Asking the new safest Tory seat why they STILL voted Conservative | Extreme Britain

[@IMelkor42]

"I want hospitals and doctors" Why did you vote Tory, then?

[@factstrumpprejudice6740]

I spent too many of my years knocking on doors asking folks about their voting choices. The one lesson I learned was that people vote against things not for things. If you listen to Tory voters the first thing they always say is labour this and labour that. The UK media is bought and paid for and is functioning exactly as intended.

[@juliewake4585]

Yes they’ve done really well for the NHS over the last fourteen years haven’t they?

[@isthereanybodyoutthere9397]

And of course she isn't interested in a free Palestine. She gave us her religion beforehand.

[@timonsolus]

@@factstrumpprejudice6740: Yes. The UK’s First Past The Post electoral system is designed to encourage people to vote against things instead of for things. It’s an adversarial system. And the media is also about encouraging adversarial feelings, because it’s profitable for them.

[@Kwippy]

Because to her it's more important to kick John foreigners out.

[@NickMusselle]

Unbelievably they admit the Tories have messed the country up and still vote for them.

[@simplesimonhadapie]

Yep the country is sh1t but I want more of the same while complaining about the causes they told me to blame. I am sure she thinks of herself as a critical thinking voter

[@meenasingh676]

As long as she’s been well locked Everyone else can f**k off!!!!!

[@mansnotbot4160]

Because they've been walled off from a lot of it. They're property prices have soared, they haven't gone hungry.

[@simplesimonhadapie]

@@mansnotbot4160 maybe not but maybe if they informed themselves with sources trying to educate them rather than feed their prejudice we might be able to use the superior numbers we have to stop more kings evolving to rule us under right wing oligarchy

[@archvaldor]

@@simplesimonhadapie "Yep the country is sh1t but I want more of the same " Equally true of Labour voters.

[@SlinkShady]

"I want hosptials, doctors, get an appointment locally" completely oblivious to the fact that there aren't hospitals, doctors, and appointments thanks to the party you voted for. The level of cognitive dissonance is astounding.

[@HenryDisfunny]

Ed is such a great interviewer. Never inserts himself too much and always prompts/asks the right question at the right time without it feeling abrasive. Actually encourages people to explain themselves. Awesome work Ed!

[@david1731048]

Handy as well that most Tory voters usually dig a massive hole for themselves whilst speaking without any prodding from him!

[@diabl2master]

He's definitely really good at this sort of thing

[@FlbcImp]

Worried about what Labour would do after 14years of Tory mismanagement,astonishing.

[@daftgowk1]

It's Stockholm syndrome at this point

[@Thegreyreaperuk]

Scary isn't it.

[@raquetdude]

Harrow had a Labour council between 2014-2022…

[@frishter]

Given their start, seems like they were right. If only they voted reform.

[@FlbcImp]

It was Tory austerity that decimated local government spending.

[@AldHuxl]

"by post" was the perfect response.

[@roybennett206]

Jesus, if this shallow level of thinking and selfishness on display is widespread across England then its decline is permanent and irreversible. The depth of ignorance, lack of education, degree of selfishness and lack of awareness of how thier choices will come back and bite them and others in ways they seem utterly incapable of seeing, is truly frightening.

[@anthonydebski5814]

Indeed so.....NONE of these interviewed have EVER left the bloody VILLAGE!!

[@tobylerone4285]

Nah don’t worry, the people of Harrow East are just especially thick

[@andiidoode]

@@tobylerone4285 obnoxiously thick

[@TheMadManGagisd]

This is North UK thing. They lack in education.

[@fredatlas4396]

​@@tobylerone4285 Or especially wealthy, selfish and very shortsighted

[@MoonatikYT]

the fact that people in this video were saying "Labour wont stop talking about freeing Palestine" when starmer and co. were most certainly were not talking about freeing palestine goes to show that labour's attempts to appeal to these people by lurching right isnt going to work in the long term. a certain chunk of the voters are always going to see labour as "loony left", no matter what labour does to change.

