{"id":2287637,"date":"2024-07-02T03:15:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T07:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-why-britains-tories-are-about-to-get-slaughtered\/"},"modified":"2024-07-02T03:19:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T07:19:17","slug":"heres-why-britains-tories-are-about-to-get-slaughtered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-why-britains-tories-are-about-to-get-slaughtered\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s Why Britain&#8217;s Tories Are About To Get Slaughtered"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fheres-why-britains-tories-are-about-to-get-slaughtered%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2287637&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>About the potential demise\u2062 of\u2064 the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-bidens-envoy-threatens-brazil-not-to-question-electronic-vote\/\" title=\"Report: Biden\u2019s envoy threatens Brazil not to question electronic vote\">upcoming general election<\/a>\u2062 is expected to result in a significant defeat for the ruling party, with polls\u200d showing a \u2062lack of support \u2062from\u200d former Conservative voters. The\u2062 party&#8217;s troubles\u200d can\u2063 be traced back to Theresa May&#8217;s failed\u2064 snap election in 2017, which led to a prolonged \u200bBrexit debate\u200c and ultimately her \u200bresignation. Boris Johnson took over and successfully delivered Brexit, but his policies, including high taxes and\u200c spending, have \u200balienated voters. The party&#8217;s \u200bresponse to the \u200cCovid pandemic, internal \u2064scandals, and lack of solutions to key issues like migration have further \u2064damaged its reputation.\u200b As the election approaches, the\u2063 future of the\u200d Conservative Party looks uncertain, with the potential \u200cfor a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-maher-rips-leftist-anti-semitism-and-democrat-border-policies-begs-for-return-of-traditional-dads\/\" title=\"Bill Maher Criticizes Left-Wing Anti-Semitism and Democratic Border Policies, Calls for Return of &#039;Traditional Dads\">significant electoral loss<\/a> on the horizon.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <button onclick=\"showReadLess()\" id=\"readlessbtn\">Read less&#8230;<\/button><\/p>\n<p><\/span>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>While Americans will celebrate the Independence Day holiday on Thursday, Britons will go to the polls for that country\u2019s first general election since December 2019. And the result seems all but a foregone conclusion: The ruling Conservative Party will get shellacked.<\/p>\n<p>In one sense, the likely result doesn\u2019t seem all that surprising. The Conservatives have been in office since David Cameron\u2019s first election win in the spring of 2010. And governments in office a long time \u2014 the Conservatives after 18 years in power from 1979-97 and Labour at the end of their 13 years in power from 1997-2010 \u2014 tend to become exhausted: The best cabinet officials retire, the party\u2019s policies become stale, voters tire of the <em>status quo<\/em>, and so forth.<\/p>\n<p>But the scope and scale of the impending catastrophe appear far greater than prior electoral wipeouts and could suggest something far deeper in play. Consider this poll from early June, which found that only 42 percent of people <em>who voted Conservative in 2019<\/em> would vote for the party again on Thursday:<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Among 2019 Conservative voters:<\/p>\n<p>Tied-lowest % since Sunak became PM.<\/p>\n<p>Westminster VI, 2019 Conservatives (31 May \u2013 2 June):<\/p>\n<p>Conservative 42% (-4)<br \/>Labour 21% (+2)<br \/>Reform 19% (+1)<br \/>Other 6% (-1)<br \/>Don&#8217;t Know 11% (-1)<\/p>\n<p>Changes +\/- 25-27 May<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OXNaqzy6qY\">https:\/\/t.co\/OXNaqzy6qY<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c00Onrhby6\">pic.twitter.com\/c00Onrhby6<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Redfield &#038; Wilton Strategies (@RedfieldWilton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RedfieldWilton\/status\/1797634458775883784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>As bad as Joe Biden\u2019s debate performance was last Thursday, there\u2019s no way that only 42 percent of his 2020 supporters will vote for him this November. So what\u2019s going on with Britain\u2019s Conservatives?<\/p>\n<h2>From Theresa May to Boris Johnson<\/h2>\n<p>In some ways, the roots of this fiasco go back to Theresa May\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2017\/06\/09\/uk-prime-minister-theresa-may-flopped-last-nights-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">botched attempt<\/a> at a \u201csnap\u201d (i.e., surprise) general election in the spring of 2017. That election cost the Conservatives seats and almost cost them their majority in the House of Commons. The narrow margins in Parliament meant that lawmakers spent two years <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2019\/09\/06\/guide-crazy-things-happened-week-brexit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">going around in circles<\/a> on the question of Brexit, with most opposition parties, along with some Conservatives, trying to weaken or nullify the effects of Britain\u2019s 2016 referendum to leave the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>May <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2019\/05\/28\/brexit-brought-theresa-may-threatens-successor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ultimately resigned<\/a>, and the Conservative party selected <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2019\/07\/24\/new-u-k-prime-minister-changes-tough-brexit-politics-slightly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Boris Johnson<\/a> as her replacement; Johnson called <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2019\/10\/24\/brexit-bill-stalemate-makes-new-election-likely\/\">another snap election<\/a> late in 2019 on a promise to \u201cGet Brexit Done.