juillet 15, 2024 - 7:00am
Il aura fallu 10 jours à un haut membre du parti conservateur pour écrire sur le pire résultat aux élections générales de l’histoire du parti. Malheureusement, ce haut membre du parti conservateur est Liz Truss.
La caractéristique la plus évidente de son article pour le Telegraph du dimanche est une absence totale de contrition. On nous fait croire que ses erreurs en tant que Premier ministre ne méritent même pas une mention, encore moins des excuses. Et pourtant, pendant son court mandat au 10 Downing Street, elle réussi à faire paniquer les marchés et a fait chuter les cotes de popularité de son parti.
Néanmoins, cela vaut la peine de passer outre le déni pour se concentrer sur son argument principal, qui est que les Tories ont été « rejetés par un électorat en colère contre trop d’années de gouvernements successifs qui n’ont pas mis en œuvre les politiques des Conservatives. »
En d’autres termes, elle pense que les Tories ont perdu parce qu’ils n’étaient pas assez à droite – et par là elle entend un taux d’imposition faible, peu de réglementation et libertaire. Cependant, on ne peut s’empêcher de remarquer que la part de vote combinée des Conservateurs et de Reform UK était de seulement 38% lors des élections de ce mois-ci. En 2019, lorsque les Conservateurs se sont présentés sur une plateforme ouvertement non-libertaire, ils ont remporté à eux seuls 43,6% des voix.
Il est difficile de concilier la théorie de Liz Truss avec ces résultats. Il y a d’autres vérités gênantes dans une nouvelle recherche de More in Common. Selon Luke Tryl, cela révèle que le Labour « a gagné du soutien de segments d’électeurs de droite, mais l’a perdu du côté gauche ». Si, comme le prétend Liz Truss, les électeurs étaient mécontents de l’échec des Tories à annuler « le programme poursuivi par les gouvernements Blair et Brown », alors voter pour Keir Starmer semble une façon étrange de le montrer.
Il est vrai que les Conservateurs ont perdu du soutien – principalement au profit de Reform – en raison de leur échec à juguler l’immigration. Mais n’était-ce pas le gouvernement Truss qui avait prévu de lever les quotas d’immigration pour promouvoir la croissance économique ? En effet, la libre circulation de main-d’œuvre bon marché est-elle totalement cohérente avec sa philosophie de déréglementation radicale ?
Elle critique également les « objectifs Net Zéro inabordables ». Mais si elle imagine que ceux-ci ont contribué à la défaite des Tories, peut-elle expliquer pourquoi des sièges traditionnellement conservateurs ont été perdus au profit du Green Party ? Il semble également qu’elle ait oublié que lorsqu’elle a brigué la direction du parti conservateur en 2022, elle était elle-même en faveur du Net Zéro.
Mais le pire dans le récit des 14 dernières années de Liz Truss est que, jusqu’à présent, c’est le seul à être proposé par un haut membre du parti conservateur. Alors que tous les regards sont tournés vers le nouveau gouvernement travailliste, il n’y aura jamais de meilleure occasion pour les principaux conservateurs de réfléchir à voix haute.
Il est certain qu’il ne peut y avoir de redressement sans une réévaluation franche de la performance passée du parti et de son objectif futur. Mais à part le non mea culpa de Liz Truss, le parti n’a produit que du chaos autour de l’élection du nouveau Comité 1922 ainsi qu’une série de conflits et de fuites impliquant ceux qui se battent maintenant pour diriger le parti.
Ce que nous n’avons pas encore vu, c’est un seul entretien sérieux, un discours motivant ou un essai réfléchi. Les prétendants à la direction ont été occupés à se positionner, mais n’ont pas encore fourni de compte rendu convaincant de ce en quoi ils croient. Il faut admettre que la rigueur intellectuelle n’a pas été au programme des quatorze dernières années, mais maintenant, peut-être, c’est l’heure du changement.
Peter Franklin is Associate Editor of UnHerd. He was previously a policy advisor and speechwriter on environmental and social issues.
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SubscribeI don’t know about the details here, but it’s refreshing to read a positive piece on UK politics for once.
He is a blood thirsty NeoCon vampire pushing to destroy Ukraine as Boris’s mini-me. Try some youtube of Alexander Mercouris on the Disaster of the Proxy War in Ukraine whereby USA and UK destroyed an entire nation and people in their political and corruption games.
At the end of this Excellent analysis of the Ukraine Disaster of an offensive, Mercouris gives a rundown on how this million dead and nation wrecked is basically Boris Johnson’s doing.
It is a MUST WATCH – all of it ideally, the 15 minutes before the Johnson part is great too, but to just hear of Boris, Sunak’s Mega-me, go to minute 1:08. Listen to ”This extraordinary petulant MP…” talk of Alexander’s – you know he would love to really say of the utter EVIL of Boris – and the olympic swimming Pools of blood he has caused to flow – but he has a good say without getting as furious as I would – summing up this demon of a man.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiD20aVoekQ
minute 1:08 for Boris…… who Sunic fallowed as a running dog….
and Sunak – he has dipped his toes very deep in this pool of blood too. Evil War, caused by Evil men – and Sunak is one of them!
Evil, Evil, Evil men, and Biden and his circle are as culpable – warmongers!!!!!!!!! Lovers of Death and Money.
He is a blood thirsty NeoCon vampire pushing to destroy Ukraine as Boris’s mini-me. Try some youtube of Alexander Mercouris on the Disaster of the Proxy War in Ukraine whereby USA and UK destroyed an entire nation and people in their political and corruption games.
