Thread 3 Burnham: Receso para reorganizarse

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Yes, I saw a quote from a One Nation Tory (I can’t remember who it was), that there was no room in the Tory Party for moderate Tories at all.

It will be interesting to see where they’ll go now. I expect that some will go to the Lib Dems.

Please tell me that Shapps isn't a one nation Tory. He's definitely not a one name Tory.

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Disgusting excuse for a human being.

Perfect name for the bell end.

So exactly how 14 years of Tory "rule" went down then.

If you can't beat them ....

So no difference between Tory and the multiple Re do parties then - can’t recall when I had some faint hope Kemi was putting some clear space between her and Farage - maybe it is a false memory.

So disappointing that there are so many actual parties and people ok with Neo Nazi-ism - I have to believe that there are more decent people though.

Before the Brexit vote, there were one or two Tories (Heseltine from memory) who warned that if the Tory party were stupid enough to think they could somehow become a uniparty because of it, they were deluded. The consensus was if the Tories picked up the chalice of such a stupid and divisive policy then it would be the end of them.

Nothing in the past 10 years has made me think they were wrong.

I am reminded of people who try to overdoes on paracetamol. Yes they can get their stomach pumped and perk up. But eventually, cruelly, and tragically, the drug will finish it's victim.

It wasn’t Shapps who said that, I would have remembered his name! It wasn’t someone I’d heard of before. I don’t think he is a One Nation Tory, no.

Hmmm…
Ex neo-Nazi activist withdraws as Tory election candidate https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy4kx8n2vwxo

To add - he’s go8ng to be an adviser on how yo7ng men become radicalised, apparently

But how was he ever considered in the first place!?
This ^ is the kind of thing that baffles me when people say KB is "clever" and "capable" 🤷‍♀️
Nope!

If we take things in good faith, that may actually be a much better use of his resources.

However now the Tories get to cosplay being offended.

Bonjour mes amis, taxe de vacance

So he’s appointed as an advisor instead?
hilarious.

And will continue churning out the AI slop - just this time with a Conservative Party tag.

For someone who has supposedly relented regarding producing offensive online material, it looks like he’s simply changed who he targets. Not quite the damascene conversion presented.

Good to see Kemi still talks sense

Is he going to tell them that young people should pay no attention to people who chat shit on the Internet? Oh...wait...that's him.

Bienvenue, encore. C'est formidable !

Practically all the German Nazis were instantly rehabilitated after the War, weren’t they?

I’m beginning to think they never intended him to stand.

It was all just a ploy for some media time as they’ve become even more irrelevant with NF and Restore and their “troubles” and Burnham getting a good reception.

He's been sidelined by Kemi, though. Obviously not on brand for Kemi though it seems quite obvious what her brand is, now.

I wonder what would happen were a Tory candidate have a Damascene moment after being elected and rejected the parties ECHR and Net Zero commandments ?

Or if one just lied to get the gig ?

Badenoch's brand isn't all that clear to me apart from the obvious wanting to be far right and take on Reform UK.

Is Kemi hoping to be David and in her mind Goliath is Reform?

Thanks for the new thread Blossom & all contributors, happy belated birthday wishes @LizzieW1969
Just back from holiday I’m stuffed full of Menorcan Gin & Cheese I had a news blackout for two weeks which made for a very restful sojourn been catching up with the previous threads, all seems a bit calmer now.
@pointythings hope all is well.

Thank you so much, @dontcallmelen, and I’m glad to hear you had a lovely holiday!