Kemi Badenoch is a very dangerous woman. She should be kept well away from Downing Street at all costs. The last thing this country needs to lead it is such a reckless woman. — © Mark Alexander
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Showing posts with label Conservatives. Show all posts
Sunday, October 05, 2025
🚨UK Will Leave the ECHR If Tories Win Next Election Kemi Badenoch Has Announced
Kemi Badenoch is a very dangerous woman. She should be kept well away from Downing Street at all costs. The last thing this country needs to lead it is such a reckless woman. — © Mark Alexander
Tories to Pledge to Create Immigration Taskforce Modelled on Trump’s Ice
THE GUARDIAN: Proposed ‘removals force’ will be tasked with deporting 150,000 people a year in bid to tackle illegal immigration
The Conservatives will pledge to create a new immigration taskforce modelled on Donald Trump’s controversial Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agency, the Guardian understands.
The party’s leader, Kemi Badenoch, is expected to announce the policy on Sunday as the Conservatives heads into their annual conference after a year of historic low poll ratings. The proposed “removals force” will be tasked with deporting 150,000 people a year in a move to tackle illegal immigration.
Badenoch will say that the taskforce would be given £1.6bn and “sweeping new powers” if the Conservatives win the next election. This would include the ability to use facial recognition technology without warning to help identify those eligible for removal from the UK.
Under the plans, the taskforce would be expected to “work closely” with the police. Officers would be required to conduct immigration checks on everyone they stop or arrest, Badenoch is expected to add.
Badenoch will say that the Ice model has proved to be a “successful approach” in removing migrants who have illegally entered the US. Ice removed nearly 200,000 people in the first seven months of Trump’s second presidency, US media reported. However, it has also faced widespread criticism, both for arresting legal migrants and allegedly targeting people on the grounds of their race. » | Geraldine McKelvie | Saturday, Octoner 4, 2025
My regular visitors will surely remember that I stated years ago that the Conservatives were going the way of the dodo. Or, put another way, the Tories would suffer the fate of the Whigs before them. My words have come true. The Conservative Party is a spent force.
Moreover, if the party continues to select duds as leaders, their fate will remain so: the party will have zero chance of having any life breathed back into it. Kemi Badenoch is another such dud. This woman has no chance of leading the party back to vistory. Every policy idea this woman has come up with is stale and, quite frankly, ridiculous. Her three main policies are as follows: that this country should leave the ECHR; that the country needs more Thatcherism; and now, that her government would emulate the tactics of Trump’s Gestapo, known in the States as ICE.
This woman is WRONG on ALL THREE POLICIES! Further, her STALE THINKING would RUIN this country and its international reputation.
Brexit has dug this country into a hole. And the first rule of what to do when you find yourself in a HOLE is to STOP DIGGING! This woman just wants to keep on digging!
The ECHR—the European Convention on Human Rights—has got nothing to do with the European Union. Though I wouldn’t mind betting that Badenoch thinks it does, simply because its title has the word ‘European’ in it! It would be ludicrous for the country to exit the ECHR. It is this which guarantees OUR rights as British subjects of the King! To think that trusting any British government to write a document guaranteeing our rights if we left would be like trusting a pet snake not to bite you!
More Thatcherism is the last thing this country needs! We already have enough wealth inequality from the last dose we had of Thatcherism. And in any case, Thatcher herself sold off all the family silver. As a result, the nation is on its uppers; so there is no more family silver left to sell off!
And as for her latest suggestion of emulating Trump’s Gestapo, well… Whoever would have thought that any Briton could be so atupid or so cruel? Furthermore, does this European nation ALWAYS have to follow what American presidents do, even when their policies are the height of cruelty and even when the president himself is suffering from galloping dementia?
If Conservatives know what is good for them—and please remember that I write as a one-time, lifelong, ardent Conservative—they will ditch this leader. Being led by such thinking will give the party no chance even of a comeback, still less a victory at the polls! — © Mark Alexander
The Guardian view on Conservative party conference: Kemi Badenoch’s last shot at relevance: The Tory leader’s warped analysis of why her party is unpopular has lead her into strategic misjudgments and terrible policy choices »
The Conservatives will pledge to create a new immigration taskforce modelled on Donald Trump’s controversial Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agency, the Guardian understands.
The party’s leader, Kemi Badenoch, is expected to announce the policy on Sunday as the Conservatives heads into their annual conference after a year of historic low poll ratings. The proposed “removals force” will be tasked with deporting 150,000 people a year in a move to tackle illegal immigration.
