Re: Joy of this, Joy of that

On Sat, 7 Dec 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 07/12/2024 10:43, D wrote:

This sounds plausible. I predict 4 difficult years with Starmer and socialism.
After that, if the Tories have bright and flexible minds, there will be a
coalition between Tories and Farage, and UK will be where sweden is now with a center government supported by the nationalist sweden democrats.

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I pretty much agree with that.
The tories had forgot to be conservative, and so they got kicked out. The socialists are predictably beyond incompetence, and in 4 years time they will go.
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I am not sure what the outcome will be but the country needs, wants, and will ultimately vote for, an end to wokeness and political ideology and a return to some sort of competent management...
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Kemi Badenoch is making all the right noises for the Tories, but can she repair the damage?

I'd say it depends on how much of a fighter she is. She needs to kick out the old guard, and start afresh. She also needs to balance and respect the wishes of Farage. the swedish coalition has lasted more than 2 years now, and that coalition includes the swedish (socialist) liberal party who are so afraid of losing their seats (and money) in a new election, that they have been bullied to "shut up" by the nationalists. They have 2.8% and the nationalists have about 20%, so they are always saying "let's do it, let's have an election and see if you will last". This threat is remarkably effective at stopping the (socialist) liberal party from toppling the coalition.