We must prepare for an extreme right surge after the polls, no matter how few MPs the Tories and Reform end up with
A transformative election—but in which direction?
Tag: Tories
Five horrors from the Tory and Labour manifestos
At times it looks like they are trying to outdo each other in being nasty Facing a crash at the polls on July 4, for a while now the Tories have been trying to look as tough as they can on a range of socially conservative issues, in the hope of overturning their polling fortunes.
Sunak’s electioneering train-wreck
The campaign has gone so badly, there are rumours Sunak might not even be prime minister when polling day arrives.
Fourteen years of suffering
As this Tory government comes to an end, it should be remembered for the torment it has caused.
Bye by-elections, hello hope
Each offers only a mildly different serving of uninspiring neoliberal hellscape, with only your choice of authoritarian topping to set them apart.
The next general election: Two parties battle for the wretched voters of England
The reason both parties are fighting to be the most horrendous is that both parties are trying to attract the same voters.
Rinsed for profit
The NHS will be 75 this year. If it were a person, they’d have been deprived of oxygen and food for 10 years, had vital organs sold for 10 years previously with contractors finding out which body parts they could do without before that. NHS dismantling, begun by Thatcher in the late Seventies, later progressed
The Tories, Brexit and the English people
The Trussterfuck didn’t last long but the impact will linger for a long time. Rishi Sunak is now prime minister and things appear calmer. How could they not? But the appearance won’t last. The Autumn Statement is coming, and with it tax rises and public spending cuts. More strikes are on the way with civil
Farewell to Comrade Truss
Freedom can now exclusively reveal that Liz Truss is in fact an undercover anarchist who has been working for years to not only successfully assassinate the immortal monarch but also bring down the tory government from within with a killer blend of subterfuge, clowning and pitch-perfect comedy timing.
The Trustterfuck begins
Having started this column in 2016, I’m now onto writing about the fourth Tory prime minister in a row, each one spectacularly less competent than their predecessor. Maybe it’s part of the job description. With Liz Truss we also see a move to a more ideological New Right approach to economics, although the way some
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