Why Rishi Sunak should’ve purged the ‘extreme right’ from the Tories

Why Rishi Sunak should’ve purged the ‘extreme right’ from the Tories | Matthew Parris

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@east-saxon 5 ай бұрын

Sorry I don’t want “big characters”. This isn’t reality TV. I want decent competent people who care.

@fang_xianfu 5 ай бұрын

Thinking that the campaign being dull is bad and that it should be exciting, is exactly what got us into this mess in the first place. Politics and politicians should be boring.

@Rich-ng3yy 5 ай бұрын

@east-saxon I love this comment. I couldn't agree more.

@TrevorBarre 5 ай бұрын

@@Rich-ng3yy Seconded.

@31Blaize 5 ай бұрын

Is Matthew Parris really, really telling all the people who've been sunk into poverty in this country, all those struggling that we should "check our privilege" because we're better off than those in terribly poor countries? SERIOUSLY? The UK is the 5th (or is it 6th) largest economy in the world. We should not have people in poverty, we should not have homelessness. Jesus. How out of touch.

@nickdoughty518 5 ай бұрын

He probably only knows people just like himself.

@ohdearism 5 ай бұрын

He is. But he's a posh, rich and entitled Tory. He's alright Jack, and the poor are poor because of their own mistakes and not because of decades of neoliberal conservative policies.

@jaisriram295 5 ай бұрын

Sorry but your delusional ... Having a high GDP is irrelevant when you have a third of your GDP going to benefits so that people can live a standard existence which yes is well beyond the standard of most people in this world....if the government wasn't spending billions on legal migrants working cash in hand jobs pretending they earn 5k a year whilst having 10 kids half of which are registered as disabled to circumvent the 2 child cap then maybe we might be able to invest money into public services...The UK has become a third world dump full of people that hate the west and hate Britain but come here because they know they can exploit it

@matthewrobinson2172 5 ай бұрын

I didn’t hear him say that

@Grippojr 5 ай бұрын

Too many poncing immigrants to feed.

@hammondpickle 5 ай бұрын

05:20 "The media are asking about Diane Abbott rather than serious questions about policies". You're in the media. Literally you ARE the media. So why don't YOU stop asking about Diane Abbott, and start asking serious questions about policies?

@TheHookahSmokingCaterpillar 5 ай бұрын

Well said!

@darkzentai7417 5 ай бұрын

The problem is, it’s a conservative media and they’re quite happy with the culture wars and Diana Abbott is a race hustler so she’s an easy target and she needs to go.

@ohdearism 5 ай бұрын

Posh, rich and entitled Tory doesn't think the poorest should have the same opportunities as him. No surprise.

@VaucluseVanguard 5 ай бұрын

Posh, rich, Labour politicians don’t want anyone to have an opportunity.

@ohdearism 5 ай бұрын

@@VaucluseVanguard Evidence?

@davidbarth80 5 ай бұрын

Tax the ultra rich. Give some wealth back to the poorest.

@sassasins031 5 ай бұрын

Unbelievably out of touch with people outside of London.

@alanbradley9621 5 ай бұрын

Tory party should split. Isolate the right wing. Get rid of Rees Mog, and all Brexit supporters and the European Research Group. We can decide who to vote for from what is left.

@actuallypaulstanley 5 ай бұрын

By staying in this so called ‘broad church’ or ‘big tent’, the Conservative Party has won more elections. Until we have real democracy via proportional representation this will remain.

@lewis123417 5 ай бұрын

You'd destroy any party you'd be allowed to touch if this is your idea of strategy 😂

@warmachineuk 5 ай бұрын

Journalists complaining few are talking about climate change and AI, talking about Rwanda instead? Remind me, which profession chooses and journals subjects to discuss?

@simac3880 5 ай бұрын

Matthew Pariss saying 'everyone' should check their privilege, that they should all consider how good their lives are compared to other people in the world... it's a bit rich! That's the kind of thing only a privileged person can say. If you can't pay your bills and can't adequately feed your family, the consideration about how good your life is in comparison to others is not a fair or realistic ask. It's a rather insensitive ask, to say the least.

@flatoutflatbroke 5 ай бұрын

The reason why you don't sort it out before the start of the election is that it makes it easier for the party machine to impose candidates than risk local parties selecting another candidate who isn't favourable to the leadership, that said they should've had an definitive answer on Abbott ready to go.

