Tories prepare succession plan as they anticipate likely election defeat
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- Опубліковано 7 тра 2024
- Conservative Party MPs are making their succession plans, launching leadership bids and attempting to bring their colleagues onside for jobs in their potential shadow cabinet.
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Everyday that goes by with this useless government is another day of DISRESPECT to the British people.
They waltz of into the sunset leaving the country in the worst state I can remember in my 60 years...
The Tories are going in a definite direction. Over the edge of a cliff. 😊
Hooray !
thank goodness in nreality should be disbanded abolished bunch of idiots and crooks
Yep rename the Tories as the Lemming Party
You will be sick of labour in six months , zero policies
@@Gerrygambonecalm down dude
Sunak will be gone by the end of May. Especially if there is another defection.
The Tories problem with "Stop the Boats" is that it's only intended to fool gullible poor people into thinking the reason the NHS is falling apart, the cost of living is so high and the rivers are filled with sewage is because of a tiny number of destitute people. Not because rich people have taken all the money. If people were not arriving in small boats they'd have to pay actors to play the role for TV crews.
But the Tories have spent so long using the issue of immigration to distract people from their thieving that they actually think it's core Tory policy. Even though stopping immigration is diametrically opposed to their belief in small state libertarianism
huh? The current Tory party under Rishi Sunak isn't about small state libertarianism OR about stopping immigration. They're about protecting the financial system and filling their pockets - the whole Rwanda scheme is just PR/propaganda to make them look like a credible alternative to Labour (they're not).
They don't stop the boats, anyway. So a dumb slogan.
Christ Almighty your a genius nobody knew anything like what you said in your post it's all brand new to millions of British people... ever thought of going into politics... your a "GENIUS" nobody knew anything about the subjects you touched on in your post where have we been hiding since they came to power!!!
Trashed the public sector selling it to foreign bankers, made everyone poorer with Brexit, 14 years of Austerity. What's the new plan? I shudder to think
Sunak, why don't you had the keys backs now.😂😂😂😂
Sunak is going to defect to the labour party
For a second I thought this would be about a dignified and responsible transition to labour in the interests of the country.
In our dreams. Scorched earth policy. It's all they know. Crooks!
I'm hoping the next parliament won't be such a soap opera. I'm desperate for politics to become boring again
The Conservative Party pursues a policy that the party's voters disagree with. That product is a hard sell.
Neo-liberals, no matter what they call themselves - are going to have a hard time.
Social Liberals have had a reasonably easy time of late - as they have largely been able to avoid talking about the economic problems. But when the economy becomes the serious problem, you are going to have to address the economic ideology.
Government spending: Needs to go down.
Taxes: Need to be more fair for working class folk - and the only reasonable way to do that, is to cut spending.
Regulations: Fewer, but the ones that exist need to be extremely strong. This creates an environment that is good for workers, and good for employers.
If a party can push that message: They can win.
Correction, they are pursuing policies that their one-nation party voters disagree with, most of the gammons on the right wing love this stuff.
Relentless negativity. All the tories have. Looking at how well they have governed the country over the last 14 years, I can see why. Unmitigated disaster is somewhat of an understatement. Brexit will be the gift that keeps on giving, hasn't even started yet. Hung parliament? Yeah I think winning £1 million on a scratchcard is far more likely. Still hopefully the delusion will make the impact of losing the GE much harder.
How can you fight an election when you know you lost ?
Even worse, how can you fight an election when you don't even realise you've lost?
The goal is damage limitation, saving as many Tory MPs as possible. Lose and become the opposition. Lose badly and be reduced to the 3rd largest party (fewer MPs than the Lib Dems, who are set for a massive comeback in the election).
@@timonsolusIf they get fewer seats than the Lib Dems, they'll be fourth behind the SNP too, as I expect them to come behind the Lib Dems on seat count, but only just.
@@plkrtn : I don’t think so. I expect the SNP to lose between 12 and 24 of the 48 seats they won in 2019. They aren’t doing as well in the polls without Nicola Sturgeon, and they’ve already lost 5 seats since 2019.
