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Late but:

HeroicCrono posted...

I really don't get what the Tories are doing. No attempt to correct course on the things that voters might want, including conservative ideas like lower taxes that they somehow haven't done after many years in power. Instead they push incredibly dumb ideas like banning smoking and declaring Rwanda safe by fiat.

Well first of all they tried lowering taxes and it trashed the economy which is part of what put them in this situation. They are also in the position now where they cant cut taxes without spending cuts, which are absolutely unconscionable to voters. They also dont even know what they want any more because Sunak has no control of his party and its just a bunch of people trying to push in their preferred direction. And critically Johnson doomed the party by throwing out nearly everybody sensible in 2019 and sending it much more to the right and depriving it of talent.

Most importantly though, at this stage it doesnt actually matter what the Tories do because people have just stopped listening. They had plenty of chances and the country got worse every time they did anything. Frankly Im not sure voters under the age of about 50 will ever forgive them.