Tory anarchy breaks out as revolt looms on Brexit laws

[brooklynite]

Source: The Guardian

Rishi Sunak was losing control of an increasingly anarchic Tory party on Saturday as former cabinet ministers openly criticised the direction of policy under his leadership and dozens of backbench MPs plotted a new rebellion over Brexit.

Amid recriminations over the heavy Conservative losses in recent council elections, and with pro-Brexit MPs incensed that Sunak’s government is dropping plans to shred more than 4,000 EU laws within months, discipline was at risk of completely disintegrating on the right of the party.

Speaking at the inaugural conference of the pro-Boris Johnson Conservative Democratic Organisation (CDO) in Bournemouth on Saturday, former home secretary Priti Patel suggested the party’s high command under Sunak was responsible for the losses.

In a clear swipe at those now in charge, she said some senior figures at Westminster had “done a better job at damaging our party” over the past year than Labour. She also criticised MPs for removing Johnson, saying they had overseen the “ousting of our most electorally successful prime minister since Margaret Thatcher”.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/may/13/tory-anarchy-breaks-out-as-revolt-looms-on-brexit-laws

[bullimiami]

1. Of course it couldn't be the disaster they've wrought with brexit and the chickens coming home.

Nope must be Sunak.

[roamer65]

2. Fuck Johnson and fuck Thatcher.

Both were useless CON grifters.

[Grokenstein]

3. Can you imagine how happy they could be, if they just stopped voting Tory?

But I can't really judge them, because I'm an American and we've also got a bad case of stupidvoteritis that still afflicts too many people.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Cons: "We lost bc our policies suck, but let's blame the leadership for losing!"

Like the rump and McCarthy blame everybody except their own sucky policies.

[Javaman]

5. Cognitive dissonance

Let’s have another useless PM to fix our unfixable fucked up policies

[Dawson Leery]

10. Accountability is kryptonite to the conservative.

[stopdiggin]

6. and the solution?

'we need to bring back the corrupt piece of sh*t .. '

ugly people don't know nothin' but ugly ---- ----

[Layzeebeaver]

7. I live here

it's a shit-show

and Labour can't get it's shit together to save itself. (Idiots!)

Putin didn't need to engineer Brexit, the Tories were more than capable of making it happen.

It's all about "the city", and establishing unrestricted movement of capital without tax implications.

Fuck the little guy... Fuck society... Fuck the future....

[Happy Hoosier]

12. Labour seems to have fallen apart since Corbyn.

He seems to have seriously damaged the party.

[muriel_volestrangler]

13. That depends on what you think the party is for

It still has a lead of about 15 points in opinion polls: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_next_United_Kingdom_general_election

and is still an odds-on favourite to get a majority in the next election: https://www.oddschecker.com/politics/british-politics

Now, you may feel that they aren't aiming for a sufficiently left-wing set of policies. But it's a matter of opinion whether a "properly together party" should be aiming for a majority win, or should be aiming for "the policies I like best".

[Happy Hoosier]

14. I hop-e they go for the majority.

It is impossible to advance policies when they are not in power.

Far too many on the left make that mistake. It might feel morally superior to be "correct" on the issues, but it means sweet FA if you can't do anythig about it. But I tend to be a political realist.

[muriel_volestrangler]

15. So in what sense do you think they've "fallen apart"? (nt)

[Happy Hoosier]

16. They've had a hard time coelescing around...

a set of principles and a charismatic leader, though I think Starmer has the party headed in the right direction. I think he could take a general election if it were held soon enough, I just thibnk the Corbyn stink is lingering. I expect the Tories will delay it as long as they can. They KNOW they are in trouble.

[yellowcanine]

8. I hear they are going to bring in Kevin McCarthy and Gym Jordan as consultants.

[not fooled]

9. Hahahahahahahahaha

Good one.

[edhopper]

11. Listen England

(because those were the ones who voted for Brexit) you shit your own bed, You want someone to blame, look in the mirror and think about who and what you vote for. As a great Speaker of the House said, "elections have consequences."
This is the opposite of your finest hour.