Tories are responsible for country’s problems
IN the late 2000s the US sub prime housing market collapsed, ushering in what became known as a worldwide credit crunch. Though Gordon Brown as Labour Prime Minister earned plaudits for what he did to keep the economy on track, he lost the subsequent 2010 General Election.
However, his Tory successor, David Cameron, only gained office through an unholy alliance with the Liberal Democrats, who have never recovered as a party from their spell in the coalition.
This ended in 2015, when Cameron obtained an overall majority. He though resigned a year later, after not getting his way in the referendum on whether Britain should or should not stay in the European Union.
Teresa May then took up residency of No.10, and in 2017 called a snap election to try and bolster Tory numbers in the Commons, and thus make it easier for a Brexit deal to be reached. But her strategy failed as a resurgent Labour party made the Conservatives lose their majority. May was therefore forced to saddle up to the Puseyite Democratic
Unionist Party in order to cling on to power.
She resigned in 2019, replaced by Boris Johnson. He went to the country later that year and gained the Tories a Parliamentary once again.
Which brings us to this year’s roller coaster state of affairs, with first Johnson and then Truss being forced out of office. As a result, we now have former Chancellor Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister.
But though the faces may have changed, what hasn’t has been the ruling party. The Conservatives have now reigned for over 12 long years, and over three years locally. So when there’s criticism over the state of the economy or the number of asylum seekers arriving by boat at Dover, there can be no passing the buck.
It is the Tories who are responsible for this country’s problems, and people need to realise this when they go to the polls, voting accordingly.