Earlier, Public Eye reported former Vernon mayor and British Columbia Unity Party deputy leader Wayne McGrath had been chairing a steering committee looking to put the province's minor right-wing parties under one "fiscally conservative, socially sensitive roof." And now it looks like that housing project is underway. Today, Unity leader Chris Delaney announced the Monty Pythonesque "merger, uh, union" between his party and the British Columbia Conservatives under the Tory brand name. That brand name alone could win the new party a significant amount of support, splitting the right-wing vote between the Conservatives and the Liberals. But there's already a plan in place to make sure that doesn't happen. Insiders tell us right-wingers have been plotting for the past six weeks to seize control of the old Conservative executive and ensure the party doesn't run any candidates in the next provincial election. And, now that the Tories are merging with Unity, those supporters will be re-doubling their efforts.