Why the Tories are Running out of MPs

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29 күн бұрын

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In this video, we’ll have a look at how government majorities actually work, why the Tories majority has been reduced by so much, and ultimately why such a reduction in the working majority is just not normal for an incumbent government.
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@joshuacarre06 28 күн бұрын

The Tories are discovering a thing called the consequences of their actions

@A190xx 27 күн бұрын

What actions? I would argue their inaction in failing to do things.

@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp 27 күн бұрын

They acted to massively increase immigration despite knowing full well their voters wanted the opposite

@zyntreaux 27 күн бұрын

Consequences of inaction, rather

@Based_Stuhlinger 27 күн бұрын

FNAF pfp, opinion disregarded.

@LS-jv9hp 27 күн бұрын

I just wish it happened before they imported millions of disgusting animals.

@xander5411 27 күн бұрын

Sunak losing his seat the next election would be poetic justice.

@prodlowd 27 күн бұрын

Richmond is quite a safe Tory seat

@cgt3704 27 күн бұрын

It would be the same as Kim Campbell in Canada, except his time as premier would be longer.

@SkeletonDrums1 27 күн бұрын

@@prodlowd The fact that anyone in the North would vote for the Tories is crackers! The leeches have sucked all investment from the area and then cut them off from HS2, Sunak isn't exactly an inspirational option either.

@daniel44182 27 күн бұрын

@@cgt3704*Prime Minister* we have provincial premiers

@cgt3704 27 күн бұрын

@@daniel44182 well i say premier. Deal with it

@dannyarcher6370 27 күн бұрын

Why does appearing on I'm a Celebrity lose you the whip but violating COVID restrictions while having an office affair doesn't?

@benlewis458 21 күн бұрын

Great point.

@ElysiumCreator 27 күн бұрын

This just sounds like a skill issue on their part. Literally, a lot of the new Tory mp’s have no skill or proper experience

@superhumantrueman 27 күн бұрын

Any with talent were booted out for questioning brexit . . .

@adamcummings20 27 күн бұрын

Truss sounded like an a-level politics student

@napoleonfeanor 27 күн бұрын

Lol no @@superhumantrueman

@kanedNunable 27 күн бұрын

@@adamcummings20 more like a infant school kid

@adamcummings20 27 күн бұрын

@@kanedNunable Yeah she had this weird giggly cutesy demeanor that would have been charming had she not been a middle-aged woman running a country

@wonderingworld119 27 күн бұрын

I think you are very brave making a video about how big the Conservative majority is, it could have easily changed while you were uploading this.

@sPanKyZzZ1 27 күн бұрын

Its getting harder and harder to find politicians that can combine party doners interests and voters interests... The chasm is huge today

@kanedNunable 27 күн бұрын

well, there are none in the tory party

@GeistInTheMachine 27 күн бұрын

Poor doners.

@herbivorethecarnivore8447 27 күн бұрын

That's the eternal problem. Party donors and voter interests rarely align, but you can't really have one or the other.

@diabl2master 27 күн бұрын

Why do you want to find such politicians?

@Wozza365 27 күн бұрын

party politics is pretty awful when you look at it. The MPs that we vote to represent us are more often representing the party because of the whip. Isle of Man is an interesting anomaly because it has almost entirely independent candidates and there's no concept of a "majority"

@mab9614 27 күн бұрын

Actions have consequences, especially for the two former PMs. I can even bet ten quid that the Tories might stall the general election date all the way to late Jan. 2025.

@roryokane5907 27 күн бұрын

I think Rory said that half in jest on the last TLDR podcast. I’m beginning to think that you (and he) might be right.

@1258-Eckhart 27 күн бұрын

If they can provoke a Russian attack, as Cameron is trying his best to do, they will just introduce martial law. Then there will be no election.

@AngryAnt0 27 күн бұрын

The optimist in me thought we would have had one with the local elections (to 'prevent' a disaster showing), but now the pesimist in me pretty much feels its going to be Jan and when I hear people on the radio say "we're having an election this year" no, no we're not, we're having one in the next 12 months, but might not be this year. John Curtise is on a few videos saying that all political experts have agreed for a while it's going to be Oct/Nov, always has been and while I can see his logic, I refer to the first sentence.