Badenoch will say that the taskforce would be given £1.6bn and “sweeping new powers” if the Conservatives win the next election. This would include the ability to use facial recognition technology without warning to help identify those eligible for removal from the UK.
Under the plans, the taskforce would be expected to “work closely” with the police. Officers would be required to conduct immigration checks on everyone they stop or arrest, Badenoch is expected to add.
Badenoch will say that the Ice model has proved to be a “successful approach” in removing migrants who have illegally entered the US. Ice removed nearly 200,000 people in the first seven months of Trump’s second presidency, US media reported. However, it has also faced widespread criticism, both for arresting legal migrants and allegedly targeting people on the grounds of their race. » | Geraldine McKelvie | Saturday, Octoner 4, 2025
My regular visitors will surely remember that I stated years ago that the Conservatives were going the way of the dodo. Or, put another way, the Tories would suffer the fate of the Whigs before them. My words have come true. The Conservative Party is a spent force.
Moreover, if the party continues to select duds as leaders, their fate will remain so: the party will have zero chance of having any life breathed back into it. Kemi Badenoch is another such dud. This woman has no chance of leading the party back to vistory. Every policy idea this woman has come up with is stale and, quite frankly, ridiculous. Her three main policies are as follows: that this country should leave the ECHR; that the country needs more Thatcherism; and now, that her government would emulate the tactics of Trump’s Gestapo, known in the States as ICE.
This woman is WRONG on ALL THREE POLICIES! Further, her STALE THINKING would RUIN this country and its international reputation.
Brexit has dug this country into a hole. And the first rule of what to do when you find yourself in a HOLE is to STOP DIGGING! This woman just wants to keep on digging!
The ECHR—the European Convention on Human Rights—has got nothing to do with the European Union. Though I wouldn’t mind betting that Badenoch thinks it does, simply because its title has the word ‘European’ in it! It would be ludicrous for the country to exit the ECHR. It is this which guarantees OUR rights as British subjects of the King! To think that trusting any British government to write a document guaranteeing our rights if we left would be like trusting a pet snake not to bite you!
More Thatcherism is the last thing this country needs! We already have enough wealth inequality from the last dose we had of Thatcherism. And in any case, Thatcher herself sold off all the family silver. As a result, the nation is on its uppers; so there is no more family silver left to sell off!
And as for her latest suggestion of emulating Trump’s Gestapo, well… Whoever would have thought that any Briton could be so atupid or so cruel? Furthermore, does this European nation ALWAYS have to follow what American presidents do, even when their policies are the height of cruelty and even when the president himself is suffering from galloping dementia?
If Conservatives know what is good for them—and please remember that I write as a one-time, lifelong, ardent Conservative—they will ditch this leader. Being led by such thinking will give the party no chance even of a comeback, still less a victory at the polls! — © Mark Alexander
The Guardian view on Conservative party conference: Kemi Badenoch’s last shot at relevance: The Tory leader’s warped analysis of why her party is unpopular has lead her into strategic misjudgments and terrible policy choices »
Sunday, January 19, 2025
Saturday, November 02, 2024
Kemi Badenoch Elected New Conservative Party Leader
If I am not greatly mistaken, the Conservative Party has just hammered the final nail into its own coffin! Conservatives can now write their own epitaph, too!
My visitors will know that I have been saying for years now — ever since that ridiculous Brexit and that succession of duds as leaders — that the Tories were going the way of the Whigs before them: into oblivion. I have also written that they will soon be as dead as the dodo. It appears that my words are coming true quicker than even I could have imagined. – © Mark Alexander
Friday, October 11, 2024
Tory Leadership Hopeful Wants to Join Russia & Belarus Outside the ECHR - How Did It Come to This?
Another Tory clown! And a very dangerous clown at that! – © Mark Alexander
Thursday, October 10, 2024
‘Badenoch Is a Thatcher for Our Times’: [Telegraph] Readers on Who Should Be the Next Tory Leader
THE TELEGRAPH: Telegraph subscribers weigh in on who they think should take charge of the Conservative Party
Kemi Badenoch should be the next leader of the Conservative Party, 67pc of over 66,000 Telegraph readers say | Screenshot from The Telegraph
Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick have made it to the final two in the Tory leadership contest after James Cleverly was eliminated from the race.
The result came as a surprise not only in Westminster, but also among readers of The Telegraph after Mr Cleverly came first in Tuesday’s vote.
