What would it take for a Conservative Party election comeback?

[@BenRobinson1974]

It would take deporting all non-conservative voters to Rwanda

[@jonm7272]

Definitely their next great plan 😂

[@adblocker276]

Raising the voting age 78

[@cherylharewood6125]

If Catherine and Charles is really sick, I hope they get better. To believe anything that 'The Royal Family' say or do is impossible because their kingdom from the line of king David is a LIE/DECEPTION only Jews ✡️ can be in the line of David and the king line ended before JESUS CHRIST'S birth. I hope and 🙏 🤲 and pray every African nation and nations with people of African-descent file lawsuits for reparations from the Royal families and Western nations until the COMING AGAIN OF JESUS CHRIST.

[@vijendrapatricknaryan2637]

It makes me wonder if these people are mentally insane who want the conservatives in power after the last 14 years! What the country needs is a leader with strength and compassion, common sense. Democracy is coming to a crossroad and the uk needs a leader who can steer it to safety .

[@Woodzta]

Who do you propose?

[@truthteller6993]

You don't mean Starmer for strength and compassion? Around 30 policy U-turns in the last year alone, dropped the £28 billion green pledge (less than 2.5% of national budget) and continues with two-child benefit cap (£2800 extra to help each child per year).

[@oliverdesvaux]

Didn’t we say the exact same about Labour after Gordon Brown? 🤣 People have short memories

[@rhobatbrynjones7374]

The reason why Labour lost so disastrously in Scotland was that, during the independence referendum, Labour joined forces with the Tories in their No campaign rather than run their own. To many Labour voters, this was an absolute betrayal given people were still feeling the effects of Thatcherism on their communities, in particular her war on the miners. Labour have still to recover from this massive miscalculation on their part.

[@AllanTheBanjo]

Labour continues to work with the Tories in Scotland to this day.

[@pipoo1]

At this stage the only way for the Tories to win is Labour to decide to withdraw all their candidates. Even then I wouldn't fancy their chances against the Lib Dems and Greens.

[@harveybrown37]

Dead Party Walking

[@silondon9010]

The tories are Toast

[@ronstriebig2749]

Please turn the lights off and never darken our doors again

[@malcolmfraser7939]

Mixed metaphors never work.

[@andrewfanning3280]

Why would anyone in their right mind what the Tories to remain in power?

[@edc8388]

Mass population amnesia, and the second coming - if he arrives wearing a blue rosette. !!

[@RobbieMeadows-oz4cx]

I have a bone muscle disease . Progressive and also a " side effect " symptom is uveitis. Inflammation in my eyes. I sometimes have injections in my eyes. Today, my eye has flared . Stress is a major factor. The " talk " of changing or stopping my pip is absolutely the reason why. I understand that many people shouldn't be getting pip, and they are ruining the benefits system for the people who need it most.

[@jzno]

A time machine. 😂

[@dominicrooney5638]

Im glad these creeps find the state of the country so utterly hilarious

[@jellybean8167]

Times Radio the `Daily Express´ of Internet media!

[@Julian-zj2qy]

The spaceship pilot would have to push the "improbability drive" button for this to happen.

[@luskvideoproductions869]

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy...very nice

[@danthsmith]

we could go into a worm hole to a parallel universe where trickle down economics actually worked and Sunak could win

[@Julian-zj2qy]

@@luskvideoproductions869 👍

[@robertcreighton4635]

Pigs to fly. 🐖

[@kevinwalton4538]

I can’t stop laughing.

[@tomstoker4909]

Mass delusion.

[@TimComley]

Or people get to hear a few policies from the other lot

[@binkyboobosh1]

@@TimComley ..Business are in full support of the Labour Party whilst your lot have lost the respect, confidence and trust of the world.

[@tomstoker4909]

@@TimComley no

[@phil9582]

They lost Scotland because of Jack McConnell and attitudes like 'there is no way of leaving'

[@nigelsmith2044]

It would take a fixed election...don't rule it out

[@grahamleiper1538]

Tory comeback would require the mass release of hallucogenic drugs, thus causing vast amount of the voting public to suffer from total amnesia.

