Not Heath..
The Conservatives are not dead yet, they are determined to find something, anything to split the nation and make them appear as the party of safety, reason and security.
This is playing with fire and so far it is not working, thank god.
Perhaps the fact that the Home Secretary whipped up a Nazi mob on remembrance weekend and then led attacks on the peaceful pro Gaza protests means that people know that the government has lost the plot.
Yesterday it got worse with the PM holding a special government press announcement outside No. 10, warning of mob rule, and extremists undermining our “multi faith democracy”; whatever that is.
Rishi was so worried about the threat to the mother of parliaments that he did not coordinate or cooperate with any of the many other patriotic democratic parties, he did not have any policies, or even examples of mob rule, he did not even convince the police that this is a crisis; they are telling him and other politicians to stop interfering in policing decisions.
So, basically, this was politically inept posturing politics, which sounded weak and pathetic. Even worse it looked like a party political attempt to blame a few marches for the fact that the government is failing on nearly all fronts, and failing very badly.
Ted Heath once held an election during which he asked “Who is governing the country?” The country’s decision was, if you have to ask it obviously isn’t you.
All Tory PM’s want to think they are a new Thatcher or a new Churchill, but a new Heath?
Oh Rishi, poor you, not even a Macmillan or Major? Let’s face it there is a significant percentage of your party that thinks Truss was better than Heath.
Next time you want to warn the country that you are no longer in control and the mob is taking over; you might want to consider whether you want masked SAS troopers surrounding your podium, flashing police lights, a baying crowd at the gates of Downing Street and a helicopter in Horse Guards ready to fly you to a secret government bunker where you can start regaining control by declaring martial law.
Otherwise, it is probably best to keep quiet and repeat to yourself “Not Heath, please not Heath.”
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By Jonty Bloom Media