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Is there no way to make this country love the Tories again?

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User135644 · 15/10/2022 20:16

In 2019 it looked like it was going to be the Tory decade (2020s) and Boris would have at least 10 years to run the country, Tory mania was at its peak. It's astonishing how much 3 years have changed the whole countries unquestioning love of the Conservative Party.

Is it over? Can they win back the hearts of the public? If so, how? Surely Truss would have to go.

AIBU - yes the country we'll doff our caps and tug our forelocks again once we're in the voting booth

AINBO - they're fucked

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barbieshell · 16/10/2022 20:53

Don't think so.

BirmaBrite · 16/10/2022 21:52

Can you imagine inheriting the absolute shambles that is the economy now if you were Labour ?

I think sometimes it would be better if the Conservatives won the next GE , but with a teeny, tiny majority so Labour could be a more effective opposition whilst also meaning that the Conservatives have to own the absolute shambles they have full responsibility for.

But at the same time I am a bit scared about how much more damage the Conservatives can inflict on the general population in the next two years, especially when the Conservatives appear to be the ERG now.

Elodie09 · 16/10/2022 21:54

No. There is no way because we haven't got collective Stockholm syndrome.

Florenz · 16/10/2022 21:57

Most people will always vote the same way they always have. Some people will switch their vote. Some people will not vote at all rather than vote for the other party. I would think that Labour are pretty much a dead cert to win the next GE barring something extraordinary happening between now and then. The bookies have Labour as the heavy favourites and bookmakers are generally more reliable when it comes to politics than the pollsters are as there is a clear financial incentive for them to get it right, and politics is generally easier to predict than sports.

Elodie09 · 16/10/2022 22:03

Well said @WatchoRulo . Getiing old just happens, If you are one of the lucky ones, it is a privilege not granted to all.
We seem to be the first cohort of over 60s to be "hated" for existing. I loved my Grandma and great aunties when I was younger!

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