Many readers were pleased with the result, believing it to be a hopeful sign that the party is moving in the right direction. » | Thursday, October 10, 2024
That the readers of the Telegraph are comparing Badenoch to Thatcher must be causing Thatcher to be turning in her grave! Ignore them Baroness Thatcher! They know not what they say! Requiescat in pace.
Clearly, the Tory Party is drawing its last few breaths. It is surely on its way to extinction. Extinction was the fate of the Whigs; it will soon be the fate of the Tories. Death is often preceded by a few movements here and there, but then the lights go out — forever. Thank you for the good times of yore.
This is the face of modern Britain. The minorities are seizing all power in the country. To get anywhere in politics in Britain today, you must be either black, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, or someone from another ethnic group. The Conservative Party has gone all queer! It’s not a bit like it used to be. It used to be very proper and extremely staid. Funnily enough, though, it’s a queer party, but it has never had a queer leader. Not one that was out and openly queer anyway.
God only knows where the next leader after this one will come from. Nothing would surprise me. Maybe a future contender in the next leadership race will be an Eskimo. – © Mark Alexander
Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick have made it to the final two in the Tory leadership contest after James Cleverly was eliminated from the race.
The result came as a surprise not only in Westminster, but also among readers of The Telegraph after Mr Cleverly came first in Tuesday’s vote.
Many readers were pleased with the result, believing it to be a hopeful sign that the party is moving in the right direction. » | Thursday, October 10, 2024
That the readers of the Telegraph are comparing Badenoch to Thatcher must be causing Thatcher to be turning in her grave! Ignore them Baroness Thatcher! They know not what they say! Requiescat in pace.
Clearly, the Tory Party is drawing its last few breaths. It is surely on its way to extinction. Extinction was the fate of the Whigs; it will soon be the fate of the Tories. Death is often preceded by a few movements here and there, but then the lights go out — forever. Thank you for the good times of yore.
This is the face of modern Britain. The minorities are seizing all power in the country. To get anywhere in politics in Britain today, you must be either black, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, or someone from another ethnic group. The Conservative Party has gone all queer! It’s not a bit like it used to be. It used to be very proper and extremely staid. Funnily enough, though, it’s a queer party, but it has never had a queer leader. Not one that was out and openly queer anyway.
God only knows where the next leader after this one will come from. Nothing would surprise me. Maybe a future contender in the next leadership race will be an Eskimo. – © Mark Alexander
Wednesday, October 09, 2024
The New Tory Leader Will Be Badenoch or Jenrick. Either Would Be a One-way Ticket to Another Political Planet
THE GUARDIAN: By rejecting James Cleverly, MPs spurned the chance to renew their party. Their chosen path is further right, a blow for all who want an effective opposition
So the final Tory run-off, whose result will be announced on 2 November, will be between Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick. The one who thinks there’s too much maternity pay and that 10% of civil servants should be in prison, versus the one who alleges that UK special forces are killing suspects rather than arresting them and who promises to withdraw from the European human rights system as a priority.
There are no two ways about reading the result of the fourth and final round of voting by the 121 surviving Conservative MPs at Westminster today. It marks a triumph for the Tory right and another existential crisis moment for a party that was battered into a record election defeat in July. With this vote, Tory MPs have bought their party a one-way ticket to another political planet. » | Martin Kettle | Wednesday, October 9, 2024
The Conservatives did themselves in with that ridiculous Brexit referendum. My regular visitors will know that I have said over and over and over again that the Conservatives will go the way of the dodo and the Whigs before them. I firmly believe that this leadership race has proved me right. The four contenders were/are duds: not of them had/has good policies and not one of them had/has charisma.
Once upon a time, the Conservative Party was synonymous with class, intellectual superiority, character, and at least a modicum of style. Those days are well and truly over. The choice of leaders on offer has been nothing other than Hobson's choice. The Party is dead. Just as I stated — as dead as the dodo. Short of a miracle that could breathe life back into the Party, the party for the Tory Party is well and truly over. R.I.P. – © Mark Alexander
So the final Tory run-off, whose result will be announced on 2 November, will be between Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick. The one who thinks there’s too much maternity pay and that 10% of civil servants should be in prison, versus the one who alleges that UK special forces are killing suspects rather than arresting them and who promises to withdraw from the European human rights system as a priority.
