World's Most Successful Political Party Facing Total Extinction [View all]
A crucial difference between the dinosaurs and Britains ruling Conservative Party is that the dinosaurs had no way of knowing the asteroid was coming. For the Tories, portents of doom abound, with some polling suggesting that an extinction-level event of catastrophic political losses could be on the way in the next general election. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has signaled that hell call the election in the second half of the year, and it can legally come no later than January 2025.
With his party trailing the opposition Labour Party by over 20 points, most pundits expect the election will be the end of Tory rule. But will it be the end of the Conservative Party altogether?
Lawmakers will get an early, if imperfect, indication of whether or not a Tory Götterdämmerung is in the making on Thursday, when local elections are held across England and Wales. The complex and varied ballotswhich include elections for thousands of local council seats, several regional mayors, and law enforcement officialswill not affect the makeup of the British Parliament and therefore pose a direct threat to Sunaks grip on power. But some Tories fear this could be where the unraveling of the worlds oldest operatingand electorally most successfulpolitical party begins.
This is the first of two stages of Conservative annihilation, one former Conservative minister tells The Daily Beast, the second being the general election when it arrives. People have completely switched off and have become unpersuadable. Theyve made up their mind and they just want the nightmare to be over.
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