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The Tories and apportioning the blame

The game has already started.   Some of the more idiotic members of the party are already trying to blame the fall of the Conservative Party on the back of Sunak, as if the goose was not already cooked, even overcooked beforehand.   Voters who switched from the Tories to the Reform party conveniently forgot that the "brain" behind that party was one of the "brains" of the Brexit campaign, and probably the biggest liar of the lot (thinking of you Nige).   

The truth is that whatever promisses were made by the Tories in the Brexit shitshow, doesn't matter, but the gross and absolute incompetence afterwards is proof that the old guard needed to go.  Boris, Liz and  Jacob are all gone from their constituencies.   However, the crazies will re-emerge.  Expect all three to run for the head of the party.   It doesn't matter, the Conservatives need a long vacation on the opposition bench.  The crazies will take over for the next cycle, it's guaranteed and will again suffer an electoral defeat, nowhere near as bad, but will suffer a defeat.  Labour has a solid decade to govern and to make the changes it desires.   Most are pointless, workers in the next 10 years will not require the support of the state, they stand on their own two feet, there are not enough of them.  They already have all the bargaining power they require.   

Health Care, Defence and Trade are the areas of greatest challenges.   Not education because too few British children are being born...  As our population ages (aka Me) the challenge of health care changes.  On defence with the Americans going on a navel gazing walkabout, we have to work closely with the other real powers in the region (aka The French or the French).   The new defence minister Desmond Browne is up to the task.  Keir's decision to pick him tells you how serious he is about the reform required.  Probably his most impressive coup since becoming the prime Minister.

As for Trade, making friends with Europe is a good idea, certainly better than the Tories policies of at best neglect and at worst sabotage.   The only game in town are the Yanks, and Keir is going to have to deal with them, the sooner the better.  Serious conversations with the Americans have to occur by this time next year.  It's too late now, and the Tories certainly missed the boat on that one (again).  


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