@mab9614 27 күн бұрын

@@AngryAnt0 That fake laugh from our dear PM when he was asked about the date for an upcoming election in BBC radio already tells us a lot…

@mab9614 27 күн бұрын

@@roryokane5907 Remember that laugh from our dear PM when he was asked about a date for an upcoming election on BBC radio? Yeah…………

@spike9653 27 күн бұрын

5:53 you've miscaptioned Jill Mortimer as Christian Wakeford

@almighty3946 27 күн бұрын

I thought “wow they’ve changed a lot”

@Lando-kx6so 27 күн бұрын

The tories are so finished

@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp 27 күн бұрын

I wouldnt count your chickens on that one just yet. Very turbulent times ahead

@johnburn8031 27 күн бұрын

They've still got the majority of the "silver" vote and the rich vote.

@Lando-kx6so 27 күн бұрын

@@johnburn8031 they're a minority lol

@johnburn8031 27 күн бұрын

@@Lando-kx6so maybe, but money is just as important as numbers.

@rorycoupland5133 27 күн бұрын

@@OnlineEnglish-wl5rpI would absolutely count my chickens on that, Labour are probably going to win the biggest majority in history

@XxHaythamKenwayxX 27 күн бұрын

The Conservative Party is possibly the most successful party in the democratic world as it has remained in existence for centuries and has been in power for most of that time. The fact that their obliteration - the likes of which we saw in '92 Canada - is very much on the cards at the next election is a damning indictment to just how purely evil they are seen by the general public, especially the young who have bucked the trend that 'the older you get the more Conservative you become'.

@ManGoatHamburger 27 күн бұрын

The most successful political party, but everything is still somebody else’s fault, apparently.

@dreggman429 27 күн бұрын

The tories are anything but conservative

@kanedNunable 27 күн бұрын

only because of FPTP. most people hate the tories yet they win because the non-cunty vote is split so much.

@31Blaize 27 күн бұрын

Funded by the rich, aided by most of the media (also funded by the rich)... can't imagine why they're the most successful. And that's before you look at the boundary changes and introduction of voter ID.

@A190xx 27 күн бұрын

This will hit them nationally whereupon I hope they are able to oust the lefties and return with a proper Tory candidate list. Locally, they still run better councils (with a few exceptions) and that base will serve them well.

@raggedcritical 27 күн бұрын

The thing is, Brexit was never going to “get done” because the government couldn’t afford to implement it fully and things were always going to get worse and worse for the government because of its self-inflicted gut wound. If anything Covid just covered for the disastrous effects of Brexit and slowed the public’s recognition of what was really going on.

@britishninja 27 күн бұрын

Love a good recap episode before the season finale.

27 күн бұрын

If we only could get a date for when it will air.

@BritishRosie-es3zr 27 күн бұрын

"Back then no one predicted things would end up as they have" - erm wrong - many people, myself included knew Johnson wouldn't last. He's been fired for lying twice and barely kept any job for more than a year or two. I gave him a year but he outlasted my prediction

@tulliusexmisc2191 24 күн бұрын

And in no way was Johnson a strong leader. Quite the opposite, he was - and was well known as - a vacillating opportunist with a pathological phobia of responsibility.

@thomasrobert4654 19 күн бұрын

boris the king of the covids and f-ck the laws yes even the ones he made himself.

@sirgavalot 27 күн бұрын

The thing about the Speaker of The House (and deputies) really should be scrapped, how can they properly serve their constituents?

@RedXlV 22 күн бұрын

Yes, it's a truly insane system. I can't understand how British voters have tolerated such a thing for so long.

@MAC_ABC 27 күн бұрын

Correction: @6:42 it wasn’t 2017; it was 2019. Boris did it, not May!

