No one, surely, will be surprised at the current Conservative Party sweeping the board in the election Niggly. Those who argue against this far right party, currently hiding behind the skirts of May just want it to be as small as possible - that is not an unreasonable aim. Only the foolish would think that most anti-May voters expect her not to win.
Once she is in power this slight move into Social Democratic territory will be squashed with perhaps the odd, cost free bit of virtue waving getting by. The Tories are owned and run by the mega-rich and they have never cared for the workers, other than as cannon fodder for their businesses or for war, and they are not about to begin to do so now. This was completely clear to all those who lived as adults through the war and voted Labour in their swathes after it. I will have absolutely no sympathy for anyone on here who, having voted Tory, finds their lives, there children's lives and their grandchildren's lives are much worse and the rich continue to get much, much richer.
Read the story of the frog and the scorpion Niggly. When the scorpion stung the frog killing them both the frog asked him "why?". His answer; "because it is my nature". The Conservatives will live by their nature too.
Conservatives believe in personal responsibility - which mean abolishing the NHS or making a basic service available to only those who cannot possibly buy private care. No cooperative acts to provide for all for them
The Conservatives believe in limited government which means they will allow the Philip Greens of this world to treat workers just how they like to make a large profit for themselves.
Conservatives believe in free markets which means hard lines if you cannot afford housing, heating and food as long as those running the markets get richer.
Conservatives believe in individual liberty often imposing what they believe they should have liberty to do by limiting the liberty of others.
Conservatives believe the role of government should be to provide people the freedom necessary to pursue their own goals - and heaven help those who cannot help themselves.
May is a mask. There will be a large number of more right-wing (the majority of the party) and extreme right-wing Tories who are gritting their teeth at what she is announcing but know that the one thing they want is to win with as large a majority as possible and that, by denying their nature for the period of the election that is what they will do.
Those who are against May can see that this denial of their nature will win for them too. They want to make sure that win will do as little damage as possible.
