Theresa May is still supported by two thirds of Conservative MPs, by the CBI, and by the Daily Mail. Do not bet against her contesting the next General Election as Leader after all. She probably did not have to promise not to do that, and she will only go in favour of a successor acceptable to her. No one springs to mind.
All in all, the Conservative Right has been badly beaten. Like its Labour counterpart, it is overrepresented among MPs compared to the party in the country, compared to that party's voters, and compared to the electorate at large.
As surely as right-wing Labour MPs, right-wing Conservative MPs, even for safe seats, had better pray for a General Election to come too soon for the deselection process to kick in. Nothing else will now save them from their own activists and voters, from the CBI, and from the Daily Mail.
In the meantime, Mrs May can now get on with her original Prime Ministerial agenda of workers' and consumers' representation in corporate governance, of shareholders' control over executive pay, of restrictions on pay differentials within companies, of an investment-based Industrial Strategy and infrastructure programme, of greatly increased housebuilding, of action against tax avoidance, of a ban on public contracts for tax-avoiding companies, of a cap on energy prices, of banning or greatly restricting foreign takeovers, of a ban on unpaid internships, and of an inquiry into Orgreave, while returning to her world-leading record of work against human trafficking and modern slavery, not least now that slavery has returned to Libya.
Of course, the parliamentary right wings of both parties, one third of Conservative MPs and an awful lot more than that of Labour ones, are implacably opposed to these agenda, and will remain so. Another hung Parliament is coming, however, and we need our people to hold the balance of power in it.
I will stand for this parliamentary seat of North West Durham, if I can raise the £10,000 necessary to mount a serious campaign. By common consent, Labour, the Conservatives and I are each on 30 per cent support, so that any one of us could be the First Past the Post. Please email davidaslindsay@hotmail.com. Very many thanks.
In the meantime, Mrs May can now get on with her original Prime Ministerial agenda of workers' and consumers' representation in corporate governance, of shareholders' control over executive pay, of restrictions on pay differentials within companies, of an investment-based Industrial Strategy and infrastructure programme, of greatly increased housebuilding, of action against tax avoidance, of a ban on public contracts for tax-avoiding companies, of a cap on energy prices, of banning or greatly restricting foreign takeovers, of a ban on unpaid internships, and of an inquiry into Orgreave, while returning to her world-leading record of work against human trafficking and modern slavery, not least now that slavery has returned to Libya.
Of course, the parliamentary right wings of both parties, one third of Conservative MPs and an awful lot more than that of Labour ones, are implacably opposed to these agenda, and will remain so. Another hung Parliament is coming, however, and we need our people to hold the balance of power in it.
I will stand for this parliamentary seat of North West Durham, if I can raise the £10,000 necessary to mount a serious campaign. By common consent, Labour, the Conservatives and I are each on 30 per cent support, so that any one of us could be the First Past the Post. Please email davidaslindsay@hotmail.com. Very many thanks.
As the BBC says, now she’s publicly pledged she will stand down before the next election (with Boris Johnson favourite to succeed her) her position is weaker than ever. The Tory Right has already forced her to pull the vote on the deal-with 103 of her own MPs pledged to vote against it. Now it’s ensured her days in Downing Street are numbered.
ReplyDeleteLike em or loathe em, the Tory Right are the only patriots in Parliament standing up for the Leave vote.
Believe in her departure when it happens, and not a day before. Even then, it will be for someone of her own political mind. And why not? Two thirds of Conservative MPs, and the huge majority of Conservative members and voters, are just like her.
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