[@mansnotbot4160]

My parents live here. There's a huge Asian, particularly Indian, population there. They've voted Blackman for a while. It has nothing to do with Sunak being Asian. It's has more to do with people being relatively well off. And also one of the contributors is correct: Bob Blackman is very good at what he does. Labour tend to wheel out a brown candidate and hope for the best. But Blackman is more present and knows how to twerk for rich Hindus.

[@tobylerone4285]

Spot on

[@Sensiking19]

Goes to show comrades aren't determined by the colour of your skin

[@czarkusa2018]

Indians always vote right wing, they also believe they're not the immigrants people are repulsed by lol.

[@czarkusa2018]

@@Sensiking19 I've never met a dark lefty, have you?

[@Sensiking19]

@@czarkusa2018 As in dark skinned?

[@uksubversion]

Very strange people live in England.

[@jjboswell5043]

That's putting it mildly

[@gloin10]

Strange, as in slightly eccentric? Or strange as in utterly clueless, nostalgic and utterly up themselves?

[@CLAUDIAMORT]

@@gloin10the latter.

[@andiidoode]

@@gloin10 the second thing 😅

[@uksubversion]

@@gloin10 Neither. I chose my words carefully because I didn't want to be offensive.

[@Mightypi]

Oi Ed, when you asked "do you feel sorry for your sons genooration", thats a top shelf question. good on you lad

[@stujujitwingfut5192]

Generation

[@Tyronasaurus96]

Voting against your own interests. So sad.

[@jimstoner6884]

They are not voting against their own interests. They are voting for the thing that interests them the most. Their racism bigotry and xenophobia.

[@frishter]

@@jimstoner6884 Leftists hide their bigotry behind political correctness. They get to judge others and appear virtuous doing so.

[@JohnPark-xf2gq]

And they all think that they will all soon be billionaires just as soon as their luck changes and maybe they will be invited to bob blackmail dinner parties.

[@gingetomassi8153]

The woman who voted for the Green Party seems nice.

[@l4zrh4wk]

The only one with half a brain cell

[@DJMorillo-e7f]

Her saying she voted Green because no one did and it's worth giving them a chance actually gave me a little hope 😅

[@neon_jam1127]

Hope she got her fanny sorted out in the end

[@paul8161]

Typical tory , self-centered to the max..screw everyone else look after me, sums up the tory party and its supporters.

[@WildcraftBritain]

Individual over community is many cons stated aim 😮 always has been…

[@ItsSafehands]

"I'm Jewish - I'm not interested in free Palestine'' genius. lol.

[@0yko]

She did also said she wasn't interested in Israel.

[@tdh1990]

​@@0yko she wasnt interested in diversity either..

[@bnzss]

What point are you making?

[@ItsSafehands]

@@bnzss it's a quote.

[@shairafaiza7261]

She used being Jewish as a reason for not giving a damn about an apartheid state who’s actively committing a genocide. Offensive.

[@maxdasilvawillis6081]

That first woman ~ to me, a prefect example of a true selfish conservative voter. I’m alright jack. She doesn’t care about Palestine or diversity. She makes me physically sick.

[@nicjfrancis]

Correct. Happy to see places that are not the UK at war or crumble. Then get angry when immigrants come over. Makes no sense.

[@alanprice6399]

Stockholm syndrome

[@marvinbrando722]

Totally

[@LoneSheWolf09]

That’s what I been saying for the longest time too

[@thomasgould9942]

Irony being labour proved them right on lots of their points within 30 days. Even if they should not have voted conservatives. Attacking freedoms while not contributing anything in return. Both parties were a wasted vote. Maybe if everyone voted for 3rd parties. We would have had proportional representation and a better country as a result.

[@evonne_o]

Totally.

[@evonne_o]

​@@thomasgould9942what you are talking about? Get help.

[@travisroth]

This is utterly fucking depressing. I know I'm terminally online, and care too much about politics, but the complete lack of understanding/empathy about anything further away from their frame of reference than the borough border, is heartbreaking.

[@tobylerone4285]

I canvassed for Labour in this constituency. One of the most soul crushing experiences I ever had. The worst part was, they all lied and said they “didn’t know” who they’d vote for, even though it was patently obvious they were tories

[@travisroth]

@@tobylerone4285 good for you making the effort! At least if they shout their selfish bullshit with their full chests, you know where to tell them to shove it. Such a lowlife move to be sly about it/try and veil their prejudices with acceptable language.

