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Anyone else longing for a new political party?

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HelloMrBond · 04/10/2022 12:33

I’m early 40s, have voted conservative all my adult life but the latest offering of conservative MPs makes me wonder if they could ever form an effective government. They have lost their way. On the other hand, they have been allowed to loose their way by a completely inept opposition, I believe a strong party opposite keeps the party in government on their toes. If there was to be a GE tomorrow, for the first time in my life, I’m not sure how I would vote. The Labour Party do have a handful of good quality MPs with good ideas, but the current shadow cabinet are nothing short of a rabble, the idea that their leader doesn’t know what a woman is and the thought of Angela Raynor being deputy PM sends shivers down my spine. In my view, there is a current huge gaping hole in modern British politics for a centrist party who could potentially cause huge ripples at a future GE snd would stand up for and represent the average hard working, tax paying families and individuals of the country.

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walkersareback · 09/10/2022 00:13

the80sweregreat · 08/10/2022 12:18

Angela Raynor didn't do herself any favors with her remarks sadly. She apologized and hopefully she learnt from it.
I like her too, but she is controversial and will put people off.
I don't like Sir Kier starmer that much , but he is better than the current government. Even though I know many won't agree with this either
It's still going to be hard winning people over
The conservatives are still popular away from this forum

Boris Johnson also made many dodgy comments but Tories never had a problem voting for him

walkersareback · 09/10/2022 00:13

Had any trouble voting for him

Anon778833 · 09/10/2022 00:14

walkersareback · 09/10/2022 00:13

Boris Johnson also made many dodgy comments but Tories never had a problem voting for him

Misogyny, you see. Men can always get away with things that women can’t.

walkersareback · 09/10/2022 00:17

DashboardConfessional · 05/10/2022 13:19

Oh, lord. Another OP trying to blame the catastrophic shower of shit in government on the fact that Kier Starmer was born. Yaaawn.

I agre

walkersareback · 09/10/2022 00:18

I agree!

Sorry for the many posts - my whole message does not seem to go through

walkersareback · 09/10/2022 00:33

walkersareback
Boris Johnson also made many dodgy comments but Tories never had a problem voting for him

Misogyny, you see. Men can always get away with things that women

And it seems Tories can get away with saying anything - including Kwasi Kwarteng saying he messed up his mini budget because of the pressure if the Queen dying

www.independent.co.uk/independentpremium/uk-news/kwasi-kwarteng-mini-budget-queen-death-b2196254.html

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