@thomasmoore1499 5 ай бұрын

And this election call caught everyone on the hop, Cameron is an example having to turn around at the last minute. Rishi wanted it like this to stop any no confidence vote

@tonguelessghostofsin 5 ай бұрын

Bingo

@BiffaTW 5 ай бұрын

Parris definitely needs to 'check his privilege', telling everyone how good theyve got it, he has no idea about how many people are living in this country.

@ISuperTed 5 ай бұрын

Hard to get rid of the majority of the party!

@gregorybiestek3431 5 ай бұрын

As someone from across the pond who has always been in the center & voted for candidates from both sides, I can say it is about time a politician had the guts to kick out the radicals from fringes. The UK, like the USA has about 20% on the extreme right and about 15% on the extreme left. Those of us in middle don’t like or want either fringe. Those of you who want be one of loonies should move out to a place like Cuba or Saudi Arabia where you can feel at home.

@GeorgeGeorgeOnly 5 ай бұрын

Yes of course Sunak should’ve purged the ‘extreme right’ from the Tories. But he didn't, partly because, as it has turned out, he's simply feckless and perhaps quite weak, but mostly because he actually isn't politically savvy.

@nickdoughty518 5 ай бұрын

We aren't entitled because we haven't had a trade (current account) surplus in a single year since 1983 and we have a £2.7 Trillion debt.

@davidhodgson3901 5 ай бұрын

Parris is absolutely right.

@jeremygreenwood1021 5 ай бұрын

The 2 parties had better be very different. I've had quite enough of the last few years of vileness.

@gregorybiestek3431 5 ай бұрын

@nicks4934 5 ай бұрын

Politics is messy. Starmer will win. Support him or leave.

@minui8758 5 ай бұрын

Oh don’t worry. Under 30s are leaving in our droves. Hopefully we’ll swing another 3 or 4 student dominated seats for green and a genuine new future rather than the red/blue Tory blob

@dwinter666 5 ай бұрын

Be careful what you wish for, millennials will remember the betrayal of the labour party and the baby boomers they're trying to appease. Eventually it will backfire on them.

@gregorybiestek3431 5 ай бұрын

@@minui8758 Don't worry there are PLENTY of people coming to the UK who can replace them. If enough under 30s leave there will no longer be a housing crisis since there will more available places & decent jobs for those who remain.

@minui8758 5 ай бұрын

@@gregorybiestek3431 oh leaving the Labour Party I meant, not Britannia. Speaking personally many of us own our own houses thanks to dead relatives so you can’t dispose of us that easily. We’ll be here and being irritatingly left wing well into your old age x

@mikeakachorlton 5 ай бұрын

What absolute complacency in that last segment! 'We've never had it so good'? Really? YOU may have it cushy Parris but there's a huge chunk of the people of this country who don't, who are measurably worse off because of the policies and actions of people who share your political outlook. So blathering that they should look at the lives of those in worse places and count their blessings is as derisively fatuous as the 'There are people in Africa who'd be grateful for that rice pudding' cliche that it's just a variant of.

@DocEmCee 5 ай бұрын

He did. They're in Reform now

@mauricetucker8754 5 ай бұрын

Question who are the new conservative candidate this time ERG?

@PeloquinDavid 5 ай бұрын

It's well known that in the British Parliamentary tradition, those across the aisle are known as the "Government" or "HM's Loyal Opposition". "The Enemy", however, ALWAYS sits on your side of the House!

@whir4us 5 ай бұрын

Whats the plan? Are we all voting to get rid of the tories? I like that plan😂

@TM1337FalconPunch 5 ай бұрын

Why on earth are we having a conversation as if Diane Abbott has actually genuinely had her membership revoked and been banned for standing? Literally every source from the party is saying she should be allowed to stand, including Starmer and Raynor. The only people who continue to insist otherwise is you lot.

@willrobertsmith 5 ай бұрын

Tory client media isn't it

@anllpp 5 ай бұрын

Why would he when it's obvious he bought his way into politics.

@adriancurtin6012 5 ай бұрын

Britain professes to be a world a world power.Yet ,we especially since Brexit we are so consumed by our own self - importance we do not and will not discuss the wider issues beyond our shores. By the way does anyone know what Reform' s attitude is to the war in Ukraine? All the small minded people in Reform want to talk about is people in small boats.

