Is The Belief In The Tories Substainable?

[Marshwarble]

Do you think that there will continue to be a huge amount of people voting Tory? Won't some constituencies drop out when things like unemployment or crime aren't altered?

[jno]

unemployment's come down under the Tories. Crime has gone up. The latter could perhaps be stalled by replacing all those police they got rid of, but people will want to know where the money is coming from. If bigger budgets mean more austerity, then expect unemployment to start rising again.

[fiveleaves]

The Tories just got 1.2% more votes than 2017 so hardly a big increase.
Brexit can be over in 2020 and then what?
If people really think the Tories are on the side of working class people they are greatly mistaken. The interests of free market capitalism and the big corporations will always take priority.

[emmie]

isn't it a little early to make predictions..
at least wait till the New Year

[dannyk13]

fiveleaves, spoken like a true communist.

[Jackdaw33]

There were two factors in the election, Brexit and Corbyn. If you were pro the former and anti the latter it was a no-brainer which way to vote.

[New Judge]

I’ve voted Tory all my life. I’ve done so not because I particularly like everything they do. Some things I agree with others I don’t. I’ve done so because there has never been a suitable alternative that comes close to my requirements of a government. The latest incarnation of the Labour Party is without doubt far and away the worst I have ever seen. What puzzles me is that some 10m people voted for a Labour candidate earlier this month. Many of them – particularly the Islington set and those of similar ilk – say they did so because they feared for the future of the country if we left the EU. But they were prepared to elect a bunch of dangerous, idealistic lunatics who, as even on the most cursory glances at their manifesto would have demonstrated, would have run this country into the ground. With such economic lunacy it is likely we would have been thrown out of the EU anyway. Brexit would have been a walk compared to what would have happened had Messrs McDonnel and Corbyn and their band of assorted Marxists, Trotskyists and Stalinists had been allowed anywhere near power.

[OrionD]

dannyk13
//Orion // birth rates.//
Since when did that come into the equation?//

Since Asians have a higher birth rate that the native population and vote ostensibly Labour, with the exception of the Indian population who vote more Tory. Also considering the Black vote which is also significantly Labour.

It is just a case of mathematical inevitability that Tory vote will minimise assuming that native population fails to replicate itself over time.

This is especially true when the left and media portray the Tory party as the party of 'Xenophobia', allowing Minority groups to postulate as victims of the system.

[ynnafymmi]

@mozz-15-35..while i dont think the Tory Party are Hitlerite in any way,i firmly believe the Labour Party under Corbyn are definetly Stalinist or Maoist.Especially with Seamus Milne in charge and in control of poor old scarecrow Corbyn.

[Old_Geezer]

They were voted in as the only democratic party in a position to gain a majority and deliver on the referendum. Once that is done whether they remain in will depend on whether the opposition achieves a miracle and looks a valid choice for government. Their inability to do so goes back further than Brexit and referenda, so loss of trust may mean it'll take longer than a decade to regain that trust. The country needs a decent left wing alternative though, both as opposition and potential government alternative to the Tories.

[Togo]

//Won't some constituencies drop out when things like unemployment or crime aren't altered?//

Possibly.....but unlike you they will perhaps wait a bit longer than 10 days before self triggering.

[pixie374]

Impossible to say, they were clearly the only valid choice at this point... but, in 5 or so years, everything might have changed, the parties may have changed. I am always slightly mistrustful of people who seem to already know who they will vote for in the future.

[jourdain2]

It all depends on how well they do, of course. There is a long time to go. Others have explained how the need to deliver Brexit, the antipathy to Corbyn etc. resulted in the current government. I am picking-up vibes that there has been a sea-change in the Tory party - we'll see if it transpires. If so, then deep-seated loyalties (already shaken) could change. All to play for - and watch with interest. :)