The protocol asks a core question of loyalism: to who—or what—are you loyal? Enoch Powell answered: parliament, as the sovereign body of the nation. Ian Paisley countered: no—what if parliament sells us out? Paisleyism won. The answer is complex. More so than anywhere I know.
The removal democracy with conservative associations has centralised and made Anglocentric what was once a genuinely British party. @JohnOSullivanNR @B_HQ have long campaigned for democracy in the party. CCHQ leads to Parliament selling out the union