Truth To Power: Scraping the Bottom of the Post-Brexit Tory Barrel

Oct 5, 2024 | The Tory Party Conference ended this week. So what, you might think! It’s an irrelevance. And it’s true, there’s been no point to it whatsoever, other than as a leadership contest for the 4 remaining candidates. … And even though the Tory conference went on for four days, all four candidates are still standing and will be for another month. The X Factor style contestants are James Cleverly, Tom Tugendhat, Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch. Each worse than the last, and with absolutely zero X factor between them.


Four more duds to screw up the country, to finish it off!

The Conservative Party when I was growing up was a classy, distinguished party. But look at them now! Sad is too mild a word to describe the Tories’ demise. – © Mark Alexander

Michael Lambert: Demoralised Tories Seek Sixth Leader in Eight Years

Aug 3, 2024 | In this video I discuss the six contestants who are hoping to become leader of the Conservative Party. In November, one of them will be elected by the conservative Party membership to take over from Rishi Sunak. The favourite to win is Kemi Badenoch, followed by Robert Jenrick. I explain in the video how Badenoch, like Priti Patel, another candidate, is a bully who intimidates her staff whilst Jenrick has a questionable history.

Can the Conservative Party Survive Defeat? | FT Film

Jul 14, 2024 | After its calamitous defeat in July's general election, FT deputy opinion editor Miranda Green asks three of the UK's leading political experts to weigh up the Conservative party's chance of winning again, as volatility and demographics transform the political landscape

The Conservative Party Should Be 'Put Out of Its Misery' and 'Dissolved' | Marcus Fysh

Jul 7, 2024 | “I’m just calling it how I see it, if it was my business I would wind it up.” The Conservative Party is no longer "a viable entity", says former Conservative MP Marcus Fysh.

This man is right in so many ways, but wrong when it comes to what has killed the Tories. Cameron, along with Osborne, started the death spiral by instigating extreme austerity measures which have caused untold damage to this country’s economy, infrastructure, and social services, etc., creating poverty in the country, the likes of which we haven’t seen since the Victorian era. Then Cameron made the stupid move of calling for a referendum on our membership of the European Union, which again has led to even more impoverishment of the nation. Regardless of what Marcus Fysh says, this country cannot achieve lasting prosperity and growth outside of the world's largest and most successful single market and customs union this world has ever known. And one which is on our doorstep to boot. Brexit is one of the main reasons for the death of the Tories. Further, regardless of what this man says, you cannot make Brexit work. The best that can be done — maybe — is mitigate the losses caused by Brexit, but even that is going to prove extremely difficult.

On top of all this, the electorate grew tired of the circus of clowns that were presented as the leaders of the party. And their policies were ridiculous, un-Conservative, unworkable, and often extremely expensive. Take that ridiculous Rwanda policy as a case in point. Then there was the corruption in the Conservative Party which the electorate grew tired of, too.

But Marcus Fysh is right in calling for the death of the Tories. As I have stated on so many occasions over the years, the Tories need to go the way of the Whigs, into oblivion. The party is a relic of a bygone age. Moreover, it is riven by disagreements over direction and future policies. When they were one nation Conservatives, the party was successful. As soon as they abandoned one nation Conservatism, the party started to fall apart. It must also be said that under the Tories, the wealth gap has grown and grown. Children in the country are going hungry whilst the superrich are living in the lap of luxury. This is no recipe for the success of a political party. The electorate grew tired of it all. The Conservatives deserve their fate. – © Mark Alexander

The Conservative Party Is FINISHED For Good. Here’s Why. | Aaron meets Peter Oborne

June 23, 2024 | The Tories are going to lose the upcoming General Election. It looks as though this loss will be their worst loss in over a century. So, how did the Conservative Party find itself in this situation? How did the so-called ‘most successful political party in the West’ lose itself? To discuss this, Aaron is joined by Peter Oborne, self-proclaimed Conservative and former chief political correspondent for The Daily Telegraph.

"Conservatives Have Left the Game" | Tell Me More with Matthew Goodwin

Jun 4, 2024 | In this new Episode of "Tell Me More" British political scientist Matt Goodwin discusses the seismic shifts in British and Western politics. From the rise of right-wing populism and the disconnection of elites to the fallout of Brexit and the future of the Conservative Party, Goodwin offers an analysis of current political dynamics. He explains to Jochen Bittner why he believes the counter-revolution against the new elite is stronger than ever and what this means for the future of democracy.

