| conservative twtd-ers 12:41 - Jan 15 with 1888 views | positivity |
do you think there is a future for the conservative party?
is the purge of the more extremist brexiteers like anderson, dorries, jenrick & zahawi (maybe barverman & badenoch to be the logical conclusion to this) a vital step to making them electable again?
is it best to relaunch as a kind of phoenix party at this stage? [Post edited 15 Jan 12:48]
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| conservative twtd-ers on 18:25 - Jan 15 with 258 views | Leaky |
Just boot out all mp's let's have a reset up the salaries do away with second jobs, get the best people in to run the country. Rather than the 2nd rate career failures we have now |  | | |
| conservative twtd-ers on 18:37 - Jan 15 with 234 views | mellowblue |
| conservative twtd-ers on 16:57 - Jan 15 by DJR |
I used to love Alex which started off in the Independent. |
Alex started in the Independent, did not know that. His natural political home would be the Telegraph though. | | | |
| conservative twtd-ers on 18:40 - Jan 15 with 228 views | grow_our_own |
| conservative twtd-ers on 18:25 - Jan 15 by Leaky |
Just boot out all mp's let's have a reset up the salaries do away with second jobs, get the best people in to run the country. Rather than the 2nd rate career failures we have now |
Agreed, need to pay the market rate for people who manage budgets of billions. Otherwise we'll only have the altruistic or ideological cranks, and not the talented. Slim down the House of Lords to pay for it. | | | |
| conservative twtd-ers on 18:58 - Jan 15 with 210 views | bluelagos |
Never kissed a Tory. Never voted for one. Never will.
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| conservative twtd-ers on 19:02 - Jan 15 with 193 views | bluelagos |
| conservative twtd-ers on 16:44 - Jan 15 by ITFC_Forever |
The Conservatives last reign was so bad, and they took such a battering at the ballot box in July 2024, that they are currently the most busted of flushes.
Kemi is irrelevant and knows it, so spends half her time trying to pipe up with some weird hot take - but everyone ignores her anyway.
The Boris and Rishi years have ruined them with corruption and incompetence. Truss was utterly useless, May was dealt a bad hand and played it appallingly. Cameron started the rot by buying votes to appease the right by promising the referendum.
And Brexit has started the desperate situation we are in. Never mind the economic disadvantages, it has well and truly fragmented society. 52-48. One side or another. Black or white. This or that. There is no room for a middle ground or nuance - the playground bullies are shouting loudest, ruining it for everyone and no-one is able to shut them up.
Reform are attracting the dregs of the Boris regime, and are doing well in the polls and grabbing the headlines. They may even get enough votes to get into power - but the veneer will soon crack and peel away, and we'll be left with an even more corrupt and incompetent government than the last half a dozen years the Tories inflicted on us.
I like(d) Starmer and it was refreshing to hear an adult in charge. But he and Labour are making the mistake of trying to appease / appeal to the right - who decided they hate him long ago and are never going to change their minds. He'd be better off ignoring them and concentrating on the middle ground with sensible policies.
I don't think Starmer will last too much longer, and I hope Andy Burnham will come in to take over - but I think he enjoys it in Manchester too much and can't be doing with the hassle that being PM will bring.
The Greens and Liberals mean well, especially Zack, but they'll never have a big enough critical mass to ever be any more than side-attractions. [Post edited 15 Jan 19:26]
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Agree with most of that. But Burnham absolutely wants the crown.
Whether he gets it and whether he is strong enough to be an effective leader fiik, but he defo wants it. | |
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| conservative twtd-ers on 19:03 - Jan 15 with 192 views | GlasgowBlue |
| conservative twtd-ers on 18:58 - Jan 15 by bluelagos |
Never kissed a Tory. Never voted for one. Never will.
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You must have forgotten about that drunken awkward moment at the 2015 TWTD Christmas party. I haven't  |  |
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| conservative twtd-ers on 19:10 - Jan 15 with 175 views | bluelagos |
| conservative twtd-ers on 19:03 - Jan 15 by GlasgowBlue |
You must have forgotten about that drunken awkward moment at the 2015 TWTD Christmas party. I haven't |
I actually think getting shot of the headbangers can't be a bad thing, albeit 10 years too late.
Jenwick is a particularly nasty piece of sh1t. Braverman and Patel still around though although both seem remarkably low profile, especially Patel given she's front bench. | |
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| conservative twtd-ers on 20:19 - Jan 15 with 113 views | DJR |
| conservative twtd-ers on 18:37 - Jan 15 by mellowblue |
Alex started in the Independent, did not know that. His natural political home would be the Telegraph though. |
I was misremembering, it was the short-lived Maxwell publication, the London Daily News where he started and where I first came across him. He then moved to the Independent which I read to a large degree because of him but following him to the Telegraph was a step too far and I switched to the Guardian.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
At that time, Alex ("born" 24 February 1960) was the same age as me and as I worked in the City I found it an amusing satire on the yuppie lifestyle, something that didn't really appeal to me. [Post edited 15 Jan 20:21]
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