[@gawkthimm6030]

google; tactical voting stop the tories - find your local constituency and see which candidate is favored to win over the tories, so that in all possible counties the tories loose with the most seats lost, then when labour form a new government advocate for voting reform; proportional representation instead of first-past-the-post, so that the tories never can win a majority again.

[@ImranKhan-g2m4q]

THE END IS NEAR FOR THE TORIES FOR GOOD INCOMING

[@debsmith5520]

Mandelson and Starm are the Tories' best asset, not forgetting crypt dweller Blair. The longer they are around, the more public exposure, the more they are seen and heard - The less attractive 'New' 'New Labour' become.

[@martinscholes2023]

Some serious brain power on this programme. Mandelsons answer around the 22 minute mark was a masterclass in logic, reason, delivery. Great stuff.

[@johnburrows3385]

A miracle 😂

[@philbamford6957]

Pay back the 14 billion that they gave to their mates during covid.

[@lugano1999]

Why is it that this channel seems to support the Tories? The issues that get discussed all seem to be supportive of the right. Look at the title of this one, where there is an implication that the Tories could achieve a comeback. This would be on whose wishlist? Not that of some 3/4 of the British people. But it is in a lot of the British media such as Times Radio where you have a strong right-wing bias. And in most cases, it's the UK's right-wing media which is foreign-owned, such as the Times which is owned by Murdoch of course. I am no longer subscribing.

[@pedazodetorpedo]

Daniel Finkelstein has been getting a bit testy recently. Me thinks he's finally realised the Tories stand no chance and is miffed about it.

[@tonytong1182]

Need a unselfish leader!

[@1967deek]

Vote the Tories out

[@pradeepmagan6951]

Change to a MMP system of elections as this would stop Labour getting a majority

[@CT99234]

It would take Keir Starmer eating a live granny during PMQs for them to even have a chance of retaining power. I mean, if he did eat a granny, it might reduce his majority to 30?

[@rolandrothwell4840]

Mandelson is a man who wants to change the team but not the politics. Highly entitled man who's basically a Conservative

[@geoffbeattie32]

Thank you for making my question the theme for the podcast!

[@Bombadier09]

Maybe if Starmer comes out with “we’re all right “ a la Kinnock then maybe. And yet I still think looking at the numbers there is a chance the Tories could still squeak it. Labour seem too confident.

[@stevebbuk9557]

How amazing that Mandelson with impunity spouts his views on the defects of others, quite ingenuously and entertainingly, whilst having been twice sacked in his time for misdemeanours of his own making. Positioned in the forefront of the discussion, sometimes a little too gossipy for my liking, yet simultaneously remaining in the shadows is another accomplished art form, an inexplicable mystery (hence the moniker of Prince of Darkness), managing to trouser £10 million with no sign of the Greensill stigma which afflicted Lord Cameron.

[@robertreynolds2702]

A miracle.

[@majortuff]

It will take me and millions of others in the silent majority who WILL vote for the strong, stable, dependable Tory Party despite all this faux outrage from the left.

[@R-E-X-]

I thought it was Mandy 😂

[@timq8470]

Changing their name to the Labour Party - I wouldn't put it past them.

[@YemiAwoyemi]

😂😂😂

[@Glasgow_kiss]

they would be indistinguishable from each other except tie colour

[@timq8470]

@@Glasgow_kiss They are introducing a stripped red blue orange yellow green and purple tie.

[@crayontom9687]

The Times and other clown car media outlets going back to ignoring things that they do, like they did between 2010 and 2022

[@charlesbruggmann7909]

You will find that very few journalists actually take any kind of responsibility for whatever it is they wrote a few days/months/years earlier. Think of Johnson and Gove - look up the promises they made and then wonder how it is either is allowed anywhere near any kind of political power.

