77 Tories standing down - more to come?

You need a strong opposition of whatever shade. It is really not good for any country to have a huge majority government where they can just do whatever they want. If Labour get a huge majority it will not be a good thing for anyone. Same applies the other way,too.

Sorry MayBee70. I am not in a position to bring new ideas to the table -that is what we elect and pay our politicians to do.

One radical idea would be to stop navel gazing about the internal state of any particular political party and to start running the country. To connect with the people and the real problems facing the Uk now is too much to ask?

gangy5

We need new life injected into politics in this country. Representatives with some radical new ideas and with more integrity.
We are all exhausted from listening to the same old same old
diatribe from the two main parties. I welcome their extinction and the formation of something more exciting.

I’m all for more integrity but what do you think these new radical ideas should be?

There's got to be a case for a proper "None of the above" box on our ballot papers now so we can register a "No" vote for the actual candidates listed.

Saying we can just spoil our paper to register a dissatisfaction with the candidates available to us is childish and not the answer 😠

There certainly will be more compulsory 'standing down' after the voters have had their say!

We need new life injected into politics in this country. Representatives with some radical new ideas and with more integrity.
We are all exhausted from listening to the same old same old
diatribe from the two main parties. I welcome their extinction and the formation of something more exciting.

zakouma66

*Reform’s policies are mainly cut immigration*

How?

Another question without a satisfactory answer from them.

Curtaintwitcher

After the election, which we are all expecting will result in a Labour win, the Tory party should dissolve and then re-invent itself. If true Conservatives looked at the Reform manifesto and took on board their plans, they might stand a chance of regaining all the votes they are going to lose.
The only thing that concerns me is the hunting issue. Reform are in favour of hunting, which many of us abhor.

True Conservatives, such as my late parents voted for, are long gone, helped out the door by Johnson.

The Tories have been shooting themselves in the foot for the past four years. Why stop now?

It's on Labours 6 key pledges but it's true targets not going as far as originally as quickly as hoped.

It’s all about money. The rich getting richer whilst the poor go to food banks.

Yes Climate Change is the biggest issue I agree, and it’s almost too late to act. None of the parties, bar the Greens, seem interested.

Wyllow3

Reform pledges to abolish net Zero. One of its main "fundraisers". he denies the scientific evidence on climate change.

detail:

uk.news.yahoo.com/bbc-time-audience-bursts-laughing-095034145.html

It's unbelievably depressing that all the leading parties are not prioritising climate change..

Reform pledges to abolish net Zero. One of its main "fundraisers". he denies the scientific evidence on climate change.

detail:

uk.news.yahoo.com/bbc-time-audience-bursts-laughing-095034145.html

Those leaving have all done so by now. I still belive nothings is cut and dry... I think the boundary changes will effect the out come.
If you apply these changes to the last elections, I read only a few days ago Conservative would won 370 seats Labour 200 so Labour have a mammoth task to win over 170 seats back to get over the line with a majority, Reform could be the fly on the ointment for both major parties.

You are right Jane43. Quite worrying.

Reform’s policies are mainly cut immigration

How?

MPs are probably being inundated with lucrative offers of jobs with, for example lobbying firms, but most have other jobs anyway.

I don’t think it is a foregone conclusion that Labour will win the next election. There are many disaffected erstwhile Labour voters who are unhappy that the party is now LINO (Labour in Name Only) evolving into a dilute version of the Conservatives. For example, Reeves (we have no money) ex banker and NeoLiberal, and Streeting, private medicine fan.
Some voters will also be influenced by Gaza.

I believe we are reaching the stage in this country where we can no longer call ourselves a democracy.

Reform’s policies are mainly cut immigration and encourage growth by lowering taxes, they say they will raise the personal allowance to £20,000. However that would mean they would lose approx £1500 from each tax payer whose total income is taxable and that is approx 27 million people so the amount lost in tax would be eye watering and I defy anybody to explain how they would manage to do this and run the country effectively. I believe they also believe in a small state which means benefits would be cut drastically, I doubt if they would go near pensions but they probably would if they could.

Katie590

gangy5

Its great about the deserters. The Tories are going to get what they deserve --- annihilation

They will if Reform run against them and get significant votes

What are Reform's policies please? I've tried to find out but no luck.

Sunak has announced he will bring back mandatory national service if he wins the election. He's hoping this will appeal to older voters. No wonder so many Tories are leaving.
They must realise that his plans are becoming "desperate" as Starmer has said.

Michael Gove has announced he is stepping down. I have never been a fan of his. My Granny would have said he likes to run with the hare and the hounds. Likes to be best pals with whoever is popular at the time.

Our MP announced he was not standing for the upcoming GE some time ago. Why he has been allowed to remain in office when he has been charged with rape is anybody's guess. A major player in the MP's expense fiddling too. Good riddance.

Heaven help us also springs to my mind Nicenanny 🙄