'One of Boris Johnson’s few achievements (from his point of view) was ridding the party of many of its best and most moderate MPs.'
It was also the party of a Margaret Thatcher, who recognised the enormous opportunities for British prosperity derived from participation in the European Single Market.I’d challenge other readers to spot signs of this traditionally mainstream strand of Conservatism in today’s wreck of a Conservative Party. One of Boris Johnson’s few achievements was ridding the party of many of its best and most moderate MPs.
Mr Johnson was only kept in place for as long as he was by support from the party’s hard right, as typified by the Brextremists’ laughably-named “European Research Group”. Sadly for us all, his successor is likely to look to them for support too. As Greg Wright says: “Nobody, it seems, expects to win by appealing to the more liberal wing of the Conservative Party.”. It proves its growing unpopularity among the population overall. For example, now only two per cent say Brexit has gone “very well”.
But when you look at the breakdown for Conservative and Leave supporters, they’re almost synonymous. In both cases, four per cent say Brexit’s gone “very well”, with “fairly well” scoring 29 per cent among Conservatives and 27 per cent among Leavers generally. Adding both figures together, only about a third of both Conservative and Leave supporters reckon Brexit is going “well” .It’s probably going to take a General Election to shake the Conservatives out of their extremism. The sooner the better.
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