To think Boris' speech will upset the hard right?

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Just listening to Boris now, he seems very centralist. Could it be better than first thought?

From what I understand he is a very moderate politician. I suspect the whole palava over brexit, which was handled badly, as he tried to get it done, hid that fact.

Bluntness100 I'm going to hold on tight to that thought, his speech certainly wasn't bleak. Yes it maybe lies but whoever came to power would have to show that they were telling the truth through their actions.

Agree, now they need to deliver on their promises.

Conservatives are the new Centrist/slight right party. That's why they were so popular.

When Labour swung so hard left, the right leaning party was pulled to center to appeal to those left in the middle, whether they wanted to be there or not.

Conservatives have done this very well. They played a good game.

Are you Hard Right, op? If so, are you upset?

Or is this just hypothesising?

Yes, I know that sounds a bit snippy. But I'm not sure about inventing issues (when there's enough to consider that's actually happening)

Might he not be trying to appeal to as many people as possible?

Look at his time as the Mayor of London. I don't think he is a hard right politician.

Conservatives are the new Centrist/slight right party

hahahahaha I just popped a rib

Time will tell OP. I very much hope you are right!

Conservatives aren’t far right. Nowhere near. Boris will see this as an opportunity and I think he’ll do well. Very well. He’ll want to keep these voters.

From what I understand Boris is a self serving asshole - so who knows, what will suit Boris.

Boris has never been far-right, however it has been proven that he will be far right in the future.

Boris is not far right and he is no longer in hoc to the ERG. I am looking for a more centrist approach.

From what I understand Boris is a self serving asshole - so who knows, what will suit Boris

This.

All Boris cares about is himself. Now that he has power he will want to hang onto it, which probably means bring more centrist than many in his party would like.

Unfortunately for them (fortunately for the rest of us) by winning a majority he's untouchable by a challenger for the next 5 years.

The one thread of hope in this result is that Johnson no longer has to placate the hard rights, and he will have a lot of Northern MPs on his back conscious that they will lose their seats if the new government takes a hard right line.

I do hope that he recognises the fact that he had to hide Rees-Mogg throughout the election and boots him out of the cabinet.

But he just lies constantly, so I wouldn't necessarily give anything he says much credence. I think, as others have said, his huge majority means that he does not have to be as beholden to the ERG which might allow him to be more centerist in his approach. However, his main political principal seems to be doing whatever gets him into power and keeps him there, so I think he could go anywhere with his policies.

I suggest that anyone who considers themselves a centrist joins the Conservative party and holds them to their promises. All the parties have been taken over by extremists and we need to pull things back to a position where politics can have a more unifying effect instead of polarising people. Conservative MPs now have to represent constituents in areas with serious problems, not just leafy Surrey. I think there is some hope, but they can’t be allowed to become complacent and arrogant on the strength of their majority.

God anyone who thinks the Tories are hard right needs to do some reading up on international politics.

They are the epitome of centre right.

Boris Johnson always has been centrist. Anyone who has been watching politics with dispassionate interest, rather than believing the slurs propagated by the left and right wing media . His election campaign was banal and centrist. He banned Rees Mogg from the air waves. Now he has a massive majority he won't have to listen to the ERG hard right of his party. Many of the new MPs in former Labour constituencies are down to earth people who their constituents can relate to. Interesting times.

The fact that Boris is primarily concerned about himself and his own image rather than having any deeply held political convictions will be good news for the people. He'll want to be popular and do popular things.

For all his faults, he's pretty shrewd. He's got a lot more wriggle room within his own party than he had. I think he'll be pretty moderate. Brexit likely to be difficult and he'll need some popular policies to get him through the next GE.

Jacob rees mogg is not a moderate. Priti Patel is no moderate either. I'm a remainer and centre left in my politics. I wish I could have voted Labour or that the LD had been more successful at capturing other votes like mine.

I seem to remember T.May being all reasonable in her post election speech, talking about the JAMs and working together. That went really well.

God anyone who thinks the Tories are hard right needs to do some reading up on international politics.

Particularly the continent, which is meant to be the moderating force to Britain's 'wave of fascism'.