@themaverick7514 27 күн бұрын

Bump

@NK-vd8xi 27 күн бұрын

First past the post can never be considered a mandate

@vincilo8835 27 күн бұрын

We can have a labour government before GE at the current rate.

@silvershocknicktail6638 27 күн бұрын

One made up of Tories. Hooray....

@onenote6619 27 күн бұрын

The current Tory party seems to have one answer to every problem - which is to move further to the right. Keep doing that and you start leaving people behind. And a lot of them can see the writing on the wall, better to quit on your own terms than be booted.

@allthenewsordeath5772 27 күн бұрын

They have perhaps move right on Redrick, but if you look at what their actual policies have been, they haven’t moved right whatsoever, mass migration has increased over the last few decades, environmental regulation has increased, never mind Covid restrictions and the like, the only sphere in which the conservatives have Perceptively applied right wing political theory is in some aspects of economics. Hell even the church of England which should ostensibly be a bastion of conservatism, has essentially embraced every aspect of modern leftist cultural orthodoxy. Looking at the number of people being prosecuted for thought crime on social media, it would not seem as if the conservatives have moved right but rather that their shift to the left has simply not kept pace with the stunning and absolute victory that leftists have had over British culture since the 1960s.

@thomasrobert4654 19 күн бұрын

@@allthenewsordeath5772 correct like all commies ours play the long game but with these present day tories who are about as right wing as pol pot they only have to wait a little longer.

@conveyor2 15 күн бұрын

You mean further to the LEFT. Fixed it!

@mathyeuxsommet3119 27 күн бұрын

This is the slowest general election in British history.

@CrunchyNorbert 27 күн бұрын

zero seats, zero mercy!

@geofflepper3207 27 күн бұрын

Tory politische Partei ist kaput?

@djoldschool 27 күн бұрын

Chaucer once said something about 'pigeons coming home to roost..'?

@juliegreen640 26 күн бұрын

They did then they upped and left there crap behind...

@RealUlrichLeland 27 күн бұрын

4:09 lol this guy will never live this down

@jaorlowski 27 күн бұрын

The reasons for lost seats are hilarious! Greetings from the continent.

@RealUlrichLeland 27 күн бұрын

Neil Parish, the guy who lost it for watching porn, was a funny one. He claimed that he was looking at the website for the German made Class Dominator model of tractor, but then accidentally clicked a link with "a similar name" and ended up watching tractor porn lol. When MPs first mentioned they'd seen someone watching porn in parliament he did an interview with GB news and said the accused person should be "dealt with seriously" and then like a week later he admitted it was him lol.

@jaorlowski 27 күн бұрын

@@RealUlrichLeland that certainly sounds much funnier than sexual misconduct.

@allergy5634 27 күн бұрын

I feel like a sane person living in an asylum here. I hate it. I don’t care how much the Brexiteers suffer. They voted to be poor. But now I have to live with the consequences of their actions.

@conveyor2 15 күн бұрын

@@allergy5634 Hikarious! As if the EU is a thing of permanence and stability.

@allergy5634 15 күн бұрын

@@conveyor2it’s not perfect. But the EU isn’t turning into the third world. We are. Everything the remainers said would happen happened. Why can’t so many of you Brexiteers admit that you were wrong. The majority of you have tbf.

@typemasters2871 27 күн бұрын

This video reminds me of my reaction to the initial Brexit vote. In short, I was in denial seeing news clips and stories about how some people voted for Brexit not because they wanted Brexit but either because “they didn’t take their vote seriously” or “wanted David Cameron to resign”. But after Boris Johnson became prime minister the reality that the majority of Britain wanted Brexit could not be ignored. Of course it is unknown who would still vote for Brexit if they knew what we know now

@williamd2989 26 күн бұрын

Polls have shown that, at their strongest, the quitters have only gotten a plurality of support since the referendum. By 2019, rejecting Brexit was actually more popular - after all, Johnson's Tories got 43% of the vote that year, a large plurality, but nowhere near a majority. Support for Brexit has been consistently exaggerated.

