The UK is about to enter a nightmare much darker than anyone yet realises

[EdwinH]

Allister Heath has written an article in the Telegraph couched in dire, apocalyptic language. It's all about what would happen if the LibDems managed to overtake the Tories and form the Opposition instead.

(That's something the polls suggest is unlikely but still possible. They're much, much closer than at any previous election. So it's not just fantasy.)

The thing is, depending on your political stance, what he is describing could be considered brilliant rather than a horror story.

Judge for yourself. See what you think...

The link below goes to the archived version of the article, which is not paywalled.
archive.ph/2024.07.03-224711/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/07/03/uk-to-enter-nightmare-much-darker-than-anyone-realises/#selection-2803.4-2803.77

I'll eat my hat if Lib dems overtake Tories. Lib dems would be lucky to retain the number of seats they have. The party is largely an irrelevance.

Terrifying, but as a Tory voter even I think that they have themselves to blame. Politics is a cycle. Whatever Lab and the Lind do can be undone.

Lol. I can well imagine that that would be a dark nightmare for those at the Torygraph. Would be brilliant for the rest of us though! Sadly, I don't think it's going to happen though.

We can but dream...

Nothing nightmarish about that scenario.

Have you not been following all the polls? They have them within a handful of seats of the Tories, or even at parity.

Why? Because Labour, the LibDems and Greens are chipping away at the Tories from one side, and Reform from the other. Net result: the Tory vote is going to be way, way down in many constituencies.

Heath always writes this sort of apocalyptic nonsense. He has become a parody of himself. He is pandering to typical retired Torygraph readers who think Britain started going to the dogs back
in the 90s.

That’s the 1890s, not the 1990s, of course.

British politics is about to be turned into an infernal, soul-destroying hellscape worthy of the sickest of Hollywood minds

What a nutter! 😂

Even by Telegraph standards that bollox:

The Left-wing stormtroopers who are about to seize the keys to No 10 will enjoy almost unimaginable power, and will be far more competent at wielding it to annihilate their enemies than the Tories ever were.

And that's just one sentence.

I still haven't decided yet.My main objective is to drain the swamp!

See I think that's what we experienced a couple of years ago with the cabinet laughing at us over their champagne, lying to the Queen, striding about wearing Russian Barbie costumes, bankrupting us all, wanting to opt out of international human rights laws, etc.

It's The Telegraph - try reading articles across the political spectrum to get a better perspective - if you are genuinely interested.

I'm more afraid of some kind of Conservative Reform coalition.

What a lot of nonsense.

The reality is that the past 14 years have been an apocalyptic nightmare for many people due to shit Tory governments, Brexit, NHS waiting lists, lack of affordable housing and the cost of living crisis.

Of course the Torygraph is worried that the little people might actually want to redress the situation and vote have a new, grown up government in charge as it means no more dodgy government contracts for rich mates and tax loopholes for corporate companies..

The likely scale of the defeat will be crushing for remaining Tory MPs. Former top ministers will become obscure non-entities overnight. They will lose their ministerial cars and special advisers, and many will become the butt of jokes. Nobody will care what they say or do. Few will even return their calls.

My heart bleeds for them!

Indeed and what does he mean '*will become the butt of jokes'?! The whole party is already a laughing stock

When the Torygraph journalists and readers start to really panic, you know it's good news.

That's brilliant news though! Corrupt party... whilst I couldn't support my dad dying of cancer, they partied and lied about it! All the brexit lies, ruining it for mere mortals to get on property ladder due to messing up mortgage rates

The nhs.

List goes on. 14 years....

Do you enjoy being ruled bg lies of bojo and sunak? Having jrm falling asleep in commons?

Just when we might be entering a time with a Government with energy he comes up with this ridiculous scenario? He'd be better of telling the French that as they are abut to elect a Far Right Government. Or even, he could just move there.

I really do hope it is good news.

If anything, for my dad and family abd others families who had to see loved ones suffer without being by their sides,whilst sunak and bojo and their cronies partied.

Still makes my blood boil.

This guy is certifiable

What an absolute load of shite.

Truly one of the most exciting paragraphs I've ever read, what a beautiful vision. Can I nominate particular Tories?

Yeah, I want to nominate a few too!

There's going to be a lot of schadenfreude in the next 24 hours!

The reality is much more prosaic. Most extreme prediction over the course of the government is 1p extra on tax, increased CGT, increased IHT, perhaps little improvement in the NHS, inflation up at 3%, but with more affordable housing, and a rent freeze. Not quite the zombie apocalypse.

The Telegraph have quite comically really lost the plot over the last fortnight. (More so than over the last decade). They seem to be really panicking and I love to see it.

There was a brilliant headline about how Labour are going to suck all the joy out of everything over the weekend.