An idea for reforming the Conservative Party

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Rupert Lowe has suggested that a reformed Conservative Party could be an effective vehicle for the sorts of policies we advocate, potentially forming a government aligned with these principles.

In my view, the Conservative Party, as it currently stands, is irredeemable. Many share the sentiment that the party’s present state justifies a complete electoral rejection.

That said, a radical transformation could, in theory, enable the Conservative Party to serve as the vehicle Lowe envisions, though I consider it highly unlikely that the party would embrace such change.

To achieve this, a thorough overhaul would be necessary, including the removal of all “Lib-Dem Tories” from the parliamentary party, membership, and Conservative Campaign Headquarters (CCHQ) staff.

A possible approach to this reform could include the following steps:

  1. Appointing external leadership, such as Rupert Lowe and/or Ben Habib, to drive a new direction.
  2. Withdrawing the whip from all Conservative MPs to reset the parliamentary party.
  3. Suspending all current party members to reassess the membership base.
  4. Reinstating the whip for MPs who publicly endorse a clear set of principles, such as those outlined in the Great British Political Action Committee’s 10 Bold Aims.
  5. Allowing former members to rejoin, provided they commit to the same principles.
  6. Enforcing strict accountability, with immediate whip removal or expulsion for any deviation from these principles in word or deed.

While such a transformation is improbable, I believe the Conservative Party could work if it acknowledged its deeply tarnished reputation and consider unprecedented measures to reform and become a viable party once more.

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This would be a very useful head start for Rupert Lowe and Ben Habib, I do see the struggle that the current Tories will have by not allowing this to occur, but for our sake it could be a diamond.

Rupert and Ben to cleanse the part, realign it to be tailored to what the British people need most right now, a real conservative minded party and not some soy noodle LibDem fest, and to get down to business of being there for the people who are English/Welsh/Scottish/Irish (along with our select few other friends we got from our Empire days).

I know I am just waiting on Ben Habib’s revamp of the Integrity Party he took a hold of, and I believe it will be this month from what I thought I heard. I am too eager to see it released, I am dying internally until then.

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You are not alone. However we should keep in mind we have 3 years or so. I think it is prudent to be slow and deliberate in startup, then rapid and ferocious in execution. In that sense no news is good news. Albeit excruciating for those of us who are politically engaged.

On a side note, I cannot quite work out if either the Reform political advisors are utterly inept or if they are playing a colossal game of 4d chess. Because it seems they are begging to be dragged to the right, by leaving a giant void. Any party to fill this void could entirely own the right of politics and drag everyone in their direction.

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I am just nervous about this time scale, friend, I wonder if it is enough at times because of the chaos I can see occurring, we have Ballymena and another Northern Ireland town in unrest, so I wonder if we are at the hill and looking down all sides of which way Brits will go across the nation.

I am so curious of how many people Ben and Rupert will be able to gather when the party is running, it needs to be an immediate hefty chunk, but I do hope they speak with the other Right-wing parties, like UKIP for example, and then I know there are smaller parties that some people don’t know of fully, like Heritage party, Homeland is another but I am unsure if they would work with Ben with him being half Pakistani, but I personally look at how English Ben is because he certainly utilises his English blood and mind. I’m glad to have him with us in these dire times.

I get what you mean about the 4D chess point, there are definitely things that makes you consider it, but the constant pandering and swinging and inclusion of people that keep ruining the image of Reform, like David Bull with his new nonsense and then backtracking it like a fool, its all disingenous politician talk from Reform, unlike Ben and Rupert’s unwavering stances.
Don’t get me started on “I’ll be gone by that time” Tice, though, I’d almost accuse him of sniffing something these days.
What I came across before, is that Nigel appears to be a gatekeeper of the right, and he would sit as a Tory which he wants to be, but then when the Right-wing population call out, Nigel will swing to the right for a moment, lull the right for a second and then return to center, and then will cater to the media. He just is insufferable with all of this.

Claire from GBPAC put out that one letter calling out Reform for discriminating reform members if they interacted with GBPAC I think, which is just stupid of their party, they just keep alienating themselves from anyone.
As Nigel would say “I wouldn’t fall out with people, people would fall out with me!”, like, so its a Nigel thing, and we know he’s backstabbed the majority of the Brexit party before hitting it with a wrecking balls. What is his mentality, it seems rather obnoxious and uncooperative.

Sorry for my side tangent there.

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Just read through some of the various conversations on this thread. I think Nigel Farage is more right wing than he lets on but is playing moderate because he thinks it will win him the election. He wants to win more than stand up for his values, and doesn’t appear to be running the party in a democratic way, which is concerning. The Conservative party has a good structure, just needs to be revitalised by the right leadership than can bring a bit more competence, integrity and loyalty back to politics. The party isn’t currently electable, and I think we all know the right people for the job. If Farage stays in the middle then the Conservatives should take back the right.

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Heyup, I want to believe this from Nigel, and that he is somehow secretly actually there for us as I have thought about it as well. He has assisted in some wiggles of the Overton window, but then he does some odd stuff and gets peculiar people in that push the narrative in all kinds of directions, and I now admit that I am a person that is done with the rope pull gag and just want a party with a solid stance and traction surrounding them.

I get it though, but I am keeping that party at more than an arms distance away, and I will watch and criticise them and their moves at every time, especially when one of them says “we are an island of immigrants”, that one adds salt.