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What will save the Tory party?

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Casdon Fri 08-Dec-23 14:42:55

ronib

I have Casdon and it’s excruciating

I love it ronib, watching Yvette Cooper run rings round Suella Braverman was great sport!

ronib Fri 08-Dec-23 14:41:19

I have Casdon and it’s excruciating

Casdon Fri 08-Dec-23 14:40:04

ronib

kittylester well we have managed without a strong opposition one is tempted to suggest? Managed being quite difficult to define?

I can tell you haven’t been watching PMQ in the last couple of years ronib.

winterwhite Fri 08-Dec-23 14:38:21

That could be a problem, KL. Difficult to imagine a strong Tory party after the next election. Assuming Labour is able to form a govt on its own the LDs and Green (s?) will presumably be broadly supportive.

ronib Fri 08-Dec-23 14:35:50

kittylester well we have managed without a strong opposition one is tempted to suggest? Managed being quite difficult to define?

Casdon Fri 08-Dec-23 14:35:48

kittylester

Wheniwasyourage

What will save the Tory party?
Nothing, I hope. grin

Surely, we need a strong opposition regardless of whoever wins the next election?

I agree, a strong opposition is important. I can’t see that happening for some time though, as it didn’t when Labour lost the election in 2019. The Tories will no doubt regroup in time, but it could well be several years and they may emerge in a new form.

kittylester Fri 08-Dec-23 14:25:18

Wheniwasyourage

What will save the Tory party?
Nothing, I hope. grin

Surely, we need a strong opposition regardless of whoever wins the next election?

Wheniwasyourage Fri 08-Dec-23 13:59:05

What will save the Tory party?
Nothing, I hope. grin

nanaK54 Fri 08-Dec-23 13:53:18

What will save the Tory party?
Nothing short of a miracle grin

Whitewavemark2 Fri 08-Dec-23 13:49:23

Some people think that the Tory party will be irrevocably split between the right/reform types and the more one nation traditional types.

ronib Fri 08-Dec-23 13:46:09

Some people think that the Conservatives need to spend time out of power in order to redefine themselves. For how long is the question?

Whitewavemark2 Fri 08-Dec-23 13:19:55

If the polls are accurate Labour will leave Johnson standing.

rosie1959 Fri 08-Dec-23 13:16:29

Not a lot to be honest if Labour don’t win the next election they never will and they should follow Boris Johnson and get a landslide victory.

Whitewavemark2 Fri 08-Dec-23 13:08:12

I’ve just been browsing the most recent polls and whilst I don’t for one minute believe that Labour will get a 270 majority as predicted, it does seem a huge mountain for the Tories to climb.

They are clearly hanging on and on in the hope things will start to improve, but every new initiative just seems to make it worse.

What on earth do Tory supporters think will save them from a wipe out?