There are no two ways about reading the result of the fourth and final round of voting by the 121 surviving Conservative MPs at Westminster today. It marks a triumph for the Tory right and another existential crisis moment for a party that was battered into a record election defeat in July. With this vote, Tory MPs have bought their party a one-way ticket to another political planet. » | Martin Kettle | Wednesday, October 9, 2024
The Conservatives did themselves in with that ridiculous Brexit referendum. My regular visitors will know that I have said over and over and over again that the Conservatives will go the way of the dodo and the Whigs before them. I firmly believe that this leadership race has proved me right. The four contenders were/are duds: not of them had/has good policies and not one of them had/has charisma.
Once upon a time, the Conservative Party was synonymous with class, intellectual superiority, character, and at least a modicum of style. Those days are well and truly over. The choice of leaders on offer has been nothing other than Hobson's choice. The Party is dead. Just as I stated — as dead as the dodo. Short of a miracle that could breathe life back into the Party, the party for the Tory Party is well and truly over. R.I.P. – © Mark Alexander
Wednesday, October 02, 2024
Jon Danzig: True Tories Were Remainers
Current Tory leader hopefuls are tw*ts! (Supply the vowel of your choice!) Britain’s place is in the EU. Churchill would be absolutely appalled by these current Tory wannabees! What a pathetic bunch! We are Europeans. Suck it up! – © Mark Alexander
Tuesday, October 01, 2024
Peter Stefanovic: Jenrick’s Latest Propaganda Video Is Absurd, Inflammatory & Divisive. Hold onto Your Seats
Brexit has done the Tories in! Their fate is that of the Whigs and the dodo before them. There appears to be no coming back from this debacle. The Tories are a spent force. It’s Brexit “what done it”! Serves the tw*ts right! (Please use the vowel of your own choosing!)
So now we are lumbered with Starmer’s far-left administration: an administration determined to strip us Brits of our freedom of speech and many other rights and freedoms as well. My God! What a mess this post-Brexit country is in! Soon, a Brit won’t be able to smoke a cigarette in a beer garden, or say the truth about Islam! — © Mark Alexander
Sunday, September 29, 2024
The Importance of Conservatives Bolstering the Traditional Family
MARK ALEXANDER: Conservatives abandoned the traditional family years ago. No society can be strong if the traditional family unit is not encouraged. The indigenous population in this country is short of babies; immigrant families are generally not short of them. It is easy to see why Islam is growing apace in this country.
Feminism has a lot to answer for. When women started preferring the workplace over the home, where they can procreate, this country started going downhill. No society can thrive when childlessness is preferred over motherhood.
A sensible Conservative government should pull all the stops out to help and promote the traditional family unit — a unit in which children can be raised properly and well at home, not in kindergartens by strangers.
The proper education of a child is two-pronged: formal and informal. Formal education is what a child gets in schools, colleges, and universities; informal education is what a child gets in the home from the parents. Children these days, because of working mothers and absent fathers, generally lack informal education. Informal education is extremely important for the development of the child.
If we want a properly functioning society, it behoves the Conservatives to foster traditional families and traditional family values. This is true not only for us in the UK but also for the West in general. If something isn’t done about this soon, the West will be lost — to Islam, the way of life which respects the traditional family. The West needs its own babies not more productivity from working mothers. The choice is yours!
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Feminism has a lot to answer for. When women started preferring the workplace over the home, where they can procreate, this country started going downhill. No society can thrive when childlessness is preferred over motherhood.
A sensible Conservative government should pull all the stops out to help and promote the traditional family unit — a unit in which children can be raised properly and well at home, not in kindergartens by strangers.
The proper education of a child is two-pronged: formal and informal. Formal education is what a child gets in schools, colleges, and universities; informal education is what a child gets in the home from the parents. Children these days, because of working mothers and absent fathers, generally lack informal education. Informal education is extremely important for the development of the child.
If we want a properly functioning society, it behoves the Conservatives to foster traditional families and traditional family values. This is true not only for us in the UK but also for the West in general. If something isn’t done about this soon, the West will be lost — to Islam, the way of life which respects the traditional family. The West needs its own babies not more productivity from working mothers. The choice is yours!
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Sunday, August 18, 2024
Russia's Influence on the UK | Strippers, Spies & Russian Money | Dispatches | Channel 4
The Tories are TRASH! The UNITED KINGDOM is FINISHED. It will NEVER be the same again. – © Mark Alexander
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Kemi Badenoch Accused of ‘Bullying and Traumatising’ Staff
THE GUARDIAN: Exclusive: At least three department officials allegedly felt pushed out by MP’s behaviour as business secretary
Kemi Badenoch, the frontrunner to be the next Conservative party leader, has been accused of creating an intimidating atmosphere in the government department she used to run, with some colleagues describing it as toxic, the Guardian can reveal.
