Do the Tory party want to be transformed or are they happy as they are?

Answer 1

They simply want to win the next election and are prepared to do anything that will bring them back into government.
Why else is Cameron suddenly behaving as though he can be all things to all men.
He is suddenly interested in green issues, climate change and anything else he can think of. He really must think the average voter is a gullible fool.
His latest speech in Scotland is typical. He actually told the Scots that the English should be more understanding of them. I'm Scottish and I'm puzzled as to why he would say such a thing then, I remember, there is only one Conservative MP in Scotland
He's telling everyone what he thinks they want to hear and doesn't realise the rest of us hear it as well.

Answer 2

Well the Conservative party isn't 'happy as it is' - it does realise it does have to change. It has to attract a new generation of voters and persuade the older members of the party that it has to adapt its ideas to a new environment with different priorities from the past.

I attended a Scottish meeting on Friday and it was abundantly clear in Scotland that there was a high risk that Scottish Conservatism might be wiped out by a bad winter or a leader with a tropical disease!

There were some signs of hope - Annabel Goldie's speech certainly heartened me - she comes across far better in the flesh than I have seen on television. We do now know that Conservatism generally is appealing to a much larger spread of Scottish voters but we have been painted into a corner by the SNP and Labour. Fortunately Labour and the Liberals have forged their own downfall through corruption, ineptitude and greed. The only risk is that it is the SNP might be able to use this to engineer the break up of the United Kingdom which most Scots do not want.

The issue isn't 'being transformed' I think rather than transforming ourselves - it should be an internal revolution rather than one that is foisted on us from above - like Blair's Labour. The principles that Conservatism has are correct and we should not abandon them - otherwise why would the Labour party have adopted them in the face of abandoning their own. They do have to be adapted for a new age and presented well to the electorate.

It is finally a generational change where the older members of the party have to realise that the country cannot be run in a way that just suits OAPs - it is there to represent all segments and ages in the country. They are going to find some things hard to take - but they will and do realise this has to happen. The country cannot be left in the hands of Labour and opposition is not a pleasant alternative. If they want a social club - well - I suggest they join a bowling club.

Answer 3

They have chosen an up market school twit to run the party. He could go anyway that will get votes. He has lost the respect of many Tory voters with his attacks on true conservative values. It is time someone stood up and fought for real Law and Order. Controlled Immigration. An exit from Europe. A health service that was financed properly and without 1000's of managers. National Service for kids with no jobs when the leave school. Pensions that are real. More help for schools and more discipline allowed, The basics is what is needed not a Blair clone who has no viable alternative to new Labour. I am a Tory by the way.

Answer 4

Which way can they go ? Left of Labour ? Right of Lib Dem's? They still seem to be in a quandary, copying Labour to reignite a force within. But the die-hard Tories don't want change, they have never been a peoples party, why the very name conservative, conserves the way of life for the gentry are they going to change that to ?I'd say they are happy as they are.

Answer 5

no they dont ....from a tory prspective, one can not improve upon perfection..they just want us to believe they have changed, so they can screw us again like they did in the eighties....

Answer 6

trying to get votes from the greens now.
but they have to evolve as labour stole most of their policies