... to th e Conservatives as Tories. It Is mpre correct to call the Conservatives Tories than would to call the Liberals Whigs. The Tory Party wa destroyed just hundred years ago with the Repeal the Corn Laws. To refer to the Conservatives Tories ...

... within a limit of 160 words. What's In A Name? Sir, —With reference to your footnote my letter, in the same analogy why not Whigs (one syllable) for Liberals, Pinks for Socialists, and Reds for Communists ? L. S. T. HALLIDAY. The Cottage, Loddiswell ...

... To many, it is another word for reactionary. To retaliate, as one of your correspondents) suggested, by using the word Whig to denote the poor old Liberal Party (what there left of it) would be unwise, for the simple reason that this word LETTERS ...