tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1474994802617116618.post4856175121127344024..comments2024-03-21T08:51:47.278+00:00Comments on Campaign for Conservative Democracy: The Conservative Party has a Problem!John Straffordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03842417812414755564noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1474994802617116618.post-87721216148835341412017-06-08T00:31:46.783+01:002017-06-08T00:31:46.783+01:00Great to hear from you,John.
I bet you can nearly ...Great to hear from you,John.<br />I bet you can nearly call every constituency. I image it will be the usual couple of million Andy Burnham clones going Liberal or anything else in the Flight from Jeremy. Jeremy's economics are antediluvian but on a personal basis he seems a pleasant, companionable type of sort when compared to Worzel Gummidges like Lord Hague and Nigel Evans etc. As you have so often pointed out the decline in Tory party membership is an absolute disgrace,a party hat has no blue-collar basis is doomed. I am working bit by bit so that I can exit from Social Market Eire, the land of the 10,000 Regulations. Brexit Britain is the only ray of hope in Europe, but T May doesn't see the deep cunning the Latter- Day Juncker and is too much of a cap doffer to the captains of British industry ( a huzzah for fund managers!)who still insist on full,open door immigration, and could never conceive of a Manhattan Project to rescue millions of low-skilled Britons.<br />Regardless of all that, John, I hope come 11.00am on Friday morning you will be down in the Crown and Anchor with your friends watching the results as they come in with a few good pints of Bitter before you,and some lovely fresh ham sandwiches on the finest thick batch loaf.<br />Best regards,<br />PeterAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05325154791811762344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1474994802617116618.post-15988377540904179522017-06-07T16:47:16.577+01:002017-06-07T16:47:16.577+01:00Peter,
I agree with your sentiments. Let us see wh...Peter,<br />I agree with your sentiments. Let us see what happens tomorrow!<br />JohnJohn Straffordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03842417812414755564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1474994802617116618.post-8301582515835613502017-06-06T22:38:20.121+01:002017-06-06T22:38:20.121+01:00Hi John,
This is a brief e-mail as I am unsure whe...Hi John,<br />This is a brief e-mail as I am unsure whether it will get to you. <br />Terrible to say, two terrorist outrages have occurred since I last wrote to, Manchester and London Bridge.Unbelievable. <br />I see you are your usual self: trying to reform the unreformable. <br />The election is a cert for T May, but that will not do the UK much good as the Conservative Party as it now exists is only a stepping stone for froth such as Amber Rudd etc. You go through Hell and back to win two world wars only to get such a dismal lot. Sad.<br />Well anyway, you enjoy the next few days.<br />Peter (Dublino)<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05325154791811762344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1474994802617116618.post-57308543172912638872017-05-02T20:19:08.351+01:002017-05-02T20:19:08.351+01:00Well, yes, the falling membership of the Conservat...Well, yes, the falling membership of the Conservative Party since the great days of 3 million members has been a creeping disaster, which could well be about to catch up with us. Even more worrying, perhaps, is the age profile: most branch and association committees will have gone to a better place in a few years, and there are very few young members to take their places. But John, you illustrate the problem yourself. All this pro-Brexit stuff about loss of sovereignty and taking back control is the hang-up of the old fogeys who run the Party. Younger voters were and still are overwhelmingly pro-European. Why shouled they want to vote for,and still less join the Conservatives as they noz are?Ben Pattersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06993830184420177108noreply@blogger.com