Pauline von Hellermann

Quite an interesting, and damning, piece here by Richard #Walker, CEO of #Iceland, of why he is no longer a #Conservative. I have never had that much time for Conservative environmentalism but its disaffection with #Tories is real:

the realisation that Conservatives are not conserving anything [other than their own class/personal interests]

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/oct/01/as-a-business-leader-i-can-no-longer-support-the-tory-party

As a business leader, I can no longer support the Tory party

Iceland’s chairman on the current government’s relentless undermining of Britain – and why he ditched his ambition to be a Conservative MP

The Guardian
Oct 1, 2023 at 7:37amWeb
Show threadRobert TuckOct 1, 2023
@pvonhellermannn working link:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/oct/01/as-a-business-leader-i-can-no-longer-support-the-tory-party?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
As a business leader, I can no longer support the Tory party

Iceland’s chairman on the current government’s relentless undermining of Britain – and why he ditched his ambition to be a Conservative MP

The Guardian
Show threadPauline von HellermannOct 1, 2023
@MatryoshkaLimit ah, thank you! Have rectified
Show threadinaforestOct 1, 2023
@pvonhellermannn why was he a Conservative at all ffs
Show threadPauline von HellermannOct 1, 2023
@inaforest yes..
Show threadAdlangxOct 1, 2023
@pvonhellermannn Did this guy never know what conservatism was about? I mean, come on.
Show threadghost_shitOct 1, 2023
@pvonhellermannn The only thing they care about conserving is their own wealth.
Show threadMartha LemertOct 1, 2023
@pvonhellermannn
Other than a white, Christo-fascist patriarchy, they are conserving nothing.
Show threadAlx 🐈Oct 2, 2023
@pvonhellermannn reading 'CEO of Iceland' feels really weird. For a moment I thought that we totally transformed countries into corporations.
Show threadAlx 🐈Oct 2, 2023
@pvonhellermannn tbh, I struggle to empathise with him. I mean, when I read: 'I also believed, as an environmentalist, that conservatism went hand-in-hand with conservation', I can stop but thinking 'Man, it's not the Conservative that have changed, it's you being delusional all time, because you are a rich white entrepreneur that in the end loves capitalism no matter what'
Show threadPauline von HellermannOct 2, 2023
@alx yes
Show threadGrantOct 2, 2023

@alx @pvonhellermannn

That and the sentence that preceded it, plus the fact that he wants to be a politician, shows quite clearly how little he understands, even about himself ... although ... at least he has become aware, partially, of his lack of understanding.

"Because I believed, as a business creator, owner and manager, that the Conservatives were the natural party of free enterprise"

Show threadBaron Woke of CarlsbergOct 2, 2023
@alx @pvonhellermannn I had the exact same thought.
Show threadGrumpy PhilosopherOct 2, 2023
@pvonhellermannn I burst out laughing when I heard him say that he‘d thought the Conservatives were the party of business and the environment during an interview this morning. He comes across as unbelievably naive.
Show threadSteve WoodsOct 2, 2023
@SteveCooke @pvonhellermannn CONservatives - the party for the hard of thinking...