@typemasters2871 26 күн бұрын

@@williamd2989 Thank you for the facts I value clear accurate transparency but I can understand why exaggeration is being used, Brexit was voted for so there’s the sunk cost fallacy and there are those who want to reduce any and all resistance against their desire for Brexit to stay

@tulliusexmisc2191 24 күн бұрын

I fail to see why the 2019 election results supports your conclusion. Jeremy Corbyn had spent his entire career in favour of Brexit, while Boris had only ever been in favour of Boris.

@typemasters2871 24 күн бұрын

@@tulliusexmisc2191 I agree that Boris has only ever been in favour of Boris, he’s the prime minister who only became prime minister and tried staying as prime minister because, from what I have heard at least, he wanted to become prime minister like “become prime minister” was on his bucket list. What I was trying to say is that going into the 2019 elections, Boris Johnson was viewed as “the party to vote for if you want Brexit done”, or at least that’s how I remember how things were in 2019, so Boris winning that election signalled to me that “oh, most people seem to actually want Brexit”. Of course this statement lacks evidence and sources so it is possible that I’m talking nonsense but what remains true for me is that before 2019 election I thought “surely a significant amount of people who voted Brexit have changed their minds and want to change their vote” but after 2019 election my thoughts were “oh, looks like most people still want Brexit”.

@lawsharland7278 27 күн бұрын

An interesting thing not often mentioned is that, for the first time in like decades. The Labour party will be entering the 2024 elections with more MPs than they had coming out of the 2019 election. 202 MPs to 205

@00dude3 15 күн бұрын

From a majority in 2019 to potentially under 100 MPs in 2024, this needs to be studied as surely must be historic for such a swing in short time

@frankieslounge 27 күн бұрын

After hearing about the wrongdoings of so many MPs, I kinda feel bad for the one who lost the whip for watching porn

@vikki2733 28 күн бұрын

Fabulous as always!

@Sam-sp3nc 27 күн бұрын

Lee Anderson is reform, he’s not independent

@superhumantrueman 27 күн бұрын

Lee Anderthal is running out of parties to jump ship to. Only greens, Libdems and MRLP left until he completes the set.

@anthonylulham3473 27 күн бұрын

@@superhumantrueman thats quite a funny nickname :D

@superhumantrueman 27 күн бұрын

@@anthonylulham3473 I can't take credit for it I am afraid, its how he is refered to in Private Eye. Fits him well though!

@samc9516 27 күн бұрын

The list goes on and on and on. One word comes to mind... sleaze.

@zaksharman 27 күн бұрын

Never knew until this video that Sein Fein don't sit in parliament.

@johnburn8031 27 күн бұрын

I've never understood why they don't. There's been several times when they could have helped Labour form a government, with the promise of having a referendum on Northern Ireland rejoining Ireland.

@SinerakVale 27 күн бұрын

@@johnburn8031while Labour might be more sympathetic to an Irish referendum, they don't have the right outright to call for a border poll. It would depend on a reasonable understanding that it would be the will of the majority in NI, which current polling is short on, although the figure is rising. It would also come off as imperialistic to SF, as they wouldn't want it "awarded" to them.

@09philj 27 күн бұрын

@@johnburn8031Because they literally refuse to recognise the authority of parliament and will never swear a loyalty oath to the king or the UK in general

@SirAntoniousBlock 27 күн бұрын

@@johnburn8031 They won't swear allegiance to a foreign government, it would be like Palestinians swearing allegiance to Israel. Why should they help Labour, Starmer has said he would campaign to keep northern Ireland British in an upcoming referendum when the Good Friday Agreement explicitly states that the British and Irish government must remain neutral.

@johnburn8031 27 күн бұрын

I didn't say I didn't know why Sinn Fein doesn't sit in Parliament. I mean I don't understand why they aren't being pragmatic about it. Surely, it would serve their long term goals to engage with Parliament?

