Why are the Tories in such a mess, their political machine appears to be falling apart?

Answer 1

I do enjoy these Sunday morning political knock-a-bouts. here's my answer. It is purely down to their lightweight leader, the slimy upper class Eton toff 'see through' Cameron. The 'leader' who bogged off to Africa during our islands worst peace-time disaster, remember the other one, got him, the fat bloke with a cigar, Kenneth Clarke, this Tory idiot, at the time shadow chancellor, also bogged off the Africa, handing out his firms fags, free, to African youngsters,and he''s still an MP for God's sake. No they are falling apart at he seams, MP's defecting to New Labour, rollicking's in bye elections they should be winning. People have now seen Cameron for what he really is, a typical Tory upper class twit. It's like David v Goliath, though this time David has run out of stones

Answer 2

Even Dead Cats Bounce. That's what New Labour are, a bunch of dead p*ssies. Anyone can have a honeymoon period. But when people realise that the Grumpy Scotsman is in charge, that the economy is in free fall and Labour have run out of policies (which is why they are stealing the Tories). The Conservative lead over Labour will re-emerge.

The Conservatives were never going to do that well in Sedgefield. Only this bunch of extremists did well:http://jonathanwallace.blogspot.com/2007/07/9-percent-bnp-vote.html

In Ealing Southall the Conservative started in third place. Tony Lit did a great job ensuring the Tories were not squeezed and actually boosted their share of the vote. the Liberals completely failed to catch fire. Can Labour really say they did well when they had to rely on the the murky, ethnic tribal politics of the area to survive?

Answer 3

Strength of leadership and perceived character.

Con policies are not a million miles away from Labour.

What difference are they trying to make?

All parties need to send people canvassing more.

I havent seen a delegate for years.

Get rid of the human rights act.
It is the single most impractical legislation ever.

Bring back death penalty, not for ultimate retribution, but to ease the financial burden to the tax payer for looking after convicts. Get a grip back on crime, empower the police. Make the risk of crime significantly higher.

Get a grip on local council spending, (and their own)
There are too many people working for government which are just out and out deadlegs.
An example is the gardens departments, who are supposed to cut grass and make the place beautiful.
These guys end up doing a little bit of council work and then go and do some foreigners such as block paving, with council equipment and tools. I know this happens, and there are more issues than this. Sort out the rot.

Doctors and dentists etc, we need more of them. Make it so.
We need them more than we need lying politicians.

and last but not least, immigration.
ensure that we get educated immigrants, not just the usual talentless dregs of society that we put up in high poverty areas, which starts the crime, punishment cycle all over again.


GGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Answer 4

Because the senior members of the party have little faith in Cameron not matter how right he is. Basically they want to go back to the soundings game to produce a leader. This actually have some advantage because MP's know who they have confidence in to be their leader but members only see and talk to prospective leaders once a year if that. I have reluctantly come to the conclusion that a leader of any party is best elected by it's MPs if there are enough in parliament

Answer 5

As usual they have no leader. They kicked out the last decent one John Major who for example stopped the N. Ireland troubles in his short time by his initiation of Good Friday Agreement, something no one had done before. So now they pay the price. As usual no brains.

Answer 6

They should have stuck to the idea of having ideas and policies not floundering around desperately looking to get elected. I know that might sound crazy but good policy is the key to getting elected.

I also think they have underestimated Brown and made a mistake in choosing a leader who believes aping Blair will do the trick.

I'm not a Conservative voter but do have a genuine desire to see a good opposition - I would vote Conservative if I thought they were the best party.

Answer 7

The left leaning TV media will always try to show the Tories in a bad light, and it is very easy for them to do just that. Many wont agree with this, but William Hague was the man, and he was dead right that Europe was, and still is, the most important burning issue. Again, because there are a lot of gullible people in this country, it was easy for the left leaning media to undermine him. Indoctrinating academics also continue to play their part.

Answer 8

They're not - why don't you watch Prime Minister's questions and make up your own mind - Cameron is by far the better Parliamentary performer.

The Brown 'bounce' is a media invention.

Answer 9

Their policies are just awful. Their new social polices for example (eg the reintroduction of slavery for anyone unemployed) are just nonsense.

Answer 10

Idiots, I'm crying out to vote for them but they are making it so hard.
They are trying to please everyone and not succeeding