Just Monday
Just when you think the Tory party has reached rock bottom they have Liz Truss give a packed out speech at their own conference, attended by the leader of another political party, Nigel Farage, who is hailed as a hero. 60 backbenchers even join a pro Truss group, maybe they should call themselves the 2022 Committee, after the glorious reign of one Liz Truss.
But it gets worse, the Transport Secretary then announced that he will fight 15 minute Cities with all his might and power.
15 minute Cities are the idea that all your shops and amenities should be with an easy 15 minute walk or cycle ride of where you live. What a nice idea, you might think.
But now the Tory government is supporting the far right, conspiracy theorists’ mad idea that they are actually a plan to create ghettos you can’t leave, limit how many trips to the shops you are allowed and monitor your every step.
Thus in one speech allying themselves with the kind of nutters who think Trump is a dangerous Democrat, that the UN is part of a world wide Jewish conspiracy to oppress the white majority and that the state is out to destroy them.
But, hey, they may be some votes in it, so that is OK.
As I often say, if you tried to write a novel or a play in which this happened no one would publish it on the grounds that it was impossible and implausible . But here we have the Tory party annual conference, celebrating the worst PM in British political history, lauding the leader of another party and pushing far right loony conspiracies so they can promise to fight them.
And that was just on Monday.
Economics, trade and Brexit, not necessarily in that order but the dog always comes first.
By Jonty Bloom Media