@johnmichaelcule8423 27 күн бұрын

The thing about a reduction in the government's majority is that it makes it more difficult to pass legislation. In theory if the governing party is unified enough then they can keep on going even into 'minority government' status: look at Labour at the end of the 70s. But the Tories are not unified and a minority in the party who aren't happy about something are going to stir up trouble and discover the joys of blackmail. And to make it even worse the war for control of the party that will follow the defeat that is now looming has already started with some of the most unlikely people trying to look like a future leader and eventual Prime Minister.

@MazzaEliLi7406 27 күн бұрын

Thank you.

@Falco. 12 күн бұрын

Thank you for explaining the parliament. I never understood why there were some green dots in the right side of opposition 👍

@ganrimmonim 27 күн бұрын

Fascinating I hadn't really noticed this, despite paying close attention to politics. But that's not great from a Tory point of view.

@Yutappy99 27 күн бұрын

4:42 That has got to be some sort of record!

@Matthew-bu7fg 27 күн бұрын

roll n that dwindling majority!

@TheRuthPo 9 күн бұрын

The Porn one was our local MP - he tried to say he was only looking up tractors.

@wuigi1496 13 күн бұрын

They suspended the 21 MPs in 2019. Not ‘17

@izaakdamon1979 27 күн бұрын

they rather please their haters then their voters.

@blair2798 27 күн бұрын

Thanks. Now I understand.

@AaronTheHumanist 27 күн бұрын

What's all the background noise? Have you got builders in or just a creaky chair?

@adrianpettifer2036 25 күн бұрын

"A mandate from the people" - with 43.6% of the vote share!

@zephyrzavala1695 27 күн бұрын

Im not a brit and even i dont understand how it took THIS long to get them to anywhere near this point.

@seang2012 27 күн бұрын

Is Ben a secret Ginger? now that would be a story!

@elitefencer777 27 күн бұрын

4:00 Wow, what a party!

@blackchrysler 27 күн бұрын

Conservative politician try not to commit sexual assault challenge-difficulty: impossible

@geoffdavids7647 22 күн бұрын

@@blackchrysler 😂😂😂

@Ultravenom1 27 күн бұрын

I do not understand why anyone votes Tory. The UK has only done worse year over year under their rule.

@1verstapp 27 күн бұрын

i'd say it was a management fail... again.

@JenniferPearl-cs3td 27 күн бұрын

The nation of Scotland only has 57 MPs, so we can do nothing. The toxic UK internal market reform act prevents any Scottish legislation unless it meets English approval.

@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp 27 күн бұрын

LOL you literally have your own parliament AND representation and the ability to vote on English affairs in the UK House of Commons. You have the Barnett Formula, free tuition fees, free dental care etc Your victim conplex is embarrassing

@bigships 27 күн бұрын

@@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp fr, us English don’t even get a devolved Parliament, yet the Scots have the audacity to blame us for their own failures

@garethking1639 27 күн бұрын

@@OnlineEnglish-wl5rpScotland is more progressive than England so don’t blame the Scots for having these measures that increase social equality. Vote in sufficient numbers for someone a bit more progressive in England! England didn’t want regional parliaments when asked. The original point still stands that Scotland has to put up with Brexit and Tory governments basically ‘because England’ (minus most big cities).

@oliverleonard7730 27 күн бұрын

@@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp Well said

@sandormacneil7580 26 күн бұрын

@@OnlineEnglish-wl5rp a parliament that only has as much power as Westminster allows it. A parliament with no power over international trade, foreign policy or unnecessary military spending. We're stuck with nuclear weapons people don't want here. We're just Westminsters shed. There's more MPs representing London than the whole of Scotland. It's bullshit

@ondank 26 күн бұрын

At 5.52 ... That's Jill Mortimer

@dannyarcher6370 27 күн бұрын

It halved because they didn't do what they said they would do with British autonomy.

@andreasottohansen7338 27 күн бұрын

Someone defected to the Tories? That must be a nice ship, since it can still draw people in while sinking this badly

@tapaarn5863 27 күн бұрын

Strong leader 😂😂😂😂

@ThomasBoyd-lo9si 27 күн бұрын

Awesome. Brilliant content. Spot on. UK general election in October. Parliament recess yes Thomas. Nephew banker told you truth Thomas. 341 Tory MP's yes.