[@tobylerone4285]

@@travisroth one dude on polling day told me he’d voted Labour, then as I walked away he said “hang on, actually, I voted Tory. Sorry”. I replied; “don’t apologise to me, apologise to your kids” He said: “what are your plans?” “You’ll find out tomorrow.” Then I started walking away and he started shouting at me for not listening to him, “just like the rest of Labour”. I politely informed him that I had to go and speak to people who’s votes were still available. Was my favourite interaction in a horrific campaign

[@DavoInMelbourne]

‘I like Boris Johnson because he reminded me of Donald Trump.’ I’m so glad I left the UK 13 years ago. I’ve never been back and certainly don’t intend to.

[@notknown6605]

Where did you go?

[@DavoInMelbourne]

@@notknown6605 it doesn’t really matter where i went, you need to dyor to see where you could find work and live. Pretty much anywhere would be a better move than living in the UK. It’s staggering to see how much damage the Tories have done.

[@markhayward7400]

It astonishes me that people should be so willing to identify themselves as morons on camera.

[@hodor6159]

"I did like Boris Johnson, he reminds me of Donald Trump..." Blimey

[@JohnPark-xf2gq]

That's because they are identical twins and relatives of Damien from the omen film.

[@Ploplox]

He says he wants stable leadership then name drops Boris the least stable person in politics haha

[@veramentestanco]

​@@JohnPark-xf2gq😂

[@Joey-ct8bm]

If Trump was president of the UK. There would be no NHS and just calling a ambulance would set you back 2000 pounds.

[@Vojem]

"Oh no, woke is so scary, people being treated fairly is so scary, standing up for human rights is so scary! Instead, I'll vote for someone who will restore the NHS! You know! The Conservatives!"

[@somerandomblokeybloke6033]

Highest proportion of "I'm alright, Jack" voters

[@MrLaking123]

they live in a village like in the prisoner there deluded

[@oliverraven]

Portmeirion is in a seat that was a Plaid Cymru hold last month mate.

[@ramatgan1]

Net Immigration under the Tories in 2024 is 900,000+. In 2010 under Labour was 252,000.

[@ColinUTD]

Another place I'll never go, you need to have had a labotomy to continue voting Tory at the last election and I'm not saying you had to vote Labour instead but just surely you'd have the mind to vote for anyone but the Tories.

[@abigailmurray5897]

Careful now, the Tories might try and get you to have a private healthcare lobotomy. No socialist woke-NHS lobotomies here! /s

[@babylon_bob]

Depends how you look at that, I had a local Tory MP who won us 40 Million pounds in levelling up funding...more than any previous 100 years worth of Labour MPs had managed in the same constituency. Labour retook the seat and have stripped the working class town of 10 million of that funding. So in some way I can fully fully relate that voting for this magical Labour is not going to work from everyone.

[@KungFuWizardOfJesus]

@@babylon_bob The problem is that Conservatives cut funding from everywhere else. Your constituency needed the Levelling up funding probably due to Thatchers disasterous policies in the eighties.

[@Jonnyonthespot123]

​@@babylon_bob Quick question, when were these MP's in charge? Did the increase in funding come under a Labour government and was it removed under a Conservative government?

[@ToedNote3363]

@@Jonnyonthespot123 I assume based on the fact he said leveling up fund, hes talking about the one the conservatives made. But the funding was limited in use anyway. Our council/constituency won 5million but were told it could only be used for cutural projects, when we really needed a new GP service.

[@bannjaxx]

2015: "I voted tory because they promised they'd stop punching me in the face if I voted for them." 2017: "I voted tory because they promised they'd stop punching me in the face if I voted for them." 2019: "I voted tory because they promised they'd stop punching me in the face if I voted for them." 2024: "I voted tory because they promised they'd stop punching me in the face if I voted for them."

[@blazzz13]

1:20 Pretty much sums up your average Tory- alright jack mentality.

[@leejohnson3209]

11 minutes and 22 seconds of misery.

[@DJMorillo-e7f]

And I was already depressed xD I'm glad I watched haha

[@ramboshamone9888]

"I do like Boris Johnson" - tell me you don't know what you're talking about without telling me you don't know what you're talking about.

