Freedom Farter Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 (edited) 2 hours ago, scottsdad said: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/13/meet-the-young-tories-fighting-to-change-their-old-party-where-do-we-go-now 1 hour ago, Miguel Sanchez said: Recently, Waddington attended a dinner for about 250 Conservative party members in his local area. “I looked around the room and thought: ‘I might be the only person in this room still alive in 20 years’,” he says. “So in that eventuality, where will the money come from, the outreach, the campaigning?” He thinks that this ageing membership affects policy decisions, too. Looks like he's planning on killing them. "You get more conservative as you age" was a comforting lie which specific generations told themselves. It certainly wasn't the case post-WW2 and it isn't the case again now (from millennials down). You get more conservative as you own more. Post-WW2 nobody owned anything and again today, from millennials down, nobody owns anything. The Tory party will die with their voters in the coming decades unless they change their economics. Edited July 13 by Freedom Farter 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bully Wee Villa Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 (edited) This is fantastic. Edited August 2 by Bully Wee Villa 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocketman Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 Posted here to directly align with the hypocrisy in the title. Now I know many politicians and particularly Tory politicians are self-serving, duplicitous and dishonest individuals lacking in any self awareness and prone to complete revisionism in regard to their actions and the actions of their party. Boris Johnson of course took this to a new level and completely raised (or lowered) the bar and in line with that, I truly hope (akin to Blair post Iraq war and post-office positioning himself (and bizarrely being appointed) as a Middle East envoy), this is Johnson setting himself up as an anti-corruption/sleaze Tsar: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 3 hours ago, Pocketman said: Posted here to directly align with the hypocrisy in the title. Now I know many politicians and particularly Tory politicians are self-serving, duplicitous and dishonest individuals lacking in any self awareness and prone to complete revisionism in regard to their actions and the actions of their party. Boris Johnson of course took this to a new level and completely raised (or lowered) the bar and in line with that, I truly hope (akin to Blair post Iraq war and post-office positioning himself (and bizarrely being appointed) as a Middle East envoy), this is Johnson setting himself up as an anti-corruption/sleaze Tsar: Is this a wind up? Johnson being anti-corruption/sleaze?! Absolutely no one believes this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 1 hour ago, DA Baracus said: Is this a wind up? Johnson being anti-corruption/sleaze?! Absolutely no one believes this. It's the Daily Heil. Accuse your enemies of your worst sins; straight out of the fascist playbook. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 8 hours ago, BFTD said: It's the Daily Heil. Accuse your enemies of your worst sins; straight out of the fascist playbook. I know I shouldn't but I did have a wee chuckle and doff at "Starmer Chameleon" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 2 hours ago, Billy Jean King said: I know I shouldn't but I did have a wee chuckle and doff at "Starmer Chameleon" He nicked it from somewhere else, unsurprisingly. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 Viz? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted September 1 Share Posted September 1 7 hours ago, Suspect Device said: Viz? The nickname seems to have been around almost as long as he's been Labour leader, but I'm more than happy to give Viz credit for most things 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btb Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 Quote Boris Johnson firm gives Charlotte Owen top job after ex-PM made her UK’s youngest peer It's not who you know, it's who you blow.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 15 minutes ago, btb said: It's not who you know, it's who you blow.... The rumour at the time of her peerage was that it was her mother who'd been busy in that area, thirty years prior. Probably not, considering he doesn't give much of a shit about the rest of his kids. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freedom Farter Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 Tories came fifth for 18-29 year olds. Behind Labour, Lib Dems, Greens and Reform. They barely did any better among millennials which takes us right up to age 39 in the above categories. The Tories now only have their older, legacy voters. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 5 minutes ago, Freedom Farter said: Tories came fifth for 18-29 year olds. Behind Labour, Lib Dems, Greens and Reform. They barely did any better among millennials which takes us right up to age 39 in the above categories. The Tories now only have their older, legacy voters. The REFUK percentage among the young is a bit of a relief. There's been a bit of implication that, while conservatism is as unpopular with the young as ever, fascism has been getting a bit of a boost. Then again, that's just 9% of those who could be bothered to vote. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 I note that the Taxpayers' Alliance has resurfaced like an unflushable turd. They kept awffy quiet when tax money was being spraffed on Rwanda and Liz Truss's clusterf**k 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carpetmonster Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 Frank Hester almost defining 'pishing money up the wall'; pleasing https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/12/tory-donor-frank-hester-election-diane-abbott 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 On 08/09/2024 at 00:40, tamthebam said: I note that the Taxpayers' Alliance has resurfaced like an unflushable turd. They kept awffy quiet when tax money was being spraffed on Rwanda and Liz Truss's clusterf**k That's the good type of high taxation, though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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