It is downright comical. The idea that the people who swung the EU referendum by voting to reject everything for which this Government stood would now vote for that Government's party at a General Election. They did not do that last time, and they are certainly not going to do it this time.
The Conservatives are going to lose enough Remain seats to the Liberal Democrats and the SNP to put themselves nowhere near an overall majority, but they are going to hold onto far more Remain seats than that. Meanwhile, they are not going to win any Leave seats from Labour, to whom they are in fact going to lose back a few of those seats.
The people whose votes determined the referendum result for Brexit did so because the 39 years since the Callaghan Government's turn to monetarism in 1977 had driven them from being the industrial powerhouse of the world to being beggars at foodbanks. They did not vote for the people who had starved them in 2017, and they will not vote for the people who have starved them in 2019.
For the first time in modern history, British life expectancy is falling. At the same time, when seen from the Leave heartlands, the Government is planning to render the pension age almost universally academic by putting it up to 75. Re-elect this, for the sake of Brexit? This was why we voted for Brexit in the first place. It was not a coincidence that the Conservatives lost their overall majority barely a year later. The idea that they might gain it back this year, and that because of Brexit of all things, can barely be dignified by being called preposterous.
Another hung Parliament is coming, then, and we need our people to hold the balance of power in it. A new party is now in the process of registration. After nearly 30 years of suggestion, speculation, and even a sort of preparation, I will stand for Parliament here at North West Durham. The crowdfunding page is here, and buy the book here. Please email davidaslindsay@hotmail.com. Very many thanks.
The people whose votes determined the referendum result for Brexit did so because the 39 years since the Callaghan Government's turn to monetarism in 1977 had driven them from being the industrial powerhouse of the world to being beggars at foodbanks. They did not vote for the people who had starved them in 2017, and they will not vote for the people who have starved them in 2019.
For the first time in modern history, British life expectancy is falling. At the same time, when seen from the Leave heartlands, the Government is planning to render the pension age almost universally academic by putting it up to 75. Re-elect this, for the sake of Brexit? This was why we voted for Brexit in the first place. It was not a coincidence that the Conservatives lost their overall majority barely a year later. The idea that they might gain it back this year, and that because of Brexit of all things, can barely be dignified by being called preposterous.
Another hung Parliament is coming, then, and we need our people to hold the balance of power in it. A new party is now in the process of registration. After nearly 30 years of suggestion, speculation, and even a sort of preparation, I will stand for Parliament here at North West Durham. The crowdfunding page is here, and buy the book here. Please email davidaslindsay@hotmail.com. Very many thanks.
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