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Another joining the queue to leave the sinking ship. How very British of them ๐
With this many MPs standing down, its going to cause a big shift Tory party itself. What sort of person is going to want to stand for the party now?
There has already been a big shift and a brain drain from the Tory party. Literally no one is competent enough for the Foreign Sec job so Dave has to come back.
The purges of Boris et al are adding up to a psychotic shift to the right and pure populism. Your David Gaukes, Rory Stewart's etc. all forced out. Teresa May is a least not a psycho, but that doesn't mean you have to agree with her. You can understand why she acts the way she does.
Nigel is going to make sure the shift to the right is permanent. They will be the Fox News GB edition party.
With the Tories, gone is the time you could say "you know what I completely disagree with what you are saying but I completely understand why you are saying it.".
I think Guy Fawkes had a lot of good ideas.
Tbf to them, she is a pensioner now and probably just wants to retire. Lots of others leaving are much younger though and clearly aren't fans.