@JEM0114 27 күн бұрын

Short Answer: It's their KARMA, After what Actions they made.

@matthewprince9705 27 күн бұрын

Sunak said the local (devastating) elections result was a disappointment, but he's "getting on with the plan and doing what the public asked us to do" 😕😕

@noneofyoubusiness4895 27 күн бұрын

You can't count MPs that have had the whip withdrawn! With the obvious exceptions of cases where the MP lost the whip for the way they voted, there is no reason to assume that whipless MPs would vote against the government, which is the only relevant reason be concerned about the majority in the first place. Also, the first graphic is wrong, when you showed the majority of 80, only 70 blue dots were separated from the rest.

@grimaffiliations3671 27 күн бұрын

you must have a lot of time on your hands

@noneofyoubusiness4895 27 күн бұрын

@@grimaffiliations3671 Forming an opinion doesn't take up that much of my time. Nor does spotting a fairly obvious mistake.

@grimaffiliations3671 27 күн бұрын

@@noneofyoubusiness4895 the graphic you're complaining about wasn't the first graphic

@tulliusexmisc2191 24 күн бұрын

There is also no reason to assume whipless MPs would vote *for* the government. If members always voted the party line, there wouldn't be any need for whips.

@a.demifemiflapo5795 27 күн бұрын

Ship is sinking......

@cathallynch8269 27 күн бұрын

One additional thing you could mention is the number of Tory MPs who have already declared they will stand down at the next election, as most of those seats are unlikely to stay Tory afterwards.

@taffy3350 27 күн бұрын

Commons seats graphic didn’t change

@mjc8281 27 күн бұрын

Surely allowing recall will make this trend more common than not going forward?

@eileennewport9713 27 күн бұрын

And Fools in there Millions believed His ,The same as they Believed Tories were there for All the People.

@cherylburrows1655 27 күн бұрын

😅what about labour lost of mps and councillors

@michaelc821 27 күн бұрын

They don't want to work under the coolies...

@recklessnova9490 26 күн бұрын

Andrew Bridgen losing the whip is an absolute scandal, he seemed to be the only tory MP who actually cared about the public’s health and wellbeing

@SuzanneJones-qy3zh 20 күн бұрын

Really a Tory that actually cares about his fellow man acrare find

@hbt739 27 күн бұрын

Funny enough just came from a video about the rap. In parlament and how the victims are excluded while even when a police investigation is started the rapst stays

@benm8214 28 күн бұрын

TLDR D&D campaign when?

@ericherde1 27 күн бұрын

Of all the words that mean different things depending on which side of the pond you’re on, “majority” might be the most irritating.

@feroxfreak209 27 күн бұрын

Livin in a country that can hardly be gouverned by a coaltion of three parties or of the two biggest ones it's still amazing to see a single party with a majority

@aleshandsome3705 27 күн бұрын

I'm really really good at quick math... ...i still don't understand those numbers

@jasonkoch3182 27 күн бұрын

I didn’t think the deputy speakers were required to become non partisan and not vote. I thought only the main speaker was required to do that.

@farishafiy6571 23 күн бұрын

What happen to the 7 irish constituent that voted for Sinn Fein candidate? Do they still get allowances? And does their constituent receive annual budget from Westminster even their MP not sitting in Parliament? If there is any vote concerning those 7 constituent, who'll be the replacement to voice them? Boy, I'm so curious.. any Northern Ireland people here??

@ChineseKiwi 27 күн бұрын

OH NO!....In other news.....

@danny-b75 27 күн бұрын

It take a special kind of puppet to be a tory

@abdaf8706 27 күн бұрын

If you were Sunak, what are you gonna do? Commence General Election now -> lose seat, losing majority, probably axed from party leader General Election later -> also losing seat, losing majority, probably axed from party leader 🤷🏼‍♂️

@conrade2442 27 күн бұрын

5:48 that's not Christian Wakeford...

