Reform, and the death of the Tory Party

[briantrumpet]

Badenoch has fallen off the front page here, just when she wanted to say something about scrapping climate legislation she has been bumped by more serious matters today.

Reform and Tories are on the same page on climate, the other parties need to hit this hard. I would consider voting tory in the next election if it was politically astute to do so, but not if they have a f*ck the planet attitude.

At the moment it's quite a jump from 'Tory' to 'astute'. Too big for even Chinese bridge engineers to traverse.

 

[secretsqirrel]

At the moment it's quite a jump from 'Tory' to 'astute'. Too big for even Chinese bridge engineers to traverse.

Indeed, as usual ‘if’ was doing all the heavy lifting

 

[Ian H]

Indeed, as usual ‘if’ was doing all the heavy lifting

 

[briantrumpet]

Liars gonna lie.

Sky News interview:

So the literal 'arms' are words, condemnation and action.

But they celebrate Lucy Connolly as a wronged hero.

 

[briantrumpet]

And black is white, and purple is a banana and an orange.

Do words have specific meanings any more, or are we in Through the Looking Glass?

“When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’

’The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things.’​

 

[All uphill]

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And black is white, and purple is a banana and an orange.

Do words have specific meanings any more, or are we in Through the Looking Glass?

What kind of socialist? The "National" variety?

 

[C R]

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And black is white, and purple is a banana and an orange.

Do words have specific meanings any more, or are we in Through the Looking Glass?

War is Peace
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength

 

[Ian H]

War is Peace
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength

And Farage voted Green.


...actually, he did once.

 

[Beebo]

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And black is white, and purple is a banana and an orange.

Do words have specific meanings any more, or are we in Through the Looking Glass?

I liked his sporting journalism but Syed seems to be having a bit of a strange conversion.
He previously stood as a Labour candidate, now he’s flirting with Reform.

 

[briantrumpet]

Not-quite-live from the Tory Party conference... the debate on free speech was rammed with its 55 attendees (as reported by The Times).

 

[briantrumpet]

Driving out people who argued for Remain has worked out so well, Badenoch now wants to drive out anyone who believes in the ECHR. So much for a 'broad church'.

 

[Pross]

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And black is white, and purple is a banana and an orange.

Do words have specific meanings any more, or are we in Through the Looking Glass?

To be fair Farage will be more outraged at being called a socialist than being called a racist

 

[secretsqirrel]

Driving out people who argued for Remain has worked out so well, Badenoch now wants to drive out anyone who believes in the ECHR. So much for a 'broad church'.

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Although she likes the comparison she really is no Thatcher. Mrs Thatch had a few ‘wets‘ in her cabinet because she saw the value of the battle of ideas.

 

[briantrumpet]

Although she likes the comparison she really is no Thatcher. Mrs Thatch had a few ‘wets‘ in her cabinet because she saw the value of the battle of ideas.

Indeed. "Every Prime Minister needs a Willie".

 

[briantrumpet]

I suspect that Robert Hutton is not a fan of her politics, but Badenoch gives him great material to work with.

https://thecritic.co.uk/if-somethings-not-working-you-should-stop-it/

Where would these 150,000 people go, Laura Kuenssberg asked Badenoch. “Not here.” Wait what? “I’m tired of us asking all these irrelevant questions.” With due deference to Badenoch’s oft-mentioned engineering background, “where will this plane land?” does seem like a question that is at least a little bit relevant in the hours before take-off. Perhaps her plan is that the planes full of refugees will simply take off and circle the skies for ever. Is it possible that this engineer was off sick the day they taught gravity?

There’s something fascinating about listening to Badenoch. Every utterance demands a dozen more questions, most of them: “Are you quite sure you mean that?” But she sails on oblivious. “No more making the announcement first and then working out the policy detail second,” announced a woman who had, just hours earlier, described details as “irrelevant”. Serious and credible.