Sirens Luring Conservative Party to the Rocks

 

I was drawn to Nick Timothy (no wonder he parted company with Theresa May) in the Telegraph today who endorsed my view, yesterday, on the danger of listening to the siren voices, recently liberated, post Cummings.  Timothy believes that those who seek a reversion to comfortable Conservatism:

“want to avoid the culture war, accepting instead of resisting extreme identity politics – from transgenderism to theories of structural racism – that divide society and destroy trust and reciprocity.  And they recommend a new political emphasis, not on jobs or financial security for ordinary families but on climate change and other issues that gnaw at the conscience of the high-consuming and socially self-segregating rich.”

It is a ghastly prospect that will stop the Conservative Party being re-elected in 2014.  For goodness sake, in the midst of Covid and economic calamity it’s the economy, stupid, that matters.  Red Wall voters will be much more concerned about their job in January (2021) than tree-hugging signalling from bleeding-heart Tories.  Equally concerning, in the short term, another chunk of loyal Conservative voters will be listening to the mouth music from Brussels with great care – just exactly what did David Frost mean when he said he will not be changing the policy?