The Tories have a well deserved reputation as the Nasty Party and so far in this general election campaign, as they stare at electoral devastation, they appear to have decided that the reason they are so unpopular is because they are not being unpleasant and out of touch enough. The Conservatives are the political equivalent of that bullying boy at school who courted popularity by throwing stones at a kitten.
It has come to light that the Tories had continued to accept substantial donations from Frank Hester, even after it became public knowledge that Hester had made remarks about Diane Abbott which were widely condemned as racist and misogynistic. Hester had said that seeing Abbott, Britain’s longest-standing black MP, on TV made “you want to hate all black women,” and called for her to be shot.
The Conservatives refused to return the £10 million that Hester had donated to the party with one cabinet minister claiming the comments were made half a decade ago while Michael Gove said that Hester deserved “Christian forgiveness.” It has now transpired that the real reason Gove was so keen to offer Hester “Christian forgiveness” was because his party was still proffering the collection plate and Hester had given the Tories a further £150,000 after the story of Hester’s misogynistic and racist comments about Abbott had been made public. It was confirmed this week that Hester had given a further £5 million to the Tories bringing his total donations to more than £15 million in a year. New allegations have been made that Hester has made repeated comments about race, religion and ethnicity long after the remarks he made about Diane Abbott, including in recent years. Speaking to The Guardian, two former employees of his described him talking about an individual at a hotel in 2021 and saying she was attractive for a black woman. That the Conservatives continued to take more money from Frank Hester even after his racist comments about Diane Abbott came to light, tells you everything you need to know about the lack of principles of the nasty party. Money before everything else.
With an opinion poll this week showing that Nigel Farage’s vanity vehicle, Reform, is snapping at the Tories’ heels and is polling just 2% behind them, the Tories are looking at the very real prospect of meltdown. The Nasty Party really is in a nasty panic. Hooray.
Much of the Tory party and the right wing media were incandescent with rage. Conservative commentator Tim Montgomerie slammed Sunak saying: “I think it’s political malpractice of the highest order. It’s just not dignified. It’s not the right thing to do at a fundamental level.” And that’s a Tory saying that. Even the Daily Mail laid into Sunak. Farage will be rubbing his hands with glee, Sunak has just ensured yet more former Tory voters will desert him for Farage’s Reform party.
Sunak issued an apology saying that “on reflection” it was a mistake to leave early. But if the Prime Minister and his team managed to work out today that leaving the D-Day commemorations early was a mistake, why couldn’t they work it out yesterday? Sunak wants 18 year olds to do a year of National Service but couldn’t even manage one afternoon of National Service himself. The Tory party has shot itself in the foot big time. This is Sunak’s “bigoted woman” moment. The Tories are beginning to realise that the man who lost to Liz Truss isn’t the brilliant campaigner they thought him to be.
Sunak and his miserable party deserve electoral obliteration. I just wish that Starmer could whip up a bit more energy and convince people that it really won't be a tragedy if he replaces Sunak.
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They have to be obliterated in this election. The country is on its knees whilst the Tories are living it up on the backs of the average working person. They are even more hated now than before Thatchers demise, I just hope Labour have their ducks in a row and can lift the country out of this depression.
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