[@JohnPark-xf2gq]

I have a soft spot for lardy boris ,a bog in Ireland.boris should be on the stage,sweeping it. And he would probably make an absolute cockup of that just like everything else he does.

[@kurremkarmerruk5357]

I read a comment about American politics which said, "people are voting against their own interests to fight a culture war." Sums this up, really.

[@peterfee2457]

Troglodytes

[@mallockarcher]

It does feel a bit obvious if you live in a very wealthy part of the country you think everything is fine because you never encounter any of the issues that 14 years of Tory rule have created. In fact they are the very areas that Rishi ensured got their funding at the expense of poorer areas. They are assume they are rich because they are better than those in the poor areas. Boris is the living embodiment of that kind of thinking.

[@JohnPark-xf2gq]

Boris thinks.?

[@mallockarcher]

@@JohnPark-xf2gq I must admit the idea that a thought passed through that jumbled bag of straw is probably a stretch.

[@johnsbox]

Good interview. It's interesting that the safest Conservative seat is in Greater London, where there is just a handful of them remaining. I think that having a good MP who really works hard is one factor, but also the fact that the British Hindi population in the borough is vast . Possibly ULEZ was a factor, though not significant and the demography as a whole. Incidentally, there are many leafier constituencies in Greater London with either a Labour or Lib Dem MP. Some of the richest constituencies in the country have Lib Dem or Labour MPs nowadays.

[@Shadowfax1804]

I don't care about Free Palestine, I don't care about Israel - she says, wearing a Star of David...

[@tommynocash2419]

you can wear the star of david and not support israel, theres plenty of anti zionist jews remember

[@Sankara561]

While one of those entities is committing genocide against the other with the full complicity and material support of the UK government. To be neutral in situations of injustice is to side with the oppressor.

[@ffotograffydd]

The Star of David means she’s Jewish, not that she’s Israeli. Lots of British Jews have no interest in Israel and don’t support their actions.

[@tomwright4969]

I do agree to a point but Israel isn't directly linked to the star of david, I mean obviously the flag is but Judaism shouldn't be equated with Israel.

[@Shadowfax1804]

@@tomwright4969 Fair point

[@robertgodlement1241]

Harrow East is right by rhe M1, if this isnt a sign of the damage air pollution does than i dont know what is.

[@ChrisBrown-px1oy]

But the prevailing winds aren't very often north-easterlies, and the M1 actually runs through Hendon (a Labour gain).

[@robertgodlement1241]

@ChrisBrown-px1oy Lol, nice try but way to take a joke far to seriously- is a tory boy rattled lol , also Essex and Suffolk down wind from London is still very conservative.... 🤣

[@ChrisBrown-px1oy]

@robertgodlement1241 Lol if I was taking it too seriously, I'm not the only one, and as for the "Tory boy rattled," as far as I'm concerned Labour is as reactionary as the Tories. Moreover, I don't think the parliamentary map of Suffolk has ever been less blue - Coastal, Bury St Edmunds and Waveney Valley all "gone" along with the more marginal Lowestoft and Ipswich. This is where I grew up, by the way, and the video makes me glad I don't live there now.

[@robertgodlement1241]

@ChrisBrown-px1oy still don't get the jokes huh 🤦‍♂️🤣, you describe some constituencies as ' gone ' - what are they lost forever now they're not blue - that's a very reactionary, binary and absoulte statement..its also just silly, also north east of London is mostly still blue so that runs contrary to the insinuation of your first comment 🤣

[@ChrisBrown-px1oy]

@robertgodlement1241 Reference to the parliamentary map should have made it clear that I refer only to electoral facts as of 5 July, without value judgement. Funny that you bang on about other people not getting stuff, but heigh ho. No more pearls for you.

[@joellemm9229]

I like the honesty of someone who didn't "feel knowledgeable enough". Everyone could say the same, and maybe more should withhold their vote on that basis.

[@KungFuKirbs]

It's better to deface the ballot paper as a protest.

[@timonsolus]

Such people should educate themselves. There’s no excuse for not doing so.

