My rationale is that Tory’s have been in crisis following the growth of UKIP and the fallout from the financial crisis of 2008... — Punshhh
0) Pro business.
1) A safe pair of hands with the economy.
2) Levelling up (the inclusion of the poor, or deprived groups)
3) Managing a moderate/constructive capitalism, entrepreneurship etc.
4) An ambassador for the important position and role of the U.K. on the world stage.
5) Governance of the highest integrity, reliability and honesty at home and abroad.
Now all of these principles has been trashed over the last 5 years. — Punshhh
You write about the gov in a way that the promises they make might have some credibility, that they might just do what they say. I understand this as it is how political discourse has been conducted for decades in this country. But surely by now you realise that these promises are laughable, especially on levelling up, global trade and Green issues. — Punshhh
1). Too early to say, given the pandemic. — Tim3003
I could never understand why Thatcher didn’t produce a sustainable industrial strategy. — Punshhh
Thatcher hated the very idea of an industrial strategy, sustainable or not. Hers was a laissez-faire policy; she believed that state interventions in the economy were almost always counter-productive. — Olivier5
it was about breaking the power of the unions - which is far from lassiez faire — counterpunch
Sure, you could always see it differently, but this is at least what she was saying at the time. — Olivier5
Fair enough. Even no industrial policy is a sort of industrial policy, in effect. — Olivier5
Please feel free to invent whatever you want to about me. — Olivier5
Cameron wanted a referendum since 2005, when he wrote the Tory manifesto for Michael Howard. — counterpunch
Correct. — Apollodorus
it was crooked AF. People have no idea. — counterpunch
Hate to say I told you so! — karl stone
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