Rishi Sunaks wife loves chequers and she aint going till January as for Rishi he aint welcome in any city in United Kingdom 😊
It will be interesting to see if Sunak manages to hold his own seat in the election.
Sunak could buy 100s of houses like Chequers and still be the richest oligarch in Parliament!
Do you think he will live in the UK, he will be making arrangements now for his very quick dash to USA.
@@lizdocherty3067the tax-dodging wife is apparently nagging Sunak to call the election so they can disappear to her beloved California. Even she knows the Tories are finished and she’s had enough
Perhaps as good Hindu's they are looking forward to one last Christmas at Chequers 🤣🤣🤣
I think it's going towards Sunak being evicted from downing street.
Two co-presenters were really good. It’s always great to see journalists (foot soldiers) giving air to their experiences. Can we have these two back again, please. 🙏🏻
The hand that weilds the knife shall never wear the crown, well not for long anyway
Why are journalists calling out Tory gaslighting on polling now, but failed to call them out on the prebious 14 years of it over policy?
Because they know the writing is on the wall. The idea of even a hung parliament to most people is utter fantasy. The tories are about 30 points (with a 3) behind
If the yougov figures panned out there would be just 13 Tories to argue among themselves.
If only. Popcorn ready!
If there are actually any Tory MPs left after the next GE, then and only then can they elect a new leader and hand out positions to who may still be left standing.
Rishi already got a job lined up after that Elon Musk interview, one similar to Nick Clegg has with Facebook( yes the man that promised no university fees as a mandate as liberal leader but when offered deputy PM sold integrity and party out ) Clegg main role is to help them avoid taxes abroad .
Bye bye the Tories bye bye
Never underestimate the stupidity of the electorate
They better belive it!... only defeat is happening for the Corruption Party
Well f**k me, that made sense 😂
You dropped something little, Robin... too late now the flies are on it.
MR Sunak has not made things better for his party since he became PM, but things are not really getting worse. The Conservative Party was driven into the swamp by Mr Johnson, and even deeper by Ms Truss, but there has been no recovery. Perhaps no recovery was possible.
But the factions will all blame Mr Sunak, and if you think that Conservative infighting is bad now, I believe it will be worse following the election
Who cares. Tory scumbags 😂😂😂
The thing about the tory civil war post-election is - no-one will care.
Unlike the post-Johnson election campaign that went on for weeks on national TV with live debates etc etc even though only the Tory faithful had any kind of say - and picked Liz Truss for us - having a handful of goggle-eyed loons politically mud-wrestle and back-stab each other - whilst worth getting some popcorn for - isn't important or relevant - the Tory party is already probably dead and beyond reviving, no matter how much the right-wing dream of sneeking back into power because people may be bored of Labour in just 5 years time...
Totally agree, Sunak is the fall guy because it prevents them from actually fixing the problem, they can just blame their sacrificial lamb.
@@kiriakoz Likewise I agree. I think most of their problems are because of the gammons from UKIP and BNP joined after Brexit and took-over the Tories.
@@gregorybiestek3431 it’s upsetting when people agree on the internet, isn’t it? I presume the point of this whole thing is to mindlessly insult people without knowing anything about them.
The Tories need to stay in the centre ground if they want any chance of coming back in 2029. Since Johnson stood down the party has lurched to the right with controversial policies like the Rwanda plan, crackdowns on the right to protest and cuts to benefits. I barely recognise the Tories from even 5 years ago.
Johnson was chucked out
Collective Cabinet Irresponsibility.
Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels? Obviously never ate pizza on crystal!😅
Thanks to the Tories, I can continue using my voting right as a British citizen to vote while living overseas indefinitely. I'll be executing that right by voting against them!
P.S Even before the 2022 elections act, I'd have been eligible to vote for another 10 years, but it is the principle. Oh and they made it harder for me to proxy vote, even though I spend weeks at a time in the Canadian Wilderness!
