Posted on 06/19/2024 4:18:33 PM PDT by RandFan
LONDON — The U.K. general election is still weeks away — but the battle for the soul of the Conservative Party has already begun.
Polls are currently forecasting that the party of Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher, which has led Britain the past 14 years, could be reduced to its lowest number of seats in the House of Commons for more than a century.
Such a rout would inevitably lead to the swift departure of the current Tory leader and prime minister, Rishi Sunak, and an immediate struggle over where the party heads next.
Some activists fear the prospect of a Donald Trump-style takeover by radically-minded right-wingers sympathetic to the upstart Nigel Farage, leader of the rival Reform UK party. Others speculate that an electoral collapse on this scale could threaten the very existence of the near-200-year-old Conservative Party.
That means the coming battle to pick Sunak’s successor will be one which defines the Conservatives’ future for years to come.
“The stakes couldn’t be higher,” said Tim Bale, professor of politics at Queen Mary University London
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No one to blame but yourselves you stupid feckless bastards. They squandered their electoral mandate for years
Absolutely
Misrule! For years!
Over the years, any party accumulates grifters and opportunists. Occasional purges are needed.
“radically-minded right-wingers sympathetic to the upstart Nigel Farage”
No bias there.
“radically-minded right-wingers”
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How radical? Do they want men in women’s washrooms?
lol....
One look at this collection of Clowns should explain why they are about to get hit with a well-deserved electoral neutron bomb
The Tories went to hell after they removed Thatcher.
What a bunch of misfits. If that isn’t enough to make one swear off politics, nothing will.
Some Tory “wets” aka equivalent to our RINO squishes worry the Tories might adopt positions which reflect the will of the British People rather than of their narrow little elite interests.
If they lose and the Tories make Nigel Farage their leader, they will thrive. If the wets win, the Tories are finished as a political party.
which ones wear panties??
Agree. It’s time for Farage and yes, a Donald Trump style takeover!!
😂😂😂
The smart move would be to immediately announce a Tory/Reform unity ticket, with Nigel Farage as the leader. This might stave off a Labour win, a win which would be disastrous for the UK.
Reform would go for that. But the Tories won’t. They are way too egotistical to consider such a thing.
No bias there.
Probably none of them. They left their knickers on Labour's couch.
The Tories locked Britain down and didn’t sink the boats. They deserve to be wiped out.
England’s a lost cause anyhow. The US isn’t far behind. At some point one must just focus on personal and family survival.
Why is that?
Because they want to be a Big Tent Party like the Republicans
If they tried to be a Contrast Party they might be more appealing
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