINKS |
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