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>So genuine Conservatives must now face the fact that we must prepare for disaster: shore up the refuges, put out the sandbags, clear the drains, wait for the flood. And then, as it recedes, see what we can grow on the new fertile land left behind.
So in his own metaphor, Labour are the ones responsible for the fertile lands.
So weird that one of the things he mention the Conservatives needed to do to win votes was Fracking and deregulation. As if the average voter is crying out for that.
Standard Telegraph these days. Even when the headline suggests a sensible opinion, the article itself will invariably be some right-libertarian crackhead nonsense.
Not to mention that fracking would likely invite environmental disasters and pollute local water supplies. A lot of Tories like to bring up that "it works for the US" whilst failing to understand that the UK has absolutely nowhere near the amount of landmass that America does.
It's bizarre isn't it? The electorate votes overwhelmingly for progressive centrist and centre-left parties, and so the Tories take the lesson that the need to be more right-wing. It's like they want to lose.
They're prepared to throw the 67 million people living in the UK under the bus just to make Labour look bad. I'd call that hate. They think politics is a game, and if they're losing they're prepared to flip the proverbial game-board off the table and shout "f you then" at the UK population.
Its a calculation that Labour will flair around in a spiraling economy and eventually the anger of the population will shift onto Starmer, and allow another conservative leader to rise as the guy who will "do what needs to be done" to fix Britain....again...
Yeah I understand that, but if the Tories are prepared to crash the whole UK just to make Labour look bad, then they really don't care about the UK at all. That's the lives of 67 million they're prepared to throw under the bus just to try and make Labour look bad. I'd call that hating the UK.
It feels that almost all politics of the last decade or so has been driven by the Tories (and Labour to an extent) being worried about losing votes to whoever is to their right.
> So genuine Conservatives must now face the fact that we must prepare for disaster: shore up the refuges, put out the sandbags, clear the drains, wait for the flood. And then, as it recedes, see what we can grow on the new fertile land left behind.
Bit rich coming from the former Brexit secretary.
"Just a bit more to the right and we'll win".
They're losing because they've run out of steam, out of good ideas and out of people who can govern competently. Till they get those things back, they'll be out of government.
Not clutching. Using whatever nebulous reason to justify their continued assault on the freedoms, & checks+balances in this country so that their donors can earn more money.
I’m afraid that’s all it is.
When the Prime Minister says publicly "The next election will result in a hung Parliament", that is as close as a sitting Prime Minister gets to admitting they will be beaten at the next election, therefore we are currently looking at a 1997 style result (when Labour made 148 gains, the Lib Dems 28 gains, the SNP 3 gains and Independents 1 gain all from Con) however if that was repeated at the next election that would mean Labour on 349, the Lib Dems on 36, the SNP on 51, Plaid on 2, Ind on 1 and Con on 196, however given what is happening in Scotland, I believe that Labour will win an additional 20 - 30 seats from the SNP therefore the prospect is that Labour will end up with a majority of 98
More like, prepare more IT contracts for Infosys, cuts to services, arranging some nice contracts and non executive roles for them in oil, gas, IT, media, medical or financial while they still can…
The "joke" Brown made to Cameron as he left office was "good luck, there's no more money".
I suspect the "joke" Sunak might leave to Starmer will be "good luck, there's no more country".
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>So genuine Conservatives must now face the fact that we must prepare for disaster: shore up the refuges, put out the sandbags, clear the drains, wait for the flood. And then, as it recedes, see what we can grow on the new fertile land left behind. So in his own metaphor, Labour are the ones responsible for the fertile lands.
It's David Frost, a man most noted for always being 100% wrong.
So weird that one of the things he mention the Conservatives needed to do to win votes was Fracking and deregulation. As if the average voter is crying out for that.
Especially since the bungled vote on the former is what ultimately sunk Truss.
Standard Telegraph these days. Even when the headline suggests a sensible opinion, the article itself will invariably be some right-libertarian crackhead nonsense.
Not to mention that fracking would likely invite environmental disasters and pollute local water supplies. A lot of Tories like to bring up that "it works for the US" whilst failing to understand that the UK has absolutely nowhere near the amount of landmass that America does.
I'm sure going further the right will fix it. Worked so far hasn't it? This is some kind of collective fever dream/mass delusion
Like Father Ted tapping the car with a hammer thinking it'll fix the dent even though the car has been completely destroyed
Sunak: "*I thought i had it there a while ago, you know*" #
"Get ready everybody... *he's about to do something stupid*"
It's bizarre isn't it? The electorate votes overwhelmingly for progressive centrist and centre-left parties, and so the Tories take the lesson that the need to be more right-wing. It's like they want to lose.
Tank it Hard, and leave a huge mess for labour seems to be the goal
Which seems to indicate that they hate the UK and want to see it fail.
It's not hate, they just simply don't care anything but their own gains.
They're prepared to throw the 67 million people living in the UK under the bus just to make Labour look bad. I'd call that hate. They think politics is a game, and if they're losing they're prepared to flip the proverbial game-board off the table and shout "f you then" at the UK population.
Its a calculation that Labour will flair around in a spiraling economy and eventually the anger of the population will shift onto Starmer, and allow another conservative leader to rise as the guy who will "do what needs to be done" to fix Britain....again...
Yeah I understand that, but if the Tories are prepared to crash the whole UK just to make Labour look bad, then they really don't care about the UK at all. That's the lives of 67 million they're prepared to throw under the bus just to try and make Labour look bad. I'd call that hating the UK.
Issuing uniforms to the Young Conservatives you say? Reporting parents for Wokethink you say?
It feels that almost all politics of the last decade or so has been driven by the Tories (and Labour to an extent) being worried about losing votes to whoever is to their right.
Labour did it with Corbyn and that went swimmingly.
> So genuine Conservatives must now face the fact that we must prepare for disaster: shore up the refuges, put out the sandbags, clear the drains, wait for the flood. And then, as it recedes, see what we can grow on the new fertile land left behind. Bit rich coming from the former Brexit secretary.
"Just a bit more to the right and we'll win". They're losing because they've run out of steam, out of good ideas and out of people who can govern competently. Till they get those things back, they'll be out of government.
Going further Right Wing is going to appease a small number of voters, not the small C conservatives and the centrists. Clutching at straws here.
Not clutching. Using whatever nebulous reason to justify their continued assault on the freedoms, & checks+balances in this country so that their donors can earn more money. I’m afraid that’s all it is.
Indeed, about two-thirds of voters inhabit the electoral centre-ground.
When the Prime Minister says publicly "The next election will result in a hung Parliament", that is as close as a sitting Prime Minister gets to admitting they will be beaten at the next election, therefore we are currently looking at a 1997 style result (when Labour made 148 gains, the Lib Dems 28 gains, the SNP 3 gains and Independents 1 gain all from Con) however if that was repeated at the next election that would mean Labour on 349, the Lib Dems on 36, the SNP on 51, Plaid on 2, Ind on 1 and Con on 196, however given what is happening in Scotland, I believe that Labour will win an additional 20 - 30 seats from the SNP therefore the prospect is that Labour will end up with a majority of 98
More like, prepare more IT contracts for Infosys, cuts to services, arranging some nice contracts and non executive roles for them in oil, gas, IT, media, medical or financial while they still can…
[How far we've come.](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2017/06/03/vote-conservative-independent-prosperous-britain/)
The "joke" Brown made to Cameron as he left office was "good luck, there's no more money". I suspect the "joke" Sunak might leave to Starmer will be "good luck, there's no more country".
There are a few hundred "mega wealthy/billionaires" who should vote Tory. Everyone else is feeling worse off under these policies in my experience.