At the end of this Excellent analysis of the Ukraine Disaster of an offensive, Mercouris gives a rundown on how this million dead and nation wrecked is basically Boris Johnson’s doing.
It is a MUST WATCH – all of it ideally, the 15 minutes before the Johnson part is great too, but to just hear of Boris, Sunak’s Mega-me, go to minute 1:08. Listen to ”This extraordinary petulant MP…” talk of Alexander’s – you know he would love to really say of the utter EVIL of Boris – and the olympic swimming Pools of blood he has caused to flow – but he has a good say without getting as furious as I would – summing up this demon of a man.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiD20aVoekQ
minute 1:08 for Boris…… who Sunic fallowed as a running dog….
and Sunak – he has dipped his toes very deep in this pool of blood too. Evil War, caused by Evil men – and Sunak is one of them!
Evil, Evil, Evil men, and Biden and his circle are as culpable – warmongers!!!!!!!!! Lovers of Death and Money.
I don’t know about the details here, but it’s refreshing to read a positive piece on UK politics for once.
Better to make a sandwich and succeed, than to make a banquet and fail.
Better to make a sandwich and succeed, than to make a banquet and fail.
It’s quaint that Aris thinks Sunak is deciding any of this. The Foreign Office are passively waiting for a PM to give them guidance and instruction? Hmm.
The reality is the elected Ministers get told what the brief is – irrespective of whatever manifesto they were elected on – by the Permanent Secretary. The civil service is either left to continue in peace or it will make trouble for its Minister.
Sunak is particularly weak in allowing his speeches to be entirely written by the servants he is supposed to be leading. He is not even reading aloud his own words. Actor or puppet, but not leader.
It’s quaint that Aris thinks Sunak is deciding any of this. The Foreign Office are passively waiting for a PM to give them guidance and instruction? Hmm.
The reality is the elected Ministers get told what the brief is – irrespective of whatever manifesto they were elected on – by the Permanent Secretary. The civil service is either left to continue in peace or it will make trouble for its Minister.
Sunak is particularly weak in allowing his speeches to be entirely written by the servants he is supposed to be leading. He is not even reading aloud his own words. Actor or puppet, but not leader.
I’m no fan of the Tories (I prefer conservatives to be conservative) in general these days, but I respect Sunak. Good to see brains, rationality and hard work in the top job instead of the recent burlesque.
I’m no fan of the Tories (I prefer conservatives to be conservative) in general these days, but I respect Sunak. Good to see brains, rationality and hard work in the top job instead of the recent burlesque.
One wonders in which direction Labour might take us in the coming decade. Thankfully a CCP tilt isn’t on the cards since Corbyn left but will a pragmatic foreign policy be followed under Starmer or will we get something else? I notice our relationship with Ireland is closer than ever (another nail in the remainiac coffin). This sort of deal would have been unthinkable even eighten months ago.
Our relationship with Ireland isn’t closer than ever MG but it is much better than a year ago.
Since independence when could we conveivably had a military agreement with them? The prominence of Irish politicians coming out for the Queen’s funeral was particularly moving, again not something I thought I would see.
Since independence when could we conveivably had a military agreement with them? The prominence of Irish politicians coming out for the Queen’s funeral was particularly moving, again not something I thought I would see.
Our relationship with Ireland isn’t closer than ever MG but it is much better than a year ago.
One wonders in which direction Labour might take us in the coming decade. Thankfully a CCP tilt isn’t on the cards since Corbyn left but will a pragmatic foreign policy be followed under Starmer or will we get something else? I notice our relationship with Ireland is closer than ever (another nail in the remainiac coffin). This sort of deal would have been unthinkable even eighten months ago.
“Rishi Sunak deserves praise for his foreign policy”
I didn’t know he had one – Just soundbites for the media.
Do ‘we’ still have a Foreign Policy?
Surely that is decided in the White House.
Do ‘we’ still have a Foreign Policy?
Surely that is decided in the White House.
“Rishi Sunak deserves praise for his foreign policy”
I didn’t know he had one – Just soundbites for the media.
Yep some sensible pragmatism and realism after a few years where we lost our bearings whilst suffering from Brexit fuelled intoxication. We are weaker but Sunak beginning to make the most of that hand and we still have many strengths.
Not sure when the Author wrote the Article though but it does seem to underplay the recent agreement with US won’t have been struck by our Atlantic partner to allow us to sit passively neutral in any coming engagement, hot or cold, with China. AUKUS prevents that being an option too. We’ve chosen our side, been given the prize of warm photo-op in the Oval office and a mutual Declaration, but you can bet our cousins expect us to line up with them when required.
JW – not sure about the rest of us, but I’d say you’re still suffering from “Brexit intoxication” – certainly some Brexit-related derangement. You just can’t let it go, can you ?
JW – not sure about the rest of us, but I’d say you’re still suffering from “Brexit intoxication” – certainly some Brexit-related derangement. You just can’t let it go, can you ?
Yep some sensible pragmatism and realism after a few years where we lost our bearings whilst suffering from Brexit fuelled intoxication. We are weaker but Sunak beginning to make the most of that hand and we still have many strengths.
Not sure when the Author wrote the Article though but it does seem to underplay the recent agreement with US won’t have been struck by our Atlantic partner to allow us to sit passively neutral in any coming engagement, hot or cold, with China. AUKUS prevents that being an option too. We’ve chosen our side, been given the prize of warm photo-op in the Oval office and a mutual Declaration, but you can bet our cousins expect us to line up with them when required.