She’s super qualified, but I don’t think she’s solidly in the Conservative camp. I never have felt she was.
It’s just a visceral feeling I have in my gut that minority candidates (any minority) have to strive twice as hard and demonstrate twice as commitment, if they want to pass for Conservatives.
There are way too many temptations for them to ‘make their career’ by yanking a rabbit out of a hat and shocking everyone with some last minute and wholly unexpected ‘about-face’!!!
As a prime example, Powell has tap-danced around like this for decades, to the point where he has made himself totally irrelevant and can be believed and trusted by NO ONE.
The massive political capital he COULD have accumulated was squandered by his perpetual and selfish insistence on riding the fence
“The massive political capital he COULD have accumulated was squandered by his perpetual and selfish insistence on riding the fence”
What an understatement - he endorsed BHO, for God’s sake. After learning most of his views and statements over time, I can’t believe he hasn’t already changed parties!