To be absolutely looking forward to this Tory wipeout

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It isn't just me I'm sure but I am totally gleeful at this anticipated annihilation of the Tory party. I did vote Tory last time. But absolutely can't wait to see them routed. They've been awful. How could they have Liz Truss happen. She should have been chucked out the party.

Yep.

It happened after the Thatcher/Major era, after the Blair/Brown era and now the Cameron/Clegg/Cameron/May/Johnson/ Truss/Sunak era.

Give it 12 years and it will be Labour back on the receiving end.

Slightly off topic but I'm now daydreaming about having placed large bets on the winners and it's made me curious.

With Brexit, does anyone know what the bookies predicted? And the 1992 'Shy Tory' win? Did bookies get that right? (Actually, did people bet on GEs back then?)

The LibDems would be an excellent opposition, even a Govt.

They are the only ones looking at council housing and social care.

Ed Davey really has some excellent real life exp on care and some great ideas too.

That's you and about 90%+ of the UK population, OP.

@Alexandra2001

They are the only ones looking at council housing and social care.

Sounds promising. I'm going to have a look at their manifesto.

(Although they don't stand a chance in my constituency. Tory but predicted to go Labour, but only because a share of the Tory vote seems to be going to Reform. Lib Dems don't seem to get many votes round here).

More like 80% - they're still (inexplicably) getting polling figures in the high teens/low twenties.

Sunak probably did.😬

I ve made my views clear to the local Lab candidate, as she is the only one who can beat the current Tory, so i'll vote Lab but my heart says LD all the way....

I feel quite sad about it all, we desperately need PR, so we can all get representation, inc for Reform too, shine a spot light on these loons.

Reform loons do you mean? Yes a good lurch to the right never did any harm, did it?

Be careful what you wish for because the annihilation of the Tory party will mean that Reform will get more votes. There's not that much difference between Farage and Oswald Moseley & the fascists.

@ZoomDoomZoom I think wishing for no Conservative Party is true folly. They are being split by Reform and it’s a going to cause problems for the decent centre right people. They do still exist and will end up with no party if the Cons do what Braverman wants. They, like Labour need a purge!

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Exactly. All of this. I am no die hard Tory, in fact I am more left leaning, but I like a healthy democracy”

Bugger all democracy about the past couple of PMs. Nothing healthy about their governments, either.

Oh I absolutely agree. I never said there was. It's been a horrific time for democracy

Fingers crossed hate them

I cannot wait!

I would dearly love to see the back of the conservatives but am concerned that too many people also don't like Labour and so will split the anti conservative vote and potentially let them back in. I hope people vote tactically, we really can't have a conservative government for another term.

This is my worry as well.

imagine the cocky bullshit they’d be coming out with if they got another term. They’d think they are untouchable

The Tories deserve to be wiped out for so many reasons, but more than anything they deserve the thrashing that the polls are promising for partying whilst people died alone.

Be careful what you wish for. Labour will have NO money to splash around to do what people wish they would do.

To compensate they’re going to have to go hard on ‘culture war’ issues to be the thing that secures their legacy. And that is going to be a terrifying change. Especially for women and girls. Expect the pushing of trans ideology to shoot off every scale.

And the tragic thing is that people aren’t really voting to give Labour a dictatorship-level mandate. They mostly want to give the Tories a bloody nose. Not many are actively voting for the love of Keir Starmer and the entrenchment of DEI and gender ideology into every single facet of life.

They’ve done such a bang up job in Wales, Birmingham etc….

I think even the conservatives are terrified of the risk they may get back into government. I've never had such "we're done" vibes from a party before.

i'm genuinely baffled that people are so gleeful at the prospect of a Labour win.

You must be living on another planet.

He is also absolutely fanatical on gender ideology. He has a severely disabled son and yet called my friend (his constituent) a bigot to her face when she asked about the right to same sex care for her severely disabled, non-verbal daughter.

How could anyone vote for such a venal fuck?

@WomensRightsRenegade Because I’m not sure I believe you. It’s not an area of policy that bothers me. So not voting on what you think.

Be careful what you wish for because the annihilation of the Tory party will mean that Reform will get more votes.

So will Labour, the Libdems, the Greens etc. The electorate has deserted the Tory party and scattered in all directions, not just towards Reform.