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The Tories seem determined to blow up their own party

The Tories seem determined to blow up their own party

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s new administration has so far moved with speed and determination. That’s one reason why so many commentators seem taken in by its impression of tough-minded resolve and tactical acumen. But we shouldn’t be fooled. There are huge risks in the approach that Johnson and his right-hand man Dominic Cummings are taking, and they have made a series of mistakes that might give their opponents the last laugh. The first blunder the new-model Conservatives made actually predates…

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The Conservative Party is pursuing profoundly un-conservative policies. So I’ve left it.

The Conservative Party is pursuing profoundly un-conservative policies. So I’ve left it.

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Ideology with no concern for consequences or convention is the business of revolutionaries I have today resigned my membership of the Conservative Party after 24 years. While that’s a moment of some sadness for me, it’s of trivial importance on any wider scale. What isn’t trivially important is the set of changes which the Party’s undergone in the last few years and especially the last few weeks because these will have an immense impact on the country, one way or…

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Why I’ve resigned from the Conservative Party

Why I’ve resigned from the Conservative Party

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  From longstanding PBer Richard Nabavi After five decades of support for the Conservatives, I have now resigned as a party member. Naturally this hasn’t been an easy decision; it has been a pleasure working with my MP Nus Ghani, and before her Charles Hendry, and helping in a small way in various constituencies to achieve six years of sound Conservative-led government under David Cameron, even if the past two years have been increasingly difficult. I shall miss the opportunities…

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If there was a betting market on the first Tory MP defecting to the Brexit Party my money would be on Steve Baker

If there was a betting market on the first Tory MP defecting to the Brexit Party my money would be on Steve Baker

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Hey @LadPolitics can you put up a market on who will be the 1st Tory MP to defect to the Brexit Party? Want to back Steve Baker, story 2day 'Nigel is very smug at the moment & is 100% sure that there is at least 1 high-profile defection in the pipeline'https://t.co/5QD2GS4hMX — TSE (@TSEofPB) April 28, 2019 In today’s Sun on Sunday reports Tory MPs such as Lucy Allan, the MP for Telford, have openly tweeted encouragement for the Brexit Party,…

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Ex-CON leader betting favourite, Javid, drops sharply amidst reports of plots to block him

Ex-CON leader betting favourite, Javid, drops sharply amidst reports of plots to block him

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Betdata.io chart of movement on the Betfair exchange A sign of the Tory Islamophobia crisis? As can be seen from the betting price chart six months ago the Home Secretary. Sajid Javid, was 6the favourite to succeed TMay as CON leader and prime minister Since then he has seen a steady deterioration in his position in the betting and over the last couple of days he’s moved down from an 8% chance to just 5%. Earlier in the week BuzzFeed…

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April 2019: month of chaos

April 2019: month of chaos

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A No Deal Brexit is now highly likely in March Nothing has changed: words that might well form Theresa May’s epitaph. Unfortunately for her, unless something does, that epitaph will be needed sooner rather than later. With less than five months until the Brexit deadline, both the parliamentary maths and the European diplomacy remain resolutely irresoluble. Nothing has changed. Some might argue that’s a favourable interpretation; that Jo Johnson’s resignation yesterday indicated the maths are getting worse for the PM…

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Given current polls the Tories shouldn’t be spooked by Corbyn but they are

Given current polls the Tories shouldn’t be spooked by Corbyn but they are

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The shockwaves of June 8th 2017 continue The Speccies Isabel Hardman has an excellent piece under the heading “Why the Tories feel so spooked by Jeremy Corbyn”. She argues that some of the messages from the LAB leader have the potential to resonate. She goes on: I understand that the reason Labour has decided to talk so much about the way capitalism has left certain voters behind is that recent polling carried out by the party found it had strong…

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The Conservatives must join and win the battle of ideas

The Conservatives must join and win the battle of ideas

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The Thatcherite consensus is dead; the case for choice, freedom and opportunity is not In full, the United States’ Declaration of Independence is not a very good document. It bears the classic mark of the composite motion, being too long overall and unbalanced in its structure: very nearly half of it is a list of twenty-seven grievances. Fortunately, for history and for the revolutionaries, it was drafted by someone who knew not only how to turn a phrase but where…

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