Another double whammy in recent UK local elections paints an increasingly dire picture for the Conservative Party’s hopes in the next general election, and points to a potential change of government that could propel left-wing Labor to power. ing.
“The Conservative Party has forgotten what it means to be conservative!” Thomas Corbett Dillon, a former adviser to then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson, told Fox News Digital.
“People have given up,” he says. “The people are tired of voting for politicians who refuse to do what the people want!”
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has urged voters to “unite” as the Conservative Party faces an increasingly likely future in which Labor and its leader, Keir Starmer, come to power at the next general election in 2024. ” and appealed to them to support the party.
British voters elect opposition MPs in special election, shaking conservative power
Two by-elections held this week saw the Conservatives lose and Labor win. This is the latest in a trend that has seen similar changes in many elections over the past few months.
Since July 2023, eight by-elections (where a seat in the House of Commons becomes vacant during the general election) have been held in the UK. The Conservatives lost six of those elections, Labor won five and the Liberal Democrats won one. In the seventh election, the Scottish National Party lost its seat to Labor. The Conservative Party retained just one seat in these elections.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak answers an interview at Murray’s RAF Lossiemouth, Lossiemouth, Scotland, December 18, 2023. The Prime Minister visited a Scottish military base and praised the achievements of his soldiers. (Jeff J. Mitchell – WPA Pool/Getty Images)
Polling data from the past few years shows that Labor’s popularity has increased, with a switch in support at the end of 2021. The gap only widened as the Conservatives suffered a leadership merry-go-round and a series of scandals. Not even the notorious “non-stick” Boris Johnson could survive.
British Secretary of State for Defense Grant Shapps told FOX News Digital in a recent interview that he didn’t give much weight to polls, saying that in 2015, 2016 and 2017, including the Brexit vote, polls influenced results. He gave false examples and claimed he saw little about Labor that appealed to voters.
Britain’s Rochdale candidate loses Labor support over anti-Semitic remarks but remains on the ballot
Mr Shapps said: “Our Labor leader was trying to take us out of NATO just a few years ago and was supporting the Labor leader at the time who wanted to abandon nuclear disarmament.” “Voting Conservative means keeping your country safe – protecting your home and your family.”
Corbett-Dillon disagreed with Shapps’s optimistic view, arguing instead that the Conservative Party had lost its way and could no longer deliver what voters wanted.
The number of asylum seekers traveling to the UK has increased over the past few years, with 45,000 expected to arrive in 2022, the government said. (Reuters)
“This is not going to move people from conservative to liberal,” Corbett-Dillon argued. “In this election, left-wing candidates received no more votes than last time, but Conservative candidates lost nearly 30,000 voters.”
“Just like in America, politicians refuse to address this immigration crisis,” he said. “Boats arrive on our shores every day and they do nothing to stop it. In fact, when a boat gets into trouble they send the Royal Navy to rescue them! ”
UK parliamentary rights watchdog calls out plan to send migrants to Rwanda in violation of human rights
“We voted to leave the EU nearly eight years ago and nothing has changed,” Corbett-Dillon lamented. “The people want something different than the globalists, and they are working behind the scenes to control the people.”
Corbett Dillon highlighted Liz Truss’ short reign. She resigned within two months of taking over her government following a controversial budget proposal, but her departure was all but certain. Corbett Dillon said Britain currently had “an unelected leader that no one votes for and no one likes”.
The House of Commons narrowly approved a measure to send illegal immigrants to Rwanda. (British Parliament, via AP)
Following Thursday’s results, Labor flipped the Conservative stronghold seat in Wellingborough. Conservative activists claim candidate Helen Harrison was burdened too much as the partner of a former minister who was punished for bullying staff.
“None of us wanted to campaign in Wellingborough. We couldn’t face the need to justify our choice of candidate,” one campaigner told the Guardian on Friday.
UK Defense Secretary highlights AI as key to boosting security against China’s ambitions
The Guardian also reported that turnout in both by-elections was low, with just 37% in Kingswood and 38% in Wellingborough, compared to the mid-40s in last year’s by-election. also pointed out.
The Reform Party, a revamped version of Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party, saw a 13% increase in support in Wellingborough, accounting for a third of the Conservatives’ losses, with Labour’s only losses Analysts point out that this means that this is not the cause. Despite the historic victory, he insists it will give Starmer something to chew on.
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
Mr Farage, who led the Brexit issue and helped engineer the country’s departure from the European Union, said that if given a choice, Conservative members would vote for Mr Farage as leader rather than Mr Sunak following the by-election results. He insisted that he would.
He also claimed in an interview with BBC Radio 4 that voters felt “disappointed” and “betrayed” by the government, believing Labor would win the next election and that his Reform Party He added that he aims to “win the subsequent elections as well.”
