I think that the Conservatives are finished. The will finish behind the Liberals in the next election. Defeat Reform and the election is Labour's to lose. The Tories will not bounce back.
If the Tories are indeed finished Reform will replace them. There will always be an opposition party that has decent public support. I suspect the Tories will bounce back at some point when people realise that Reform is simply not a viable party to run the country. It will likely take them winning the next GE for that to happen though.
Ultimately the vast majority of voters in this country are centre right. Not only will there always be a Tory party in some guise or other, but it would be undemocratic if there wasn’t.
Biden falling down the stairs was a massive meme for a long time after it happened and still gets used regularly! No surprise that the Twitter president is very aware of it.
I bet a few of the women (not naming names) in the whitehouse have had a lot "uplifted." Probably some of the men as well, ha, ha.
I'll take it on top of the £24k discount I get on right to buy. Jobs a good un. Oh its only for the kids. Damn those Tories and their discrimnation
100% agree but you could extend that outwards to the welfare system how it is now where the genuine needy get shafted because everybody gets an Oprah these days for all sorts of spurious illnesses!
Its not a policy that they will need to enact, even if a miracle happened and they recovered in time, because there will be no jobs for first time folks by 2029. lol.
This is what every government of this modern "third way" has done every time anyway. free money all round, handouts for headaches and stress, tax credits for top ups instead of employers paying a market rate...........governments for 30 years+ have developed this system of welfare, not to help those that need help but to give out money to anyone in exchange for a vote. On the flip..............Hmmm...........Tory party appeals to its ageing voters by offering big lump sum to the youngsters............that are very vocal in their hatred of the older generations! Hmmmm. vote winner there. lol
Is it even a straight 5k? A 5k tax rebate is different isn’t it? You’d get it at the end of the tax year? So cash flow might still be an issue. You’d actually need the 5k and it sounds like you get it after buying the house not just stating your intention? Unless I’ve misunderstood
Its a throwaway policy from a party that will never get to enact it. Lib Dems use this "free hit" style all the time...............and only got caught out once, when they went into coalition in 2010. Its very easy for parties that have no chance in the next election to propose anything because after the election, new leader, new direction, discard policy of the previous setup.
I agree with the general thrust of your comment but I watched the Green Party political broadcast last night and was well impressed with Zack Polanski
I watched the Green Party broadcast aswell. Like a Labour Party Broadcast from the early 60s. An earnest left wing politician walking the back streets of some poor neighbourhood. Not one mention of any green policies. Not one mention of how tackling the climate change and promoting social policies are mutually compatible. It could have been made in black and white. In fact not one mention of green polcies at all. Lets save the planet and provide a decent enviroment for our grand kids by not addressing the issues.
I would never write off the Conservatives. Although Reform.appear to being doing well in the opinión polls, the City will ensure they don't get elected, while our "favourites" rags will find room to get behind the "Tories" as scandals are unearthed about Reform.in the next 3 or 4 years. Although with their attempt to emulate Reform or even outdo Reform, they will continue to lose moderate Conservatives to other parties or just won't bother turning up at the polling booth. What has happened to the party that used to put the economy as the central plank of their policies? What has happened to the party that advocated vociferously for the UK to join Europe economically and socially? I wonder how that party would have evolved if Ted Heath had seen off Thatcher? It is very sad!
You are assuming that “the City” has the best interests of the U.K. economy at heart. In fact there is no reason to believe that the assorted hedge fund managers, disaster capitalists, and US banks headquartered in the City are motivated by anything but their own short term interests.
I am just looking at what happened when Truss became PM. Same would happen if Farage is anywhere near becoming PM. They will accept another Sunak though but at the moment the Tories do not have anyone of that calibre, not that Sunak was particularly wonderful, but perhaps he had the support of the vested interests you have highlighted as he carried out policies they favoured.
A lot of people made a lot of money out of the financial crisis caused by Truss’ budget, including the Chancellor’s former boss, hedge fund manager Crispin Odey. Plenty like him will be rubbing their hands in glee at the opportunity to cash in again.
