Imho, the tories are going to lurch further right, then probably split.
But who knows!
Conservative members chose Liz Truss as leader too. It's really not a good look.
The real problem for the Conservatives is just how far their membership has diverged from the mainstream of British society. Post Brexit entryism from UKIP supporters has left the Conservative Party in real trouble.
I think they should split.
I think Labour should split.
I think we should have fringe loonies on the right, fringe loonies on the left, and a sensible forward thinking centre ground group of parties that represents the majority of the electorate. Doesn't have to be a single centrist party, but a group that can align on most things.
But that would never happen under FPTP. 😢
Centre doesn't mean inherently correct, it also doesn't mean forward. That's a frankly naive view of politics if it's what you genuinely believe.
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It doesn't, correct. But my point is that the centre ground has to compromise more because of their very nature. It's inherently less extreme that the far right or far left. Literally by definition.
Whilst there is a danger that "nothing gets done" in a coalition of the centre ground (which I think your poo meme is getting at?) I think the dialogue and willingness to accept compromise is better there. I'd rather have a government and politics on that basis than extreme lurches to the left and right with zero room for compromise if you're not in one group or the other.
So no, it's not a silver bullet. You're right. But that's just where I'd rather be. PR as the form of government election voting in the UK and then to fill the house with a true representation of the country, which I don't believe is as extreme as the current system portrays it.
Compromise is not what is needed, progress is what is needed. You want to maintain a broken status quo with a prettier face
Compromise is not what is needed, progress is what is needed
The two aren't mutually exclusive.
Yes they are. Compromising with the side that support status quo is inherently against progress
Yes they are. Compromising with the side that support status quo is inherently against progress
Forgive me but that's a straw man argument. Why assume that parties in the centre want the status quo? That's not what left, right, and centre politics means.
Eh? 😂 Did I say that? Sorry I'm totally lost now. Care to explain?
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Yeah, probably right then.
If you think about how far removed they are from the average citizen, it's just a difference in the number of zeroes.
UK Median net worth is £305,000
Farage comes in at around £4,000,000 (13x)
Sunak comes in at around £730,000,000 (2393x)
(Figures from Kagi that seemed reasonable, can post sources if people would like to check)Both are at the point where they could never work another day in their life, and still live happily.
Compared to an average person who expects to work until they are 75.I was more talking policy wise, but bloody hell Sunak makes Farage look almost working class.
Sunak's wife makes sunak look working class, that figure is mostly her.
I'm not trying to pick holes in the post, its fair to combine them, but also fair to know that it is mostly from his wife.
Ironic really, he's head of a right wing bootstrap business party and all his achievements are dwarfed into irrelevance by the inherited wealth of his wife
I'm definitely not. No idea if other people have cut some sort of deal.
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