Conservatives not close to recognising โ€˜how badly placed they areโ€™, says Gauke

Former minister says Tories are ignoring heartland voters and risk losing ground to Reform in next election

The Guardian

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Not sure how easy it would be to get legislation through to override let alone abolish the sentencing council - so suspect this will die away as an issue over the next few months . If not it might put #davidgauke - who is still reviewing penal policy, #jamestimpson - the prisons minister , and even #richardhermer - the attorney general in an awkward place.

โ€œI think the Conservative party is surrendering for at least a generation, possibly for ever, its once held position as the natural party of government, the party of the middle classes, the home counties, of business.โ€

In lamenting the decline of the Tories, David Gauke gives away that they were never the party of all of England - let alone the UK.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/08/from-humiliation-to-annihilation-could-this-election-mean-the-end-of-the-tory-party-as-we-know-it
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From humiliation to annihilation: could this election mean the end of the Tory party as we know it?

Even before the events of last week, the partyโ€™s prospects were grim. Now some believe it faces a wipeout that would reshape the UK political landscape

The Guardian
[Moconomy] summarises how super wealthy backed think tanks and the ERG (party within a party) steered #Brexit after the #EURef to become the disastrous hard Brexit that the UK has today and which only a minority of wealthy elitist special interest groups will benefit from
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