[@daydreamerz]

People who truly don’t know enough always think that they do, and will vote. It makes no sense to empower fools by twiddling your thumbs.

[@brianferguson7840]

The Old Jewish Tory Lady who isn't interested in a Free Palestine. Well colour me shocked

[@Shellewell]

"How did you vote at the last election?" "By post" 🤣

[@mike-myke22]

Depressing.

[@acfbrown1]

I think a lot of it is to do with the Hindu demographic being pro Sunak against the trend as well. Leicester East was also the Conservative gain against the trend in the 2024 General Election.

[@kalebdaark100]

2:50 Interesting that when asked why he thinks Blackman does a good job, all he could come up with was that he turns up (at parties maybe) and that he stopped a development. Now I know nothing about the development in question and I may have agreed that it was a bad development, but for the only thing he can think of that he got done was effectively stopping investment in the community seems really sad to me.

[@peterjohnson1091]

The large Hindu population in the constituency is a factor. Hindus have been moving towards the Conservatives relative to the general electorate for years due to hostility towards Muslims who are traditionally seen as being Labour voters. Plus a Hindu Tory PM at the time. Sectarianism was a factor.

[@Marvin-dg8vj]

Voting in the UK will be almost entirely sectarian in two or three elections time. It will have nothing to do with the country because there will be no such thing

[@Ghengiskhansmum]

​@cantin8697Northern Ireland has a similar religious/political mess, so it's not just an Asian thing.

[@heremyjunt]

@cantin8697 You expect respect between Hindus and Muslims ?? Not sure why you'd think this

[@daydreamerz]

Leopard meet face! Once Tories have their way with one brown group, they’ll take on the next. It’s a moving target to “Make England Great Again” and eventually even wealthy Hindus will be in the bullseye.

[@harrycuerden5266]

They would feel at home in Trump country.

[@ericaceous1652]

That dude who says he doesn't know enough - bit sad that. There are plenty of very ignorant people who still vote, I'm sure he knows more about political alignment than they do. Hope he can up his confidence and vote next time

[@simplesimonhadapie]

It's a poor excuse choosing not to know anything that affects your life given what Brexit did to the country in general.

[@ericaceous1652]

@@simplesimonhadapie 🤷‍♂ it's unfortunate, but erring on the side of being kind, political literacy is not well taught in schools, thus people are left to learn about politics for themselves as best they can. With a noisy media landscape that obfuscates/complicates politics, plus an antiquated governmental system, I can imagine it being overwhelming to someone who might believe that they're not smart enough to engage with it. Reiterating the hope that the guy finds it in himself to start learning and engaging more.

[@TheReelDealFilmReviews]

Many people vote for the party based on their local MP. Considering the amount of people who didn’t vote, the Conservatives did alright which was surprising. I know the area and the demographic are Conservative voters.

[@davepubliday6410]

Anecdotally, I’ve found people in the UK tend to vote for whatever they think best for themselves personally, instead of voting for what they think is best for everyone.

[@alexanderjamesreed935]

"For example he was going to build some houses - I'm a self centred cancerous nimby so I was grateful that he was able to stop that."

[@0yko]

I think this seat was won more by the person than the party, at least by what these people are saying.

[@mickconners9377]

Imagine living there. Soulless

[@LukeMovement1]

These people should be charged for the damage done to the services in this country by the Tories

[@Cancun771]

You have to wonder if these people can actually hear themselves.

[@potterlover96]

"If you're nice you're not gonna do well in politics because you're not being sincere" - I think this sums up their view completely, they cannot understand that some people genuinely just care about others

[@kappaslapper14]

Its like asking a dog , " Why do you keep eating shit !" its just in their nature .

[@bleedingpepper]

The issue is that after eating shit, the dog wants to lick you afterwards. I don't really care if a dog wants to eat shit, but please, don't come to me with doggy kisses afterwards.

[@alexanderjamesreed935]

The answer is obvious "Because im thick".

[@Mark1405Leeds]

Screw all that - will someone repair the bloody potholes

[@Thegreyreaperuk]

He turns up to events😂 talk about Tory brainwashing.

[@JohnPark-xf2gq]

You have to have a brain to be brainwashed so I'm not sure the words tory and brain could fit in the same sentence.apparrently during the last tory conference an alien scanned the area for intelligent life and reached the conclusion that their was none.