[@crayontom9687]

@@charlesbruggmann7909 yep, another symptom of our broken political/media culture. Not only are there no consequences for lies and blatant untruths, the people who propagate those lies and untruths get promoted to high office

[@midlandgeordie]

A miracle!!!

[@ImranKhan-g2m4q]

No comeback only out 😂😂😂

[@catmonarchist8920]

It would be war.

[@ronstriebig2749]

He could donate all his money to yhe poor

[@Glasgow_kiss]

what to do when looking for unbiased reporting is get a guest on who is in almost complete control of one partys policy and comms

[@stephenwilliams1824]

Starmer stays as opposition leader.

[@harrysynnott2379]

Integrity, honesty, decency, a genuine sense of humour, empathy, etc. These qualities would facilitate a Tory comeback, but as no Tory possesses these qualities and values, a comeback is about as likely as Sunak growing a backbone.

[@dannygriffiths7952]

Too late. It’s over.

[@roger7032]

Times will turn on a dime as soon as Labour's in power

[@redlightmax]

"Why haven't Labour fixed everything?" - Times Radio, one month after Labour wins, probably

[@charlesbruggmann7909]

REJOIN!

[@JoeWedgwood-ik9zo]

An alien invasion led by kier Starmer 😂

[@charlesbruggmann7909]

Oxford and Cambridge were quite enough for Henry VIII - who needs more?

[@noeldunford4955]

A Torie come back come on you have no chance we did not believe Tories 14 years ago and we still don't believe Tories now

[@richardneedham13]

Times Radio is so up it's pseudo middle class backside it's hilarious!

[@perilous5107]

Having a bunch of unionists discuss what they think independence voters want is pointless.

[@derekbrown3165]

But it is pointless. "Independence" is DEAD.

[@pastyman001]

Polly MacPolicy

[@rlittlewood6343]

all resign & start again

[@annepoitrineau5650]

All resign. Stop your sentence there, and forget about the tories being elected.

[@joshuachapman247]

Always a pleasure listening, I was wondering - was there ever a chance that Rishi could win or was he always doomed from the start no matter what he did?

[@rlittlewood6343]

Look for the three wise men & a miracle

[@simoningate2056]

Acid on the voting cards?

[@HughJezard-gd5lb]

4 weeks will do, sarge is Lucy's no on the Scotland Yard toilet Ask the Pm, yeah real do it 1990?

[@tommyboy87ify]

These people don't live in the real world

[@mrc1500]

15 years on the bench.

[@annepoitrineau5650]

Sorry Times Radio, but listening to Mandelson is giving me a bad case of hives. I am sure your next podcast will be worth it.

[@YaseenPatel-o1d]

Lose more seat 😂😂😂😂😂

[@MrTzimisces]

What I'm getting from this is that party memberships shouldn't vote for leaders... So who does decide? The MP's alone? Super democratic

[@knightsnight5929]

The people?

[@mohammedomar4652]

Mandelson is sinister ....always has been - he's the kind of guy that could very very easily be a tory and if stonishes me that he isn't ... although under the skin who knows

[@greebo6549]

Implement and 100% fulfill the 2019 manifesto, and put right the last fourteen years of damage

[@annepoitrineau5650]

lol

[@Hudsonfur]

We need George Galloway. Not the 2 cheeks of the same backside...

[@bc5295]

Can the Tories still win the election? Again and again and again, the same question ad nauseam. Can The Times stop with this tedious monomania?

[@Specialeffecks]

Let's look at this objectively. Just for a moment, forget about any people involved and do your OWN research: Choose your own non-biased data source to look up and compare the list of the "Top 10 Most Liberal Countries to the list of "Top 10 Most Conservative Countries. See how each country is rated for each flourishing factor: The Happiest, the Safest, the most Personal Freedom of all countries in the world. You will find that the Most Liberal Countries are also rated the Happiest, Safest, and with Most Personal Freedom - without exception. (Norway, Sweeden, New Zealand, Canada, etc.) You will also find that the Most Conservative Countries are rated Dead Last - rated Least Happy, Least Safe, and have the Least Personal Freedom - without exception. (Yemen, Iran, Sudan, Pakistan, etc.) USA is currently somewhere in the middle for flourishing factors and political ideology. Based on your OWN research now you know what is working and what to expect if your vote moves our country more towards one extreme or the other (Without Exception, More Liberal = Happier, Safer, Freer versus More Conservative - Less Happy, Less Safe, Less Free). The Only thing remaining is to decide if you prefer flourishing or not. Simple.