Best to stay out of the UK as it's a failed state, lost to incompetent politicians on ALL sides.
The wilderness in Canada and Northern Territories are the best places to be.
Never vote for these imbeciles, cads and bounders, stick with the bears and salmon.
Tories are only fighting the timescale it takes to announce a general election date @!
Likely? You mean inevitable. I have already placed my bet at the bookies for the seat allocation after the coming general election to look like this: Labour 560 seats, Lib-Dems 40, SNP 12, Others 28, Tories 10.
I think you will lose that bet, because it is mostly VERY wishful. I don't see Labour getting much over 400 and I think the Lib Dems get quite a few more than 40.
@@gregorybiestek3431 Agreed. Lib Dems start in second place in around 80 seats. For Labour to get to 500+ they would have to leap from very distant 3rd places to 1st in dozens of Con/Lib Dem marginals. This is going to be a "Tories out" election and voters will go with whoever is best placed to achieve that. Also I'm not convinced that the Conservative floor is anywhere near as low as 10 seats. My guess would be they'll be closer to 100 (give or take 20). I'm a Lib Dem member, I think we'll do well, but we'll not overtake the Tories in this election.
Braverman is and always was controlled internal opposition
Its true the electorate wd still vote for them its crazy but true
Sunak' couldn't lead his pet 🐶 dog , without getting fines oh I believe did when he was first elected by Tory MPs not us the public.
Is it me when Sunak makes these ridiculous announcements it looks like they've made the lectin shorter to make Sunak look taller..
😅😅
Likely 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Ha! Great title, it's the only plan they'll manage to pull off
Wow tories are not very loyal are they
When is sunak going to defect to labour
If you don't conserve anything, whether cultural or economical, then the conservative minded voters wont vote for you regardless of your parties name. This isn't the 90s anymore, You can't just say things and not do them anymore, most voters have access to an array of news sources.
What will happen,will happen.Politics is a Discourse of Beliefs,Mandates,Policies.We
do not live in a Perfect World.What people say and do,can be completely
different in Reality.I have studied studied Psychology and Philosophy.
Nowhere man Ritchie Sunak is waxing his surfboard and big splash Penny Mordaunt is deciding on wallpaper. No matter, the Tories face extinction at the general election.
Truss, Braverman, Patel Jenrick, Michael Green, Winners all!
Issac Levido seeking to fertilise the Magic Voting Tree.
WEE WEE
Worked before
California dreaming.
I feel the tories may not even be the 2nd largest party after the election I reckon that will be reform
Is this the 'most annoying voice' video of the say?
👆 ... vs. the least intelligent comment.
Pity they didn’t prepare and action a Brexit plan, like they we’re supposed to, instead of making us keep most EU rules, and not dealing with illegal immigration, to properly protect our borders, and the British people! They seemed more concerned and more intent in following their own agendas, instead of what they were voted in for! Leaving us with a mere BRINO!!
Put David Cameron in charge and you are on a winner.
Dodgy Dave the piglover?
Lol. Must be nice to be so deluded...
Sad state of affairs when a labour government takes over from unelected Indian diversity experiment.
If the electorate want outside ethnics they will vote for them.
Rishi brown!
Humza brown!
Varadkar brown!
Every single unelected disaster brown.... To paraphrase an unelected Pakistani in Scotland.
Keep your racism to yourself.
Rishi Sunak was elected by his constituents, and was born n Southampton.
@martine6226
Can't argue my point can you.....
When you're grandchildren are begging for the scraps from a UN food delivery and ask why it's like this. You can say "I choose pretending everything is ok and I didn't want to look racist for pointing out the bleeding obvious"
@@Lord-Dexa That's all. He hasn't won any election to become Prime Minister and that includes NOT being selected for PM in a leadership contest within own party. What should that tell anyone in doubt?
@@Lord-Dexa when he ran for leadership of the Tory party he was beaten by a woman who then lost to a lettuce
Please go further right, 400 plus seats to labour if you do 😂