I wish political analysts would stop talking about "Islamism". This is a term made up by Westerners. No self-respecting Muslim would refer to an Islamist! This distinction between Islam and Islamism is being made so as not to put Islam in a bad light; so, Islamism is supposed to be radical and political Islam, whereas Islam is supposed to be the religion. Fact is, however, that anyone who understands anything about Islam knows that Islam is nothing if not political. In fact, Islam is more political than it is spiritual! Even the Ayatollah Khomeini said — correctly as it happens — that Islam is nothing if not political. What people are referring to when they speak of Islamists is Muslims who take their faith seriously and follow the way(s) of their prophet — the Sunnah. Islam is actually winning in the West because Westerners refuse to accept and acknowledge the true nature of Islam, probably out of fear. – © Mark Alexander

Libertarian Culture Warrior Kemi Badenoch - Unfit for Office

Feb 3, 2024 | After Cameron’s victory in 2010, The Tory bathtub was brimming with confidence and authority. It was Brexit that pulled the plug, and ever since, the Nasty Party have been succumbing to the inevitable pull of the drain. The party, murky with the sediment of incompetence, corruption and sexual offences, swirls in a slow, relentless spiral towards collapse. But the bookies tell us that one person emerges. Kemi Badenoch is the embodiment of the systemic flaws of the Tory Hard Right, her words and actions magnifying Tory dysfunction as she and they circle closer to the plughole, she’s a stark reminder of just how badly the Tories have misjudged what THEY claim is the will of the people.

Kemi Badenoch as leader of the Conservative Party would make the Tories totally and utterly unelectable. This move could send the Tories the way of the Whigs before them – into oblivion, the way of the dodo. – © Mark Alexander

Boris Johnson Has 'Dented' the Conservative Party | Dominic Grieve

Jan 30, 2024 | "I feel that time is probably up." The Conservative Party will "lose very badly at the next election" after delivering an "extraordinarily bad government" with "charlatan" Boris Johnson says Dominic Grieve.

BoJo was/is a clown and a buffoon. He has caused this nation untold damage. Dominic Grieve is one of the few decent Conservatives left. – © Mark Alexander

Rishi Sunak Must Quit before He Leads Tories to Extinction, Says Ex-minister

THE GUARDIAN: Simon Clarke, who served in Liz Truss’s cabinet, sparks renewed Conservative party infighting

Simon Clarke, left, with Rishi Sunak in 2020. Photograph: Danny Lawson/AFP/Getty Images
Rishi Sunak should resign before he leads the Conservatives to “extinction”, a Tory MP has said in an excoriating attack on the prime minister.

In a dramatic intervention on Tuesday night, Simon Clarke, who was a cabinet minister in Liz Truss’s short-lived government, urged Sunak to quit and make way for a new Tory leader.

In an op-ed for the Telegraph, Clarke said Sunak’s “uninspiring leadership is the main obstacle to our recovery” and that he has “sadly gone from asset to anchor”.

He argued that Sunak “is leading the Conservatives into an election where we will be massacred” because “he does not get what Britain needs. And he is not listening to what the British people want.”

Clarke’s article set off a fresh round of internal party warfare. Tory grandees from all wings of the party hit back at Clarke on social media. » | Eleni Courea | Tuesday, January 23, 2024

That the Conservative Party is divided and weak should not surprise us one little bit. The Party pulled a fast one on the electorate with that nonsensical and unwise Brexit Referendum. With it, the Party was rent asunder rather than glued back together. Not only that, but the country was divided too – seriously divided. As it states in the Bible, as Jesus said: “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.” Matthew 25, NKJV.

This country needs a good, pro-business party, but one that is fair to all sectors of the economy and society, one that is pro-EU. (There's is big market across the English Channel: 450m consumers!) The Conservatives brought us Brexit and speaks incessantly of reviving Thatcherism. It is Thatcherism that has created the colossal divide in this country between the haves and the have-nots, the colossal divide between the rich and the poor, wealth inequality which this country hasn't seen since the Victorian Era.

Furthermore, it is the Conservatives who have brought this country abject poverty and food banks with Cameron and Osborne's insistence on austerity, year after year.

It is clear that the Conservative Party's glory days are well and truly over. Again, as it states in the Bible, in Ecclesiastes 3: To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; ... KJV.

Maybe the Tories have outlived their usefulness; maybe it really is time for the Party to go the way of the Whigs: into oblivion. – © Mark Alexander

The Conservative Party Is Dead

Nov 18, 2023 | I thought I saw a sign of life as Suella Braverman was sacked but Sunak has confirmed that the moral leadership is missing- this is a party on the last stages of decay, what Bercow called "a rotting corpse". What is left, its zombie pretence of authority and life is controlled by the shady forces of the ERG [European Research Group] and its part-time members (each eager to stake out an afterlife in media or business) can no longer command respect. It is sad to see such a death.

Lee Anderson’s Vile Anti-migrant Comments Pose This Question: Do We Want Politics Like This?

