A Tory area like that isn't going to like a taste of the modern day Labour party's policies in their area.

A lot of them will have wished they had all voted Reform.....because the Liberal Tory party has about as much legs left as Shergar.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Tory politicians are begging their supporters not to vote Reform as it will let Labour in.

Well what exactly are we supposed to do then? Continue voting for a party that is out of touch with its supporters and failing miserably?

The only way the Tory Party is going to reform is if it gets a bloody nose at the elections it the only language these gits understand.

One more point

"Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson have overseen the largest set of tax rises since the Second World War, according to economic analysis.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) estimates that - by the time of the next general election - the tax burden will have risen to around 37% of national income.

Records began in 1950 for the figures, and no parliament has seen a larger hike."

It does look as though Labour will get in. But you never know. Labour are so vague in their policies. Perhaps when it gets closer to the election they'll be forced to say what they'll do and it'll scare people back to the Tories. Or perhaps them winning will mean Kemi Badenoch will become leader of the opposition, which in my view would be an improvement. I feel a bit sorry for Sunak. In that he seems like a much more capable PM than Boris or Liz Truss. A bit nerdy but seems to have integrity. I think people put too much emphasis on what politicians can really do to affect their individual lives. One of the exceptions over 30 years has been housing policy. The lack of social mobility is massive. The fact that the majority people under 35 to 40 can't ever get on the housing ladder is a major problem. How can a generation that has no capital believe in capitalism? Both Tories and Labour over 30 years are to blame for that.

Tropes?

Was James Callaghan capitulation to the unions a trope?
Was Tony Blair's immigrant deluge a trope?
Was Gordon Brown selling off our gold on the cheap a trope?

Is Starmer's flip flopping a trope?

I could go on...

Yes, they are.

This current government have handled the unions appallingly and overseen a major resurgence in unionism.
Immigration is as much an 'issue' now as it was under Blair.
We are economically worse off now than we were under Brown.

We are on our 6th Tory PM in 5 years, each with a nice flip and a flop in policy and direction of travel.

You cling onto decade old Labour examples of failures, whilst sticking your fingers in your ears about the very current failings of the Conservatives.

This obsession with a hypothetical Labour government, whilst we live through objectively one of the worst governments we have ever had, is just nonsense.

Edited by EverybodyDannsNow (16 Feb 2024 2.28pm)