At least three officials found her behaviour so traumatising that they felt they had no other choice but to leave, sources claimed.
Morale was said to be so low in the Department for Business and Trade last year that senior officials thought it necessary to address concerns about the working culture during an official “town hall” meeting. This was attended by about 70 staff in person and online on 13 December 2023. » | Pippa Crerar, Political editor | Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Kemi Badenoch, the frontrunner to be the next Conservative party leader, has been accused of creating an intimidating atmosphere in the government department she used to run, with some colleagues describing it as toxic, the Guardian can reveal.
At least three officials found her behaviour so traumatising that they felt they had no other choice but to leave, sources claimed.
Morale was said to be so low in the Department for Business and Trade last year that senior officials thought it necessary to address concerns about the working culture during an official “town hall” meeting. This was attended by about 70 staff in person and online on 13 December 2023. » | Pippa Crerar, Political editor | Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Friday, July 26, 2024
Peter Stefanovic: Jacob Rees-Mogg Salivates Like Dog with a Bone as Tory Leadership Contender Says He Would Leave ECHR
The Conservative Party has turned into the party of irresponsible fools, clowns, and jesters. As things stand, it is to be hoped that it will never regain power. – © Mark Alexander
Monday, July 22, 2024
Failed Rwanda Deportation Scheme Cost £700m, Says Yvette Cooper
THE GUARDIAN: Home secretary describes Tory policy that Labour has axed as ‘the biggest waste of taxpayer money I have ever seen’
The Conservative government spent £700m of taxpayers’ money on the failed Rwanda deportation scheme, which has proved to be a “costly con”, the home secretary has said.
Yvette Cooper described the policy, which was introduced two-and-a-half years ago and sought to send UK asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing, as “the biggest waste of taxpayer money I have ever seen”.
She told the Commons that over the course of six years ministers had intended to spend £10bn on the policy, but they never divulged this figure to parliament.
The home secretary said she had formally notified the Rwandan government that the partnership was over and thanked them for working with the UK “in good faith”.
“The failure of this policy lies with the previous UK government, it has been a costly con and the taxpayer has had to pay the price,” she said. (+ video) » | Eleni Courea, Political correspondent | Monday, July 22, 2024
The Conservative government spent £700m of taxpayers’ money on the failed Rwanda deportation scheme, which has proved to be a “costly con”, the home secretary has said.
Yvette Cooper described the policy, which was introduced two-and-a-half years ago and sought to send UK asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing, as “the biggest waste of taxpayer money I have ever seen”.
She told the Commons that over the course of six years ministers had intended to spend £10bn on the policy, but they never divulged this figure to parliament.
The home secretary said she had formally notified the Rwandan government that the partnership was over and thanked them for working with the UK “in good faith”.
“The failure of this policy lies with the previous UK government, it has been a costly con and the taxpayer has had to pay the price,” she said. (+ video) » | Eleni Courea, Political correspondent | Monday, July 22, 2024
Monday, July 08, 2024
Tories Running Out of Time to Fix Their Broken Party
Friday, July 05, 2024
Liz Truss Caps List of High-Profile Conservative Seat Losses
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Ms. Truss, who was forced out as prime minister after 49 chaotic days, lost by 630 votes in a district she previously held by more than 26,000.
Liz Truss, the former Conservative Party prime minister, lost her seat Friday morning. Following a chaotic 49-day premiership in 2022, which sent mortgage rates soaring, the pound tumbling and required an intervention by the central bank to calm markets, she has been ousted from Parliament.
Five years ago, she won a majority of more than 26,000. This time, she lost by 630 votes, a huge swing in support to the Labour Party.
She told the BBC that the reason the Conservatives lost was because “we haven’t delivered sufficiently on the policies people want,” such as keeping taxes low and reducing immigration. She said she agreed that she was part of the group in power that had failed to deliver these changes but laid the blame on the inheritance the party received in 2010, not herself.
“During our 14 years in power, unfortunately, we did not do enough to take on the legacy we’d been left,” she said.
But Ms. Truss is just one of many prominent Conservative lawmakers to lose their seats, including recent members of the cabinet. Others include: » | Eshe Nelson, Reporting from London | Friday, July 5, 2024
Liz Truss, the former Conservative Party prime minister, lost her seat Friday morning. Following a chaotic 49-day premiership in 2022, which sent mortgage rates soaring, the pound tumbling and required an intervention by the central bank to calm markets, she has been ousted from Parliament.
