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Friday
Apr052019

Establishment elite can sleep easy

Paul Goodman, editor of Conservative Home, has a point.

Where, he asks in the wake of the Newport West by-election, is the voter uprising against establishment elites?

Good question.

Labour retained the seat, the Conservatives came second, UKIP increased its vote slightly but there was little sign of an 'anti-establishment protest', and 'the smaller parties’ totals are derisory':

So, come to think of it, is that of all the contestants. Turnout is down by over a third – from 43,438 at the last general election to 23,515. That’s poor, of course, but by no means exceptionally low: nothing like the 18.2 per cent record low at Manchester Central in 2012.

In other words, for all the political shenanigans in Westminster, don't expect a revolution now or in the future.

It's not the British way and our despicable governing class know that, which is why they will continue to take advantage of our general good nature.

Take my own constituency. Fifty-four per cent voted to leave the EU. Despite that our local Conservative MP has voted consistently to thwart Brexit.

I've heard nothing to suggest he will be challenged or deselected and it's such a safe seat that I fully expect him to retain it at the next election, assuming he stands on the Tory ticket.

Btw, Matthew Evans, the Conservative candidate in the Newport West by-election, is pro-Brexit and a smoker (an unapologetic one) so it's a great pity he didn't get elected.

We need all the support we can get in parliament and Matthew is a familiar face at our annual party conference events.

He's also the proud owner of a Forest ashtray like this one. Need I say more?

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Reader Comments (2)

You only have to look at how they manipulated democratic mechanisms like public consultation to enforce further punishment, exclusion and discrimination against smokers to know that when it comes to Brexit, nothing will be done if it is cancelled.

A handful of people will moan for a bit, stand about with a few placards, and then eventually trail off to nothing.

You are spot on. The elitists know the British are not rioters or revolutionaries and that's why Brexit will never happen. That's also how they get away with attacks on our lifestyle choices and will continue to do so until the day comes when elitists realise they are being used by a bunch of phobic nut jobs who cannot stand to see anyone enjoying a life that is not state approved or sanctioned.

Freedom is slavery after all.

Friday, April 5, 2019 at 13:31 | Unregistered Commenterpat nurse

Btw, if the Tories want to win an election they could stop trying to out Labour the Labour party and come out strongly against the Nanny State. That they cannot do that means we will all end up watching the slow and painful death of a party that once valued personal liberty over socialist group think.

Friday, April 5, 2019 at 13:34 | Unregistered Commenterpat nurse

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