Conservatives 'diving into existential crisis' | Ben Houchen
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Published 2024-07-07
Restoring public trust over ideological infighting should be the road ahead for the Tories, argues Conservative Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen.
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All Comments (21)
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Try public service instead of self service?
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"How did we lose trust?" says Boris Johnson superfan. Absolute mystery.
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Houchen should be in jail. Selling off to his mates at Ā£1 per acre, then renting it back at a profit is corruption.
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You went wrong when you stopped doing what the people want.
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It takes self-awareness and introspection to have an existential crisis. The Tories have neither.
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Selling public land to your mates for a Ā£ an acre played its part!
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Worst government of my lifetime.
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Tax the Rich.
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I'm no expert, but appointing a lettuce to run the economy just did not make any sense to me. A cucumber would have been a far wiser choice in my opinion. But i'm no expert.
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You had like 5 prime ministers. You did not do what you said your were going to do. People do not like hypocrites.
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Hoping that Labour launch a proper enquiry into Teesport/Houchen, unlike the one carried out by Michael Goveās department..
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The arrogance of this man.
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Dear me. Houchen in denial about why the Tories lost the election. Iāll start with the hopeless campaign, which compared to Labourās vote efficiency maximisation, was a disaster. And the rise of the far right in Reform, was in no small part to the Tories using immigration as a culture war, instead of trying to fix it properly.
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The fact the Tories donāt realise whyā¦.lolā¦.because they kept lying about immigration.
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People didn't flock to Labour like in 97 because its current leader is not a narcissistic showman. When things have got as bad as they are, all it takes is someone who seems competent and interested in how the population actually lives.
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The Tories delivered on Brexit, which had every horrible aftereffect every economist said it would.
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Corruption at the Tees freeport , the pollution it caused ,the mass shell fish die -off ,coverup and the lies didn't help .
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I was happy to listen/watch until he said the party should not have got rid of boris, now I just can't take him seriously as boris was a symptom of the party's inner rottenness!
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Bye bye Tories šš š
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I bet he's now soiling himself that Labour will do some investigating into his dealings