[@chippyminton8711]

They say the country gets the government it deserves, you can see why. Talk about Turkeys voting for Christmas !! If you want Drs, Teachers and Police don't bloody vote Tory

[@thekid4779]

"by post" 🤣

[@holymoly6829]

No hope for these muppets

[@Linda-u5x]

Oh dear, if you wonder why we can’t produce our own car or anything else? Look no further than this.

[@johnpullen72]

Don't drink the water in Harrow east. 😂

[@spursp2321]

Its due to huge Indian population who voted sunak

[@GAR413]

@@spursp2321 how do you explain why Harrow East has been conservative since 2010 then. There was no Sunak then.

[@spursp2321]

@@GAR413 it's always been a tory area but reason why it bucked national trend massively this time is due to it having a massive indian population. They make up 46per cent of the electorate. In this clip they only interviewed white people

[@spursp2321]

@@GAR413 46 pc indian electorate

[@ericawildgoose5736]

Blimey the people in Harrow East must be very posh and pretty strange 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@flaauws]

Tory voters only talking about things that matter to them. Including the guy whose son has student debt: if his son didn't have student debt he wouldn't give a shit about tuition fees and the interest on that debt. Totally self-absorbed.

[@nadeemchaudhry6585]

I'm moving to Harrow East, as clearly the water is tainted with some good stuff...... 😂😂😂

[@michaelcooper2312]

Same guy worried about housing for immigrants also glad about housing development being stopped. Yep, sums it up

[@ruffey1748]

My neighbourhood was gerrymandered into this safe seat in 2019. Previously, my area was Brent North, Barry Gardiner was our MP. It was an easy way to pick up an increasingly socially conservative vote here. Bob Blackman campaigned on 32 more beds at Northwick Park hospital bed, a paltry figure, no thanks to central Tory party whilst they were in govt. He has campaigned on disgraceful angles in the past, including fearmongering amongst South Asian voters that increased criminality would target their gold jewellery in particular. His campaigns have been gimmicky, and he totally ignores my area and focuses on his heartland so to speak, which is the Harrow side of Harrow East, rather than the Brent side.

[@aaronsmith9209]

Would be really interesting to see interviews in constituencies in Tory seats where the majority completely collapsed and the seat is now marginal. I live in Broxbourne and it was always a very safe Tory seat but the majority is less than 3000 now (20000 in 2019!) and all but one ward on the council is still Tory. Most neighbouring areas returned to Labour or elected a Labour MP for the first time. May hear some of the stupid answers as in this video but would be interesting to see if Labour really won people over or not, some of the seats they gained were really surprising this time. Demographics are changing fast for us semi-urban/ semi-rural areas around London and politics will probably change soon after.

[@bnzss]

"by post" lol

[@Si3rr4WoW]

I’ve that that one guys idea of “helped with the development” was actually he stopped the development

[@robmcintosh8808]

Wow! Horrible place horrible people!

[@CH-pr2ub]

"By post" perfect answer, Chef's kiss👌

[@swally291]

What about the 40 new hospitals Boris promised you.

[@irnickkkknowles]

By post...

[@joewebber5956]

they had 14 years in charge and achieved sweet f all. good riddance to bad rubbish

[@lukerisbey4624]

What's in the water around there?

[@pifflepockle]

At a guess, shite?

[@spursp2321]

Huge Indian population who backed sunak

[@ScepticalBrit]

"Kemi is serious" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ReapermanUK]

seriously insane

[@progpuss]

They are all narcissistic

[@andyrudge539]

The woman in the white t shirt is the worst, but i commend her honesty on how selfish she is. Not on how deluded she is though “i dont want labour because i want hospitals”. Have you woken up from a 14 year coma? Great work as always from Ed!

[@samreeve9738]

That woman was correct, Kemi Badenoch is absolutely awful and that has taken her a long way in the conservative party.

[@kaseycornflakes1234]

The operative words are "but in our area we have been very well looked after..." That is probably why she and `others` voted Tory.

[@farfletched]

“I don’t care about Isreal / Palestine, can we concentrate on England, I’m Jewish”

[@evonne_o]

That person needs help.