\u201d A combination of working-class support for Brexit in traditional Labour heartlands, coupled with a Labour party that had moved so far left under Jeremy Corbyn as to become unelectable, gave Johnson a healthy majority.<\/p>\n<p>Within weeks of the election, Johnson had delivered on his promise and passed legislation officially decoupling Britain from the European Union. That of course raised an obvious question: <em>Now what<\/em>?<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Bad Policies<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s pledge to push Brexit across the finish line won him support from rock-ribbed Conservatives, who desperately wanted to get Britain out of the EU. But the rest of his platform \u2014 high taxes and redistributionist spending, reviving the mantra of \u201cone nation\u201d conservatism not widely used since the 1950s and 1960s \u2014 violated small government principles.<\/p>\n<p>When Covid came, Johnson responded with rounds of lockdowns, ones stricter than those imposed in the United States, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/we-know-who-will-win-the-uk-election-but-why-d590effe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/midler-blasted-after-threatening-to-bring-peanut-butter-to-school-targeting-children-with-peanut-allergies\/\" title=\"Midler Blasted After Threatening To Bring Peanut Butter To School Targeting Children With Peanut Allergies\">massive government spending<\/a><\/a>. It also eventually led to a case of regicide, when Conservative MPs engaged in a putsch to boot Johnson after he and his staff violated lockdown protocols and arguably misled Parliament about their efforts.<\/p>\n<p>The second bout of regicide came in short succession when Tory MPs forced out Liz Truss as Johnson\u2019s successor. Conservative Party members had voted for Truss by a 57-43 percent margin. But a financial crisis supposedly sparked by her proposals to cut taxes \u2014 untimely actions by the Bank of England also played a role \u2014 prompted Tory MPs to boot her out and make the man she had defeated in the leadership election two months earlier, Rishi Sunak, prime minister.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Clueless on Issues<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The fiscal chaos of two years ago led to a spike in mortgage rates that severely undermined traditional Conservative <em>bona fides<\/em> as good economic stewards. Since then, Sunak has done a good job destroying the remainder. Consider this <a href=\"https:\/\/hansard.parliament.uk\/commons\/2024-05-22\/debates\/B8B92127-ED22-4926-882C-C661A624E691\/Engagements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">answer in Parliament<\/a> on the day in May that Sunak called the general election:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Inflation is now back to normal, and, indeed, lower than that of France, Germany, and the United States. Inflation is at its lowest level in years, our economy is growing faster and wages are rising, which is why we need to stick to the plan that is working.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To call inflation \u201cback to normal,\u201d a phrase that Sunak used no fewer than six times in a 30-minute question-and-answer session, after multiple years of price spikes shows a political tin ear because workers\u2019 wages have yet to catch up to rising costs at the grocery store and for mortgages. It also reinforces Sunak, who previously worked for Goldman Sachs and has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/giacomotognini\/2022\/10\/25\/how-rich-is-rishi-sunak-akshata-murthy-net-worth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">family net worth<\/a> (largely from his wife) greater than the king\u2019s, as a wealthy \u201ctoff\u201d unaware of the struggles of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-signals-support-for-amazon-workers-vote-to-unionize\/\" title=\"Biden Signals Support For Amazon Workers\u2019 Vote To Unionize\">working-class voters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, the Conservatives have failed to come up with an answer for one of the big policy problems on both sides of the Atlantic: surging migration. Sunak <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/uk-migration-plan-rwanda-law-refugees-01ab9bc7b4c956efd5291da10e3c5738\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">enacted a plan<\/a> to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, but court delays mean the policy has yet to take hold. In the meantime, Reform UK, led by perennial political candidate Nigel Farage, keeps hitting the Conservatives from the right on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Little during the election campaign has gone right for the Conservatives. Sunak left the D-Day anniversary commemorations early to record an interview and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/06\/07\/uk\/rishi-sunak-d-day-event-uk-election-gbr-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">had to apologize<\/a> for doing so. In recent weeks, the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/28\/world\/europe\/uk-election-betting-scandal.