Mailman,
FWIW, Wikipedia's entry agrees with my interpretation:

A small-c conservative is anyone who believes in the philosophy of conservatism but does not necessarily identify with an official Conservative Party.

But as I said, your meaning was clear enough from context. No biggie. It can join idioms like (English) I couldn't care less versus (American) I could care less: the wordings are contradictory, but the accepted meanings are the same. Joys of the English language.

DaveS,
I think it's going to be similarly awkward when the Aussie PM meets up with Pwesident Twump. Better still will be former PM, Kevin Rudd, now our Ambassador to the USA, who has hardly been diplomatic in sharing his views on Trump.

Glad we won't be hearing from a President Harris, and the woe and lamentations from the Australian media is enjoyable. All the same, and as I've said before, I don't believe the Presidential "steering wheel" is connected to anything. I picture his first term as having been:

Trump: I want to do XXX. Make it happen.
Official: Yes sir. At once sir.
... Official sits on order and does nothing
... time passes
Trump: Why isn't XXX happening?
Official: excuse .. excuse .. blah blah
Trump: You're fired. (to another) You... take his place.
New Official: Yes sir.

Repeat.

Of course I could be wrong; I hope to be wrong. I'll take it all back if he achieves anything comparable to Javier Milei's adjustments in Argentina. Till then, expectations low.

Starmer and Lammy must be really looking forward to their first meeting with Trump. Although they'll probably have to wait a while - I doubt they'll be high on his priority list and anyway may find themselves palmed off with Trump's Secretary of State. What a pair of odious political pygmies.

Robbo,

No, the small c conservatives are just conservative in name only. They wouldn't be out of place in a Labour line up.

Also, thank FUCK adults are going to be back in charge in America!!

We are also going to need a bugger cup for all those deliciously sweet lifty tears flowing today! ;)

Mailman,
That's how I understood your comment, but I think you're looking at the small-c idea as: He's only a conservative where I'm a CONSERVATIVE. But don't you think the idiom makes more sense referring to: He's paid for membership of the Conservative party, but he's doesn't have a conservative bone in his body? On that reading, it's the small-c ones who have principles.

tomo,
The ship of state becalmed again. Has climate change moved the doldrums north about 40°? Well, whatever it is, I suppose you'll all just have to get to rowing. Who's going to be the one beating the drum?

With expensive electricity, a "cost of living crisis" and a federal election not too far in the future, Australia's parliament is reluctantly looking at nuclear energy. Logic and reason all seem to be on one side, but I'm guessing it'll be a while before it gets the go-ahead.

...also known as cucks! :)

Robbo,

My reference to small c conservatives is a p1ss take on these so called conservatives who are conservative in name only.

Mailman,
Reparations: such a daft idea. Who do you pay them to? As you say, most of it will end up in Swiss bank accounts (and the like). Exploiters did well in the days of slavery and will do nicely from this too.

I think you've messed up on the meaning of "small c conservative". Capital "C" refers to the official Conservative party. Small "c" refers to the conservative philosophy.

I'm sure Prince Harry's nuptials was a happy occasion, but I think it would rate as a day of national unity more than pride (likewise the Queen's funeral). There would have been a large number proud to be British after the announcement of the Brexit referendum result, though that wasn't so unified. What has there been since the Falklands War that made a vast majority of Britons proud to be British? Perhaps the Queen's Diamond Jubilee would rate?

DaveS,
Googling around shows Reeves to be as shallow as they come. Apparently she's on a mission to fill 11 Downing Street with pictures "of or by women". On the plus side, that suggests she's willing to define what a woman is.

I enjoyed this forthright monologue on Middle East hypocrisy. Talk is by Erin Molan, daughter of General Jim Molan, who also talked sense.

It is a bit nauseating to see the likes of Starmer & Reeves standing in front of Union Flags when they clearly do hate this country so much. A pre-Budget group photo in No. 11 apparently revealed that Reeves has put a photo on the wall of a woman (whose name escapes me) who was a founder member of the British Communist Party and was later convicted of spying for Stalin's Soviet Union. Nice to have it confirmed where her sympathies lie.

Robert,

Labours idea of making Britons around of Britain again is to give billions away on reparations for slavery.

The Bahamas must have thought all their christmases had come at once with Starmer and co now in charge. Must be warming their Swiss bank accounts up for all the lovely lucre coming their way.

Labour will do nothing to celebrate Britains glorious history because they hate Britain with an absolute passion and its storied history with with equal hatred. But this is what happens when you let intellectual pygmies in to power.

The small c conservatives are no better.

Actually...probably the last truly celebrated day of British happiness was Harry and MeAgains wedding (before she came out as crazy horse). I wont count the Queens funeral as that was a national day of sadness.