[@HughJezard-gd5lb]

De de de live or test. Sorry. Sir?

[@matthewcook9404]

😂😂😂

[@marcusdosh408]

Only one way that's would sunak to be replace by JESUS

[@Rancid-wd3ty]

A miracle on the scale of Jesus parting the sea would be needed.

[@redlightmax]

To be fair, it was Moses who parted the sea, not Jesus.

[@Rancid-wd3ty]

@@redlightmax good point,

[@Rancid-wd3ty]

Would be an even better point if i gave a damn.

[@nigelsmith2044]

Tories going nowhere

[@nigelsmith2044]

Wouldn't put it past em to pass a bill to extend parliamentary term

[@davidhodgson3901]

@@nigelsmith2044they could use emergency executive measures but to do that they’d need an actual emergency. Which they could initiate..

[@nigelsmith2044]

Wouldn't put it past em to concoct something...put uk on a war footing...say this is a time for stable government

[@callum1131]

"....and arts based universities"....I don't think so. Growth is through STEM subjects, not worthless arts degrees

[@annepoitrineau5650]

Are you being ironic...or out of your three brain cells? The arts bring huge amounts to the UK. STEM is also important (Maths teacher here). It is not about one or the other. It is about developing both. Don't forget: some people can choose either, as they have broad based abilities, but a lot of people whom you'd stop doing arts cannot opt for STEM as they are not that way gifted.

[@callum1131]

@@annepoitrineau5650 No one is stopping them but far more funding should be spent on STEM subjects and research. Much more beneficial to society in the long run.

[@annepoitrineau5650]

@@callum1131 You are again, opposing arts and STEM. They are undissociable. Just say that the government is not spending enough on education, whatever the subject. E.g: our current society would benefit from knowing a lot more about UK history and about world history. It would help against intolerance and against the current government and their fake patriotism. Moreover, do you realise that 10 000 years ago at least, our ancestors were already practising forms of art...as well as engineering through building. The Greeks, the HIndu Valley civilisation (to whom the Greeks and the Arabs owed the maths they gave us) did not really separate art and engineering. The government is not spending enough on education, whatever the subject. Rinse and repeat.

[@callum1131]

@@annepoitrineau5650 Another left-wing liberal teacher....*sigh* The kids have no hope.

[@mgs956]

First!!

[@Dwina5892]

Peter Mandalson Labour has no chance in coming back to Scotland. Keir Starmers interview in Scotland, especially after Starmer interview on a Scottish program. You might get thevold votevbut you wont get the YOUTH and truth Labour lost Scottish youth sfter 2014, plus Labour sound like Tories

[@silondon9010]

The snp are in meltdown

[@crowbar9566]

SNP are finished, get used to it.

[@Knappa22]

@@crowbar9566 finished? What utter guff. They’ve only just dipped under Labour in the opinion polls. And that’s after a huge surge for Labour nationwide and a very difficult whole year for the SNP. I don’t think the SNP is going away any time soon.

[@pedazodetorpedo]

​@@Knappa22did you think Humza Useless was a good leader? 😂

[@Knappa22]

@@pedazodetorpedo I don’t know what he was like. I’m not Scottish nor do I live in Scotland. I’m just looking at the poll figures and demographics data on SNP support.

[@binkyboobosh1]

Voldemort to be real and standing for the Tory Party in Chipping Norton.

[@butterflyKiss604]

I thought Johnson kicked Voldemort out of the party for being too nice