# Why Tory support for the Union?

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**Created:** [April 29, 2011, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-tory-support-for-the-union/580190 "2011-04-29T18:19:27Z")\
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You can see an echo of this today: despite being democratically elected, several Republican MPs can’t take their seats in the UK Parliament, because they (rightly, in my view) refuse to swear an oath of allegiance to the Crown.

Ridiculous…

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