THE GUARDIAN: Even Thatcher’s governments were above the hateful, toxic rhetoric now being favoured by Sunak and his lieutenants

Does it matter if Lee Anderson, the deputy chair of the Conservative party, thinks disgruntled asylum seekers should “fuck off back to France” and says so?

“If they don’t like barges then they should fuck off back to France,” Anderson said. “These people come across the Channel in small boats … if they don’t like the conditions they are housed in here then they should go back to France, or better, not come at all in the first place.” He was speaking to the Daily Express, with the knowledge that this once-great British newspaper now thrives on printing such things.

One can be dismayed, if not surprised. Anderson likes to see himself as his party’s man of the people. He serves a purpose as the supposed link between a political organisation controlled and given its raison d’etre by the hyper-wealthy and the Friday-night saloon bar of a rundown pub. » | Hugh Muir | Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Related article.

Is Brexit Pulling the Conservative Party Apart?

Jul 7, 2023 | In this new Federal Trust video, John Stevens and Brendan Donnelly discuss the current state of the Conservative Party in the light of Brexit’s failure. They predict that after losing the next election the Conservatives will veer dramatically to the right, particularly on European policy linked to Brexit. This will create opportunities but also challenges for the Labour government. It is certainly not a foregone conclusion that the Labour Party will be reelected after its likely success in 2024.

Johnson, Sunak and Brexit: A Trio from Hell

Jun 14, 2023 | In this new Federal Trust video, John Stevens and Brendan Donnelly discuss the disruptive and divisive consequences of Brexit for the Conservative Party. This division is now crystallised in the personal and political conflict between Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson. At present Johnson seems largely motivated by personal resentments. It may be however that in the coming months Johnson will ally himself with political forces hostile to Sunak such as Farage, Fox and Tice. This could lead to a disastrous outcome for the Conservative Party in the next General Election.

SPEAKERS
Brendan Donnelly is the Director of the Federal Trust and a former Conservative MEP. John Stevens is the Chairman of the Federal Trust and a former Conservative MEP.

ABOUT THE FEDERAL TRUST
The Federal Trust is a research institute studying regional, national, European and global levels of government. It has always had a particular interest in the European Union and Britain’s place in it. The Federal Trust has no allegiance to any political party. It is registered as a charity for the purposes of education and research.

The Conservative Party Is 'Dragging the BBC through the Mud', Says Sir Ed Davey

Apr 28, 2023 | Sir Ed Davey has criticised the Conservative Party's handling of Richard Sharp's appointment to the BBC and said they were "dragging the BBC through the mud". The leader of the Liberal Democrats said: "I think the British public will be very angry. This is another example of this government's incompetence. "Boris Johnson should never have appointed Mr Sharp in the first place and Rishi Sunak should have shown some leadership by sacking him."

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Mark Drakeford: 'The Conservative Party Is Ungovernable'

First Minister of Wales Mark Drakeford has said the Conservative Party is "ungovernable" and has called for a general election.

He also spoke about Boris Johnson's chances of a comeback and said "anyone who thinks Boris Johnson returning is a get out of jail card must have some of the shortest memories in political history."


FFS! Keep BoJo the Clown well away from the levers of power! We’ve only just managed to get rid of that idiot. – © Mark Alexander

Britain hangs by a thread. Give the end to Boris Johnson and we’ll unravel: This must be the moment to root out the C-listers and crackpots who have dominated the Tory party ever since Brexit »

Sharon Graham: We Are Witnessing a Horror Story'

General Secretary of trade union Unite Sharon Graham told Sophy Ridge the political situation is like "witnessing a horror story" and insisted the UK needs a change of government.

"It's like watching a film behind your hands and every time you look there's something worse happening," Ms Graham said.

Peter Oborne Absolutely DEMOLISHES Liz Truss

"Liz Truss is FINISHED & may have DESTROYED the Conservative Party altogether"

Former Tory Minister Rory Stewart Says Liz Truss Is Not Conservative | LBC

Former Development Secretary, Rory Stewart, tells Andrew Marr Liz Truss’ ‘ideological’ talk about growth may work but ’it’s not very conservative’.

Homophobic Abuse Allegedly Used at Tory Party LGBT Event in Birmingham

THE GUARDIAN: Several people had to be removed for allegedly using vitriolic language at party celebrating LGBT diversity

Conservative party members have been accused of using homophobic insults at a party celebrating LGBT diversity at the party conference in Birmingham.

Several people had to be removed for allegedly using vitriolic language at an event at Reflex nightclub, it is claimed.

Two sources told ITV News that one person had to be escorted from the venue for calling a gay man a “f**”, while another man was ejected for calling two women a “dirty l*****”. » | Nadeem Badshah | Wednesday, October 5, 2022