Five years ago, she won a majority of more than 26,000. This time, she lost by 630 votes, a huge swing in support to the Labour Party.
She told the BBC that the reason the Conservatives lost was because “we haven’t delivered sufficiently on the policies people want,” such as keeping taxes low and reducing immigration. She said she agreed that she was part of the group in power that had failed to deliver these changes but laid the blame on the inheritance the party received in 2010, not herself.
“During our 14 years in power, unfortunately, we did not do enough to take on the legacy we’d been left,” she said.
But Ms. Truss is just one of many prominent Conservative lawmakers to lose their seats, including recent members of the cabinet. Others include: » | Eshe Nelson, Reporting from London | Friday, July 5, 2024
Wednesday, July 03, 2024
Michael Lambert: Let Us Never Forget the Damage These Tories Have Done to This Country
Jul 3, 2024 | Over the past eight years since 2016 the UK economy and society have been severely damaged and may never fully recover following the madness of Brexit.
Incompetence, dishonesty, and corruption have all featured in a series of governments under five different prime ministers. Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage bear the greatest responsibility for the extreme damage which the UK has suffered. A series of incompetent and often self-serving politicians have caused the UK economy to decline and for the country to have become a worldwide laughing stock.
Those responsible should never be forgotten or forgiven including Rishi Sunak, Suella Braverman, Priti Patel, Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick, and many others.
Incompetence, dishonesty, and corruption have all featured in a series of governments under five different prime ministers. Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage bear the greatest responsibility for the extreme damage which the UK has suffered. A series of incompetent and often self-serving politicians have caused the UK economy to decline and for the country to have become a worldwide laughing stock.
Those responsible should never be forgotten or forgiven including Rishi Sunak, Suella Braverman, Priti Patel, Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick, and many others.
Monday, July 01, 2024
Jon Danzig: Vote Out Two-faced Tories
Self-serving, economy-destroying, pocket-lining politicians who deserve to be unceremoniously thrown out of office. – © Mark Alexander
Sunday, June 30, 2024
Jacob Rees-Mogg Tells Young Tories Party Has ‘Lost Its Way’
THE GUARDIAN: Exclusive: Leaked recording of ex-minister lays bare despondency at high levels of Conservative party
A screenshot from this article in today's Guardian.
The Conservatives have lost their way after 14 years in government, Jacob Rees-Mogg has said, in a leaked recording of a meeting with young Tories that lays bare the despondency at high levels of the party.
The former business secretary told young activists at a meeting in March he felt the party had squandered its opportunity to achieve anything substantial in the last five years, having won a majority in 2019. » | Kiran Stacey Political correspondent | Sunday, June 30, 2024
The Conservatives have lost their way after 14 years in government, Jacob Rees-Mogg has said, in a leaked recording of a meeting with young Tories that lays bare the despondency at high levels of the party.
The former business secretary told young activists at a meeting in March he felt the party had squandered its opportunity to achieve anything substantial in the last five years, having won a majority in 2019. » | Kiran Stacey Political correspondent | Sunday, June 30, 2024
The 14 Long and Wasted Years of Tory Britain
THE OBSERVER: Before the Conservatives were elected in 2010, David Cameron set out his vision of a prosperous, secure country that would care for all. On every metric, by every yardstick, his party has failed
Some neuroscientists describe it as Life Review. It’s the term they give to those slow-motion instants – after your car hits the black ice but before its impact with the oncoming juggernaut – in which TikTok clips of your whole past are played in front of your eyes. Some argue that the phenomenon is the result of a massive overdose of the flight or fight response, which triggers the brain’s darkest memories and defining emotions all at once. Others, fancifully, that it is evidence of the spirit packing its bags for the life hereafter.
You’d have to say that the sickening squeal of brakes that attends the impending car crash of the Conservative party lends weight to the first of those theories. » |Tim Adams | Sunday, June 30, 2024
Some neuroscientists describe it as Life Review. It’s the term they give to those slow-motion instants – after your car hits the black ice but before its impact with the oncoming juggernaut – in which TikTok clips of your whole past are played in front of your eyes. Some argue that the phenomenon is the result of a massive overdose of the flight or fight response, which triggers the brain’s darkest memories and defining emotions all at once. Others, fancifully, that it is evidence of the spirit packing its bags for the life hereafter.
You’d have to say that the sickening squeal of brakes that attends the impending car crash of the Conservative party lends weight to the first of those theories. » |Tim Adams | Sunday, June 30, 2024
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