[@stg6004]

Interview is in Stanmore and guess what group of people are congregated there 🤡

[@MisterBurtonshaw]

Hmm! a mix of nasty and mad!! ... and a tad drippy!

[@RacingAtHome]

Kemi Badenoch? Everything I've seen of her is an arrogance without cause. And that's before you also factor in how she seems to be hated by everybody. Obviously, I want her so she can try and be a worse version of Reform who are themselves a worse version of the Tories.

[@RacingAtHome]

I don't have a problem with people liking their MP and using that as a justification. If they feel he does a lot for the area, fair enough. There's a reasonable argument to be made there between local and national politics. I wouldn't have an issue with these people stating how the want X MP but don't want the Tories running the country. It's exactly why Jeremy Corbyn absolutely smashed all other opposition out of the water despite being an independent.

[@evonne_o]

Any of the candidates who are trying to be the next Tory leader will be the same

[@eddjordan2399]

im not interested in Israel. well I'm sorry the uk and usa made this mess and we have to deal with it. im sure sure Tories had northing todo with, oh no they where in power.

[@samvimes117]

Maybe they care if they knew how much Money the uK sends them

[@usvalve]

You like Boris Johnson because he reminds you of Donald Trump? Things are a lot worse than I thought.

[@sjthjsdreadfather4867]

“All this diversity has created so much division” That’s a long way of saying “I am racist/homophobic/ableist etc”

[@Fatpie42]

Or that identity politics is divisive?

[@tonedowne]

@@Fatpie42 Diversity isn’t identity politics. It’s the opposite if anything. Getting representation is only divisive if you are offended by being forced to see people who aren’t a reflection of yourself. Identity politics is about making your own personal identity a political platform. Even though the alphabet people have given this a red hot go, still nobody can out identity politic the right wingers.

[@Fatpie42]

@tonedowne Well that's the point isn't it? That what is called diversity is actually identity politics. They shouldn't be the same thing but in practice they are.

[@sjthjsdreadfather4867]

The problem is the at the people it refers to aren’t trying to be political. They’re just trying to live their lives. The right wing however create identity politics because to them, other people wanting the same rights/freedoms/respect erodes what they themselves already have

[@Fatpie42]

@sjthjsdreadfather4867 So when Humza Yousef is criticising all the Scottish authorities for being white in a country that is 90% white, he's not being political? Yeah, sure, individuals aren't being political, but people pushing for diversity as an agenda are being political and it's often sparking division between groups who just want to get on. What about the poor victims of the grooming gangs who were targeted by a specific racial group and were targeted for being another racial group, yet weren't allowed to refer to race when reporting the crime? It wasn't that people from any group were trying to be political. It was the police that were being political and in their need to seem like promoters of diversity they were preventing key aspects of the crime from being investigated. So yeah, sorry, it is political.

[@notknown6605]

What does she think “diversity” is. She praised the fact that her area is in integrated racially but doesn’t like ‘diversity’. So incoherent.

[@ryp6627]

Saying you voted Tory because you want hospitals is mental

[@tobylerone4285]

BB played up religious and cultural divisions between communities in Harrow East. Look up the demographics in the area if you want to know more

[@kyorin6526]

Did any of these people actually read a manifesto? I think not in most cases.

[@jasonwhite6339]

Bojo has his eye on Harrow East for sure.

[@KlausT]

The stupidity of people is endless...

[@I-OGameDev]

We all know that tories want to make the country racist so that people don't vote on the issues, but it's STAGGERING to see that in action. seeing someone who present very reasonably, openly saying what basically translates to "I know they've done everything poorly, but I'm scared of brown people" is wild to me. I do respect her for admitting to voting selfishly at least

[@Margarinetaylorgrease]

I’m depressed now

[@Thequikslvr]

Most of these people seem to be in their own bubble and incapable of critical thinking, quite depressing to see

[@dougallwinship]

"diversity has created division" ....how does that work?

[@Dipsomaniac]

Easy, it's educated people vs brain dead racists.

[@Ach-420]

I’ve never experienced racism and I’m Jewish 😅

[@nickclarkuk]

I like the lady who voted Green.