@dojokonojo 27 күн бұрын

I disagree that no on predicted things would end up this way with Johnson becoming PM. People were predicting it even before Brexit was voted on. What they didn't expect was the scale of disarray

@colinsutherland201 27 күн бұрын

The loosing the whip list is wild

@Changedmynameagain 25 күн бұрын

The big brother party of surveillance.

@CARL_093 27 күн бұрын

either they lose or they defect well torries end is coming question is how deep it will be

@conveyor2 15 күн бұрын

What are "torries"? Were you one of those whining about "Borris"??

@HanazonoFiama 27 күн бұрын

Porn in commons? By the MP of Honiton. Checks out.

@aamyko 26 күн бұрын

“Watching porn in the House of Commons” 🥴🥴🥴

@tobeytransport2802 27 күн бұрын

Only the speaker has to drop their party affiliations. My local MP is Roger Gale and he’s still a Tory and will still contest the election with other Parties.

@joedavenport5293 27 күн бұрын

I think the main issue for the Tories is that they didn't plan for what happens after Brexit. Voting to leave was the easy part. They didn't plan for what happens next. If everything was sorted out BEFORE the referendum (i.e. trade deals, Northern Ireland, the NHS, etc.)

@somethingfunny6867 27 күн бұрын

if tice is not plotting another 25 defections then he is not doing his job properly.

@nickbarton3191 27 күн бұрын

Johnson was energetic with extracurricular activities.

@meatballg8655 9 күн бұрын

To anyone saying anything about Tory safe seats I can assure you there is no such thing anymore. My constituency is north Shropshire, Owen Paterson’s constituency. It is one of the safest Tory seats in the entire country, heart of farmer territory, very isolated and very brexit. 23,000 majority in 2019. Owen Paterson scandal happens, 5000 majority to the Liberal Democrats. A seat which was Tory for 200 years, fell to the Lib Dem’s because of this government. Now granted it was a by-election so the results are always different compared to a normal election, but even so, a tory safe seat fell for the first time in its history, no one can truly say they are safe now.

@pritapp788 26 күн бұрын

The party of elderly voters is running out of old men and women to represent it, it seems. They might need to start contemplating the possibility of fielding young candidates... Oh the horror!

@tessjuel 27 күн бұрын

0:30 It's not quite true that nobody predicted how things would end up back in 2019. I can do a smug told-you-so but really, the signs were clear for anyone to see and it's rather worrying that so many journalists and commenters and other experts missed them and were carried away by the hype.

@owentill 27 күн бұрын

4:03 take a moment to just appreciate this list

@TimMiddleton 27 күн бұрын

5:53 I don't think that's Christian Wakeford

@Will_h_ 27 күн бұрын

5:52 fuck me, christian wakeford has changed!

@doublethink6947 27 күн бұрын

What's the point in voting for a conservative party that doesn't conserve anything

@NeilEvans1980 27 күн бұрын

Umm William Wragg is a little more than shared data on a dating site.

@drscopeify 24 күн бұрын

Politics is usually a lot more superficial then meets the eye, The torries had a winning ticket with Johnson but after removing him from power they fell in to the age old crisis of leadership, presenting forward very weak personalities who after a draw-down from a strong leader to a weak one made the voters feel let down, and so they in large numbers have abandoned the party all together. This is not about the Tories but about the man at he top, about personalities. As I said, it is a lot more superficial than people give credit.

@Ard17i 27 күн бұрын

Reform UK ✅

@berg450 25 күн бұрын

It's a real shame Corbyn isn't in charge of the labour party at this moment.

@conveyor2 15 күн бұрын

Yes as if only to show all what an obscenity leftism is!

@andrewmaccallum2367 27 күн бұрын

Never EVER trust any tory!

@L1feGoes0n 13 күн бұрын

British politics is the greatest of reality TV shows.

@webapp-sec 25 күн бұрын

I'm not betting on a huge loss for the Tories as yet. Quite a lot can and probably will go wrong with Keir Starmer, which is a rather uninspiring leader.