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Super Anarchist
The Tory party is its current form has existed since the late 18th century, in government much of that time. Whether or not you find its politics to your tastes, it has always been capable of forming functioning governments. Since 2016 it has lost its collective mind and the ability to put together a competent leadership. I wonder if it will ever recover it. Plenty of historically important parties have evaporated elsewhere in Europe in recent decades, there is no obvious reason why that should be impossible in the UK.
Meanwhile this conclusion from a piece by the editor of Conservative Home. That is, in effect, the house website of the Tory party.
Instead of seeking to consolidate her vulnerable position (having won a lower share of the votes of her colleagues than any Tory leader elected under the present system) she has thrown caution to the winds, snubbing most of the two-thirds of the Parliamentary Party that didn’t vote for her.
Above all, rather than shield Britain from the markets at a time of international turmoil, she and the Chancellor have painted a target on its back – to the point where they’re getting no credit for the energy bailout they will lavish tens of billions on. To date, her Government is a catalogue of recklessness and incompetence.
To begin to work its way back, she doesn’t have to embrace the IMF, yield to the Guardian, go woke, bring the date of Net Zero forward, kiss and make up with the Northern Ireland Protocol, or relax immigration controls (please note) – let alone renounce Brexit.
What she might want to do instead is grasp that government is not a laboratory, budgets are not experiments, blowing the roof off isn’t home improvement, and communication isn’t telling everyone that you’re always right. And apologise for fouling her own nest, the Party’s and the country’s. Perhaps competence is too much to ask for, but can we please have a little humility?
Well that was a short honeymoon. https://conservativehome.com/2022/0...ment-capable-of-engaging-with-the-real-world/
Meanwhile this conclusion from a piece by the editor of Conservative Home. That is, in effect, the house website of the Tory party.
Instead of seeking to consolidate her vulnerable position (having won a lower share of the votes of her colleagues than any Tory leader elected under the present system) she has thrown caution to the winds, snubbing most of the two-thirds of the Parliamentary Party that didn’t vote for her.
Above all, rather than shield Britain from the markets at a time of international turmoil, she and the Chancellor have painted a target on its back – to the point where they’re getting no credit for the energy bailout they will lavish tens of billions on. To date, her Government is a catalogue of recklessness and incompetence.
To begin to work its way back, she doesn’t have to embrace the IMF, yield to the Guardian, go woke, bring the date of Net Zero forward, kiss and make up with the Northern Ireland Protocol, or relax immigration controls (please note) – let alone renounce Brexit.
What she might want to do instead is grasp that government is not a laboratory, budgets are not experiments, blowing the roof off isn’t home improvement, and communication isn’t telling everyone that you’re always right. And apologise for fouling her own nest, the Party’s and the country’s. Perhaps competence is too much to ask for, but can we please have a little humility?
Well that was a short honeymoon. https://conservativehome.com/2022/0...ment-capable-of-engaging-with-the-real-world/
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