Let’s be clear: this Conservative party is dead. Those who killed it should own up so we can move on | Justine Greening
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The local elections wipeout proves that out-Reforming Reform cannot and does not work. Both Tories – and Labour – need to rethink hard and fast, says writer and former Conservative MP Justine Greening

Justine Greening, the former Tory MP, argues that the current Tory strategy of going after Reform voters isn’t working. She seems to think the Tories should try to capture centrists instead (which is what David Cameron did, I would argue).

The party has attempted to be a “mini-me” version of Reform UK, and unsurprisingly Reform voters prefer the real thing. And this strategy’s consequential alienation of Conservative-leaning centre-ground voters has seen them head off to either the Lib Dems or Labour, or to the Green party. The party has no winning majority in any age group of voters other than those over 70. This is no basis for a successful electoral strategy for the longer term.

  • 9point6@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    Tbh I might be slightly too optimistic, but there’s a path where this ultimately results in the lib Dems becoming the opposition, and the Tories and reform fight over scraps.

    Tbh Labour and the LibDems should be doing what they can to highlight Farages ties to Russia and Trump—it’s like they barely mention it and instead just pander. Every day that passes, those connections become a greater threat to the country, so fucking capitalise on it and turn most of his support off him.

    There will always be that percentage of swivel-eyed wonks who’ll vote for him, but there’s a whole cohort of his current support that can apparently be swayed one way or another with the right messaging.