James Cleverly’s leaders should teach this lesson to the Tory Party | Politics | News

At last! Finally some sign of life. The Tory leadership race has started and we’ve had some spice. Apparently some members are seriously annoyed that their preferred candidate, James Cleverly, lost in the last members’ vote for a new leader.

It seems the voting in the final round, which saw Cleverly unexpectedly exit the competition, didn’t go well either. There appears to be a belief that Grant Shapps, who is known to have been tracking Mr Cleverly’s support base on a spreadsheet, may have also made a bummer.

There is speculation that some MPs have gone “freelance” and engaged in “tactical voting” to ensure that one of the remaining candidates is unseated. Oh, the intrigue, Possums.

Whatever the true facts of this case, do not minimize the fact that an inappropriate argument broke out. One Cleverly supporter told The Telegraph: “There is huge disappointment among members following the results of the final vote. This morning, a dozen members told me they would throw their ballots in the trash because they were denied the right to vote.”

My God in heaven, what great arrogance to make such a statement. Hissing and all your toys because your nanny wouldn’t take you to Burger King for a milkshake is incredibly boorish. You just cast your vote, or as you put it, your opinion! You lost. Deal with it, you idiot. And by the way, there are only 121 of you and your colleagues in total, which means that until this moment, the choice of who will be our next prime minister rested in the hands of only 121 people.

Fortunately, the final decision as to which of the remaining two candidates will lead the party rests with the 172,437 members and NOT, thank God, solely with you!

This is what caused the Tories to be removed from power. You clowns want to play politics? Well, what about thought? Why not go about your business as quietly and discreetly as possible and let Labor be the one to split into the many factions at odds with each other? Even the united (supposedly) Two-Tier lead a motley crew of ordinary Labor, with typical taxes and spending and, more recently, soaking up the largess of Lord Alli and other Labor greats.

Those whose snouts are deepest in the trough suddenly become swifts, drinking gallons of champagne accompanied by sinfully tempting canapés, courtesy of some premier league football clubs and the FA, among others.

Why the hell are we now seeing people like the Tory Reform Group (TRG), which represents the centrist wing of the “one nation” party, refusing to support either of the last two candidates? TRG chairman Lord Clarke (a former chancellor) said he “cannot support either of the other candidates because they have both used rhetoric that is far from the party at its best”.

TRG describes itself as “the home of One Nation conservatism since 1975”, which also includes Sir John Major and Damian Green, the former de facto deputy prime minister, as senior members. The group’s statement read:

“TRG members were consulted throughout the process and the results clearly show that neither candidate received broad support from a majority of our (TRG) members. Both used rhetoric and focused on issues far removed from the party at its best, let alone the One Nation values ​​we value and uphold. Therefore, the TRG board unanimously concluded that we cannot support any of the candidates.”

Oh, for God’s sake, Ken and company, give it a rest. Some parliamentarians serving TRG declared their support for one of the other candidates, and that’s how it should be. Central policy is a dead and buried issue for the Tories, as fourteen years of infighting to maintain the status quo with disappointing results shows quite clearly. Why do some of these dinosaurs insist on trying to outdo Tony Blair’s Blair by repeating the same “wet” ideology or a barely modified version of it?

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. The political dividing lines are beginning to resemble those of the 1970s. Union rhetoric charged with promoting “serve working people” is paving the way for unions to disable the economy. The recent introduction of an effective Charter of Workers’ Rights offering flexible working for all in practice completely undermines the principle of competitiveness, which is so key to sustainable development and economic growth.

Wealth creation, which is the basis for any nation’s ultimate ability to maintain high-quality public services, simply cannot thrive in such an autocratically controlled environment.

Just as Maggie stood out in stark contrast to Jim Callaghan, so the future leader of the Tory party must be the standard-bearer of what the broad Church should represent in stark contrast to the Two-Tier. The Tories need immediate recovery!

Reform is essentially a single-issue party that is currently a haven for disaffected Tory voters, making its long-term survival in British party politics uncertain. If Nigel Farage fails to expand the political reach of the party, all his unique skills will be wasted.

Regardless of the fact that political parties occupy the right-wing center of the political center, their respective support base must be united to demonstrate a coherent identity and a real alternative to the chaos we are currently witnessing.

A good starting point may be to focus on areas that are consistent with the contract rather than arguing over relatively unimportant differences. The list of political agreements will be much longer than the list of disputes. It will take someone who recognizes this reality to come together and lead the Tories forward, quickly regaining lost ground and, crucially, imposing some kind of discipline on elected representatives.

The Labor Party did not win thanks to a popular popular mandate. I would be hard pressed to call just thirty percent of the popular vote an uncontrolled success. If the Tories had not descended into factional chaos and general incompetence since 2019, Two-Tier would likely still be in opposition.

So, Tory Possum political people, get a grip of yourself and direct your anger at the Labor Party, not at yourselves. Let Labor tear itself to pieces, not you and the rest of us.