Calling all Tories. Why do you Tory?

[Saddleworth2]

i work hard
i run a business
i don't cadge
i don't have a 50 inch tv.
i don't want something for nothing .

All very admirable traits (except the tv) but not intrinsically linked to voting Tory.

 

[Saddleworth2]

I voted Tory once when I believed it was the surest way to keep Scotland in the EU and Union. Boy was I foolish.

 

[Rascal]

Is your thesis based on people with a political ideology that are not open to understanding why others may think and vote differently than yourself?
Send me a copy sounds interesting, although I won’t read it as I have already decided I don’t agree.

No, I want to know why people vote Tory, up to now there has been few answers as to why.

I want to understand what influences people have and why they vote for the Tories as a result. I.E Are they Hayekians, neo-liberals, Burkeans, is Adam Smith their influence.

I have loads of reasons which I have stated here many times as to why i am on the left of politics. Up to now I have heard on this thread few reasons why people vote as they do.

 

[Rascal]

Did Maggie circulate with Peter Rachman ?

Possibly.

 

[Bluemanc100]

< means less than.

Correct 10/10... They won the seat by less than 100 votes

 

[Rascal]

Catalonia - perfect. I shall find a highly political forum and post incessantly about sport in Venezuela and how Witton Albinos bar prices have gone up.
Seriously if l lived where you did it would be to escape British politics and posting about them even on a politics forum would be the last thing l would want to do.
Come to rainy UK and l will look after your house in Paderne.

Witton Albinos, are they an all white team? :))

I live in Cheadle, I stay in Paderne when I can. BTW Paderne has a Communist councillor. I am currently in Cheadle enjoying the rain and looking forward to watching the true love of my life MCFC tomorrow on the box.

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

Correct 10/10... They won the seat by less than 100 votes

And that's a "safe seat"?

 

[Rascal]

And that's a "safe seat"?

Your username is fantastic.

I love Lego

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

No, I want to know why people vote Tory, up to now there has been few answers as to why.

I want to understand what influences people have and why they vote for the Tories as a result. I.E Are they Hayekians, neo-liberals, Burkeans, is Adam Smith their influence.

I have loads of reasons which I have stated here many times as to why i am on the left of politics. Up to now I have heard on this thread few reasons why people vote as they do.

Voting tory doesn't necessarily make you a "Tory". I think the majority of people vote for the party they think will either:

a) make Britain slightly better
b) not make Britain a lot worse

Radical ideas don't resonate well with a largely risk-averse electorate and Labour got that badly wrong with the last two leaders and talk of Marxism, suspicious alliances (eg IRA) and all that, whether true or not. Starmer is better but he comes across as very negative as does Lisa Nandy and pretty much anyone else who represents them. Whilst this is understandable with Brexit and Covid, they have to concentrate on their image or they'll not get back in next time either.

As for heroes, I'd struggle to name many politicians but one thing I would say is that I am wary of any politician who describes themselves as a follower of any -ism.

 

[SWP's back]

Correct 10/10... They won the seat by less than 100 votes

How is it a safe seat if it was won by less than 100 votes?