@RealDareel 5 ай бұрын

Makes Starmer look weak. Matthew is ridiculous saying Diane would have no time for Starmer, the left did not try to stop right wingers being selected, did not try to deselect anyone. What a clownish assessment.

@neillaw 5 ай бұрын

The "extreme right" these days is anyone who wants to work a 40hr week and save a bit of money...

@salva_75 5 ай бұрын

And with an entitled sense of victimhood too by the looks of it

@neillaw 5 ай бұрын

@@salva_75 just being realistic, victimhood has been played so much by the left that they're starting to think centre is far right 🤷‍♂️

@neillaw 5 ай бұрын

@@salva_75 victimhood claim by the left is funny 😂

@JuanSanchez-ik7wx 5 ай бұрын

0:50...... wow a wrinkle free shirt! But the question that begs to be answered is.....drum roll please......"Can he actually button the top button, or is this a shirt he bought last year?"

@Rich-ng3yy 5 ай бұрын

So if we are better off collectively than poverty stricken countries in the world we should not do anything about the water bills spiraling upwards, food banks, child poverty waiting lists and countless other things that could be improved including people's lot in life?

@susannamarker2582 5 ай бұрын

The Conservative right is the party the Conservatives should have remained during the Blair reforms of 1997-2010. Instead, Cameron embraced the Blair project, which was Blairite west-european communism.

@stephenhill545 5 ай бұрын

How is west European communism different to Marxian communism.

@susannamarker2582 5 ай бұрын

@@stephenhill545 It is the cultural Left, using media and schools to make people left-thinking, instead of trying to recreate the old Soviet system.

@Rich-ng3yy 5 ай бұрын

He is wrong. We are entitled to the air that we breathe and everything else the world has to offer. People campaigned to end slavery because they thought everyone was entitled to be free, people fought against child labour because they thought children were entitled to grow up free from oppression. Delivery of what humans should be entitled to from birth - the bounty that surrounds us and human rights is the cornerstone of any politicians obligations.

@keithapps 5 ай бұрын

Cameron should have purged the ERG, then we wouldn't have suffered Brexit.

@susannamarker2582 5 ай бұрын

Cameron should never have embraced the Blair project, then the ERG would not have been necessary.

@georgebain5734 5 ай бұрын

Not finished crying salty tears over Brexit yet. Wait until you see the results of the EU elections then you better get a bucket for your tears.

@keithapps 5 ай бұрын

Being in the EU would always be better than the shambolic governments we have had since.

@susannamarker2582 5 ай бұрын

@@keithapps Going back to that shower in Brussels ? I don't see the point myself. They're always asking for too much from their member states. I think the EU suits the Germans more than it suits us.

@gman509 5 ай бұрын

This is hilarious. There are so many left tories its obsurd and labour is the same full of tories! Non of the parties represent what they claim

@michaelspencer6318 5 ай бұрын

Name a left Tory and the policy that makes them left ?

@buchanfoulsham6314 5 ай бұрын

"Non"?? Sacre bleu!

@robertcottam8824 5 ай бұрын

@@michaelspencer6318 Alicia Kearns. Check her extraordinarily good work on the Foreign Affairs Committee. Pip pip

@ohdearism 5 ай бұрын

Name some names?

