(Random Melbourne person visiting Wellington and dropping into your journal whilst bored on a Thursday night)
"Tory" is a British pejorative term for conservatives who supported the monarchy and the established church, and opposed to the liberal "Whigs". It derives from Irish Gaelic word tóraidhe, meaning "outlaw"!
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Date: 2019-02-14 10:44 am (UTC)"Tory" is a British pejorative term for conservatives who supported the monarchy and the established church, and opposed to the liberal "Whigs". It derives from Irish Gaelic word tóraidhe, meaning "outlaw"!