Totally shocked by this result. As a Tory member though, I do have to say that I’m ashamed of BoJo and his shenanigans and the direction he’s taken the party but I still expected the party to hold out in a constituency with such a large majority. I actually though don’t think it’s just the Partygate problem that has affected the vote, the government are getting it wrong in so many areas. Climate Change, Brexit, Immigration as well as National Insurance and Triple Lock are just some of the things I’m not happy about.
I have to blame Johnson for all this because he’s the leader but many of the issues confronting the party at the moment are caused by completely irrational and non Conservative policies. Removing almost his complete background team and replacing them with young, inexperienced and ultra liberal individuals, largely instigated by Carrie for me, was just madness. This is just not a Conservative party I’m afraid and unless BoJo considers a complete clear out and a volte face on several of his policy’s, I can only see the situation getting worse.
As a party member, I want the opportunity to have a say on whether Johnson continues because I don’t believe too many members would have voted for Boris if they’d imagined that he’d turn the party into the Greens, or wilted in front of the EU, let down our farmers and fishermen so badly, or reneged on his manifesto commitments so completely. He’s under pressure now and I honestly don’t see how he gets out of this without making major changes very quickly. The next one for me will be the Triple Lock increase. With inflation flying and looking to hit at least 6% soon, pensioners will quickly feel the effects in their everyday bills and considering the oldies are his biggest voting group, alienating us will be a major mistake.
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