↳ In-reply-to » Congratulations to the British for getting rid of the Tories tyranny, and electing the forward thinking Labour party! 🥳

@prologic@twtxt.net “as a political term, Tory was an insult (derived from the Middle Irish word tóraidhe, modern Irish tóraí, meaning “outlaw”, “robber”, from the Irish word tóir, meaning “pursuit” since outlaws were “pursued men”)”

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tories_(British_political_party)