How confident do you feel that the Tories will lose?

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Do you feel confident? Going off what I see on social media, there is no way that they don't lose by a massive majority.

However I worry that this is just a small snapshot of the public and is not an accurate representation.

It really wouldn't surprise me if we don't have a Labour majority.

What does everybody else think the result will be?

It would be much cheaper and effective to retrieve money from the beneficiaries of Tory sleaze than carers.

Oh Christ amen to that.

That is an absolutely despicable turn of events.

I think you are spot on.

Proof there is nothing left of the barrel to scrape. How old is that bunch of guff?🤣🤣🤣

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ahgjEjJkZks

I’m getting more and more confident. We are only 3 days in but it feels like they lost their minds already.

Not very confident.

I asked my boomer parents about voting today. I said I'd probably go Labour this time.

They were utterly horrified. We live in a traditionally Tory safe seat

• remember Blair! Remember the one that left no money.
• Liz truss was ok - she may have been right after all
• we love Maggie thatcher!
• labour will ruin this country etc etc
• labour will mean your small business will shut down

Even after all the current lot done they are the lesser of two evils in their eyes

Have you had your parents assessed wrt dementia? My mum has dementia with lewy bodies and comes out with a lot of toot like this - her latest was that she felt sorry for Sunak because he had to stand outside in the rain. I did wonder at the time if the whole thing was engineered by the Tories after they'd done some kind of focus group study about boomers and sympathy towards rain soaked politicians but the most likely explanation is that they're just so inept they can't even pick up umbrellas.

However a lot of the older demographic do have difficulties and even when one's faculties decline one still can vote.

No - I have seen this when posters are advocating for men over women on a feminist forum (which is pretty weird in itself). But not just when posters say that they will vote Labour or care more about other issues.

I tend to agree (but without the insult). I do not think that any party is advocating well for women at the moment so they will not get my vote.

This is so fucking insulting that I genuinely have no words. FFS.

Who is it insulting? I’m a boomer and I’m not insulted.

If you care very much about it, have you written to your Labour candidate about it?

I understand your position but I am worried Labour will take their almost inevitable victory as an indication that no one who voted for them disagrees with their stance on this.

Returning to the OP, I am feeling much more confident of Tory annihilation after the national service announcement. Squirrel.

There was also a delicious article in the times about Tory economic competence. With graphs to show how we are all poorer/pay more tax for worse public services. Never mind, I'm sure a bunch of teenage volunteers will put us right.

Good for you.

Yes.

Given that many Tory MPs are refusing to stand it’s clear they know what’s coming. Spoils the fun really in watching Cabinet members lose their seats.

We have a Tory through and through friend who sent a group message about wanting the Labour Government in as professionally their business has stalled until after the election. I know that’s the whole point of our electoral system but when they are ‘true blue’ I feel like they shouldn’t be allowed to masquerade as other!

I agree.

No one’s born into a political Party
People can swap around as they wish depending on policies.
In fact it would be better if more people were prepared to do this rather than stick with one.
Your friend has every right to base their choice on personal experience. I don’t see that there’s anything wrong with that.

@BrownTroutBluesAgain I know that and also appreciate if people don’t change parties there would never be a change of Government. What I am referring to is it’s irritating when people swap because they don’t want to be / be associated with being a loser. A bit like if football fans change allegiance - it just doesn’t work that way! It’s irritating when people are vocally Tory until they can see their horse is losing!

As with the Tory MOs stepping down, they’ve not stopped being Tories they just know they are likely to lose their seats, so rather than supporting their party through thick and thin they are now jumping ship (when they were all happy to tow the party line over terrible policies/party gate etc. ) Show’s them for the snakes they are I suppose.

I am 100% sure that the Tories will get battered on 4th July.

Look at the by-elections in recent times.

With the SNP in the ground, more of the Scottish vote will return to Labour.

There will be a Labour government in July.

I agree.
Thats a pathetic reason

This.

Some arrogant people on here cannot understand that a variety of people despise the Tories.

Cowards and rats. They know they have done wrong.

I'm also not insulted. Don't be so delicate.