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Let’s take a closer look at some of the foundational ideological positions that the @Conservatives publicly claim to support, & how their actions & policies all too often run in complete & total contradiction to them.
They claim to support free speech - but criminalise protest & control what charities can say & do publicly in the 12-month run-up to elections.
They claim to be against ‘red tape’ - but gave Ukrainian asylum seekers a 100-page form to complete.
They claim to support a 'free press' - but support, appease & fear foreign billionaire Rupert Murdoch, who owns swathes of the UK right-wing media, non-dom billionaire Jonathan Harmsworth, who owns the Daily Mail, & non-dom billionaire Frederick Barclay who owns the Telegraph.
They claim to support democracy - but removed the independence of the Electoral Commission, introduced Voter ID, disenfranchising up to 3 million voters despite just 8 cases of in-person voter fraud & place donors into roles leading some of Britain’s institutions such as the BBC.
They claim to support the rule of law - but unlawfully prorogued parliament, introduced legislation enabling the Govt to overrule judicial review findings that challenge their agenda, unlawfully broke the COVID rules & unlawfully sent untested people into care homes.
They claim to support human rights - but have announced plans to radically undermine them.
They claim to support the #NHS - but they have strong links to private healthcare providers & in 2019/20 NHS commissioners spent £9.7 billion on services delivered by the private sector.
They claim that free-market capitalism drives standards up - but since Brexit, food, animal welfare, & safety standards have fallen.
They claim to represent the ‘will of the people’ - but go against the wishes of 96% of respondents to a consultation about the future of Channel4.
They claim to believe in mutual respect & tolerance of others - but relentlessly demonise as “woke”, ‘activist lawyers’, academics, Doctors, teachers, the BBC, the RNLI, the National Trust, & anyone offering a balanced view of the British Empire or treating asylum seekers fairly.
They claim to believe in social mobility & ‘levelling up’ - but they disproportionately cut funding to non-Tory Councils & local authorities & allowed the wealth of Britain’s richest 1,000 people to increase by half a trillion pounds since 2009.
They claim to be the party of low taxation – but announced tax rises worth 2% of GDP in just two years – the same as Tony Blair & Gordon Brown did in ten.
They claim to be patriotic - but refused to condemn supporters booing the England team.
They claim Britain is a kind & welcoming country - but go against international refugee conventions & international law to unlawfully & immorally send asylum seekers to one of the most authoritarian & antidemocratic countries on earth.
They claim to be against ‘cancel culture’ - but banned charities from publicly criticising Government in the 12-month run-up to elections & introduced legislation which means journalists can be jailed for up to 14 years for stories embarrassing the Government.
They claim to be about decency & integrity - but constantly lie to the British people, demonise non-Tory politicians & public figures with grotesque smears, knowing mislead parliament often & are serial breakers of the Ministerial Code.
Finally, they claim to - & are supposed to - act in the interests of all the British people - but they prioritise the interests of their wealthy - often Russian oligarch - donors & focus almost exclusively on appeasing the 29% of the UK electorate who voted for them in 2019.
Forget to mention they claim to be the party of family values - but they're led by a serial sexist cheat with who-knows how many children, have multiple MPs embroiled in sexual harrassment allegations, & now we hear No10 had a 'sexist of the year' award at an unlawful xmas party.
They also claim to be 'tough' on drugs & drug users, often announcing 'crackdowns' - but senior Tories have themselves used drugs: Boris Johnson has tried cocaine & cannabis; Hunt, Leadsom, Raab, Hancock & McVey all smoked cannabis; Rory Stewart, opium; & Michael Gove - cocaine.
Thank you so much for reading, & for all the wonderful feedback, which I really appreciate. 🙏
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