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gamblegate<\/a>\u201d scandal \u2014 in which several Conservative officials are under investigation for using insider information to place wagers on the date of the election \u2014 has shown a political class unconcerned with breaking rules, as with the \u201cPartygate\u201d scandal where Johnson\u2019s staff violated Covid lockdowns. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2024\/07\/localimages\/28uk-gambling-01-fbhq-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&#038;auto=webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">image of Sunak<\/a> standing outside Downing Street, getting <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/05\/rishi-sunak-election-announcement-rain-things-can-only-get-better-1235927328\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">soaked with rain<\/a> as he gave his speech announcing the general election, has proved an apt metaphor for the party\u2019s electoral fortunes heading into July 4.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Whither the Conservatives?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Four score and nine years ago, George Dangerfield\u2019s <em>The Strange Death of Liberal England<\/em> chronicled the series of events early in the 20th century that saw the decimation of the Liberal Party and the rise of Labour. Almost nine decades later, one has to ask if a similar fate could befall the Conservatives. With Keir Starmer having rehabilitated Labour\u2019s image on the economy and antisemitism, and Farage attacking from the right on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/nigel-farage-id-like-to-take-over-the-center-right-election-uk-reform-party-6642b8e2?mod=opinion_lead_pos5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">both immigration and spending issues<\/a>, the Conservatives find themselves squeezed from both directions.<\/p>\n<p>With Starmer and Labour predicted to win a thumping majority, Conservatives exiled to the wilderness will likely spend years (at minimum) trying to redefine who they are and what they stand for. Initial soundings <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/world\/tory-members-could-lose-final-say-over-new-party-leader\/ar-BB1p54eo?ocid=msedgntp&#038;pc=DCTS&#038;cvid=3a40b4fa28f94e028b19c54da10d7147&#038;ei=12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">do not appear favorable<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Conservative party members could lose their final say over who becomes Tory leader as senior figures weigh up whether to change the rules if they suffer an election defeat. Two Cabinet ministers have expressed interest to the[[<em>Daily<\/em>]<em> Telegraph<\/em> about diluting the voting power of members, given criticism over how the grassroots selected Liz Truss in 2022.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Some helpful advice: When you\u2019re at an all-time low in public support, deciding to tune out the public even further isn\u2019t a good look. Maybe listen to voters, find tangible ways to get taxes, spending, and immigration under control, and apologize for years of looking, and acting, out of touch with the electorate.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p>      Chris Jacobs is founder and CEO of Juniper Research Group, and author of the book &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1645720020\">The Case Against Single Payer<\/a>.&#8221; He is on Twitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/chrisjacobsHC\">@chrisjacobsHC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Americans will be celebrating Independence Day on Thursday, Britons will be heading to the polls for the first general election since December 2019. The outcome seems almost certain: the Conservative Party will face a significant defeat. This is not entirely surprising, as the party has been in power since 2010 and long-serving governments tend to become exhausted. However, the scale of the impending disaster appears to be greater than previous electoral losses, indicating deeper issues at play. Only 42 percent of those who voted Conservative in 2019 are likely to do so again, a concerning statistic compared to the loyalty of Joe Biden&#8217;s supporters. The roots of this downfall can be traced back to Theresa May&#8217;s failed snap election in 2017, which led to a prolonged Brexit debate and ultimately Boris Johnson&#8217;s rise to power. Johnson&#8217;s policies, including high taxes and lockdowns, have alienated voters and led to internal party turmoil. The Conservatives have also struggled to address key issues such as migration, further damaging their public image. With Labour and Reform UK gaining momentum, the Conservatives face a challenging future and may need to redefine their identity to regain public trust<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":521,"featured_media":2287638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screen-Shot-2024-07-01-at-2.06.00-PM-1024x648.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13035,3728,5894,33611],"class_list":["post-2287637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-britain","tag-election","tag-politics","tag-tories"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Screen-Shot-2024-07-01-at-2.06.00-PM-1024x648.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/521"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2287637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2287638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2287637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2287637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2287637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}