@gman509 5 ай бұрын

Embarrassingly obvious especially as it's been a topic amongst both parties in recent years/ days but some people need it spelt out, so where to begin? In most recent news Kier stamer is taking steps to remove the far left corbinites to further solidify his lead on the conservatives in the upcoming election. Hardly in the interests of the left wingers who voted for those MPs. You could also argue that the labour party and many of its members including Kier Starmer are abstaining from taking stances on gaza while also refusing to pass policies that may change the sitation, to the dismay of many of their voters and the delight of many conservatives. Multiple Labour MPs have also repeatedly sided with Isreal despite many of their voters objections. Across the EU many leftiest parties have taken far harder stances on those subject for example Spain and Ireland in regards to the Palestine Israel debate. Blarerites exist in droves both amongst the left and right bringing both parties closer to the centre. No I won't name all of them. David Cameron was notorious for passing policies that upset conservatives "well everyone really" but in a fair few cases to the delight of the left. A famous example of a Cameron policy that wasnt consevative, he decreased the military size. A action that upset many conservatives . While I admit he isn't by anymeans far left he is certainly not right wing and his policies show that he has clear left wing/Liberal consevative beliefs and by no means can be seen as right wing. I cant reinforce enough how many conservatives hated him. After Cameron many of the Libdems joined both tory and Labour Party. (The conclusion of this should be obvious but i dont want too assume.) This lead to both party's being dragged more into the centre. Which has since caused even more party defects from conservatives and labour MPs. Each of these MPs in turn would obviously bring both right wing and left wing beliefs to the opposite party. No I will not name them all nor each of their policies. Boris Johnson was anti brexit until the last moment when he saw it could help him In his career he jumped onto Nigel Farage's band wagon. DESPITE BREXIT under his government more immigrants were let in than any right winger wanted and more foreign students recieved reserved places/slots at universities across the UK at the discontent of many consevatives. No policy has been successfully passed to address this rather the opposite. He is often referred to as a Liberal lefty amongst conservatives. Oh and one of many more examples a consevative MP recently left the Tory party and Joined Labour. Her name is "Natalie Elphicke" who had many left wing beliefs prior to to leaving the party. (No I won't go into them all as its not my job to educate you) while also being apart of the conservative party. She will obviously be taking her remaining conservatives beliefs to the Labour Party. Further pulling both parties into the centre. We could start going into more policies passed by conservative MPs promoting LGBTQ but like I said prior it's not my job to educate when the information is free and readily available. We still haven't even scratced the surface and I can assure you there are more. I don't get why you felt the need to ask when all the information is out there and not exactly in short supply either... Are u running low on 5g or was this just a failed attempt to call someone out? If none of my answers hit the supposed mark you are more than welcome to go online and find the rest of the information in far further depth there.

@peterwilliams9410 5 ай бұрын

The Tories are in serious trouble now, simply because they did not purge the leftist half of their party out after brexit, from that point onwards, they destroyed themselves from within. Many people choose to vote Tories over labour as the lesser of two evils. Labour will undoubtedly be catastrophic. Vote Reform.

@BrassToff 5 ай бұрын

I'd stick to your Highgate dinner parties, Mr P. You have no connection with, or understanding of, poverty in the world and how it's controlled by people with more money than sense or obligation.

@Mike-im5bo 5 ай бұрын

Okay, should the extreme left be purged also?

@renmanincltd9965 5 ай бұрын

Well gulise Tories n drug deals ..?(!!!?)

@pastyman001 5 ай бұрын

As a LibDem I think Diane Abbot and the candidates for Chingford & Woodford Green and Brighton Kemptown should be left to stand in the seats they have worked hard in or represented constituents in very well.

@NeonVisual 5 ай бұрын

LibDem my backside, you just want Labour to have fewer seats. Nice try Tory.

@thomasmoore1499 5 ай бұрын

As a LibDem your opinion is neither here nor there but it was good of you to identify as a LibDem.

@gregorybiestek3431 5 ай бұрын

@@NeonVisual As someone from across the pond who has always been in the center & voted for candidates from both sides, I can say it is about time a politician had the guts to kick out the radicals from fringes. The UK, like the USA has about 20% on the extreme right and about 15% on the extreme left. Those of us in middle don’t like or want either fringe. Those of you who want be one of loonies should move out to a place like Cuba or Saudi Arabia where you can feel at home.

@shaunjp2211 5 ай бұрын

He purges the right Sunak will be in worse mess they'd just stand for unite.

@davidpearson243 5 ай бұрын

The Times seams obsessed with Diane Abbott!!!!!!!

@garemacquarrie6705 5 ай бұрын

But he didn't.theyre all done.bye bye Tories

@garaochiltree4566 5 ай бұрын

interesting how the israeli onslaught on Gaza is never raised in these chats....

@martinahardaker8739 5 ай бұрын

Theory doing the round is the far right, Reform etc don't mind if the Tories get canned as the right wing media will pull Labour apart and a much more right wing Tory partywill emerge and will get in some way down the line. Problem with that is the electorate is much more informed and won't swallow Tory waffle as easy as they did in the not too distant past.

@thomasmoore1499 5 ай бұрын

But they could have much better times and most have nothing even approaching privilege, these people have no understanding

@noahbrock349 5 ай бұрын

What "extreme right"? There are no extremists in the Conservative Party. The term "far right" is used far too often to distract people from the real threats we face.

@PatrickWhelan-sp1th 5 ай бұрын

Oh you are having a laugh

@ivanconnolly7332 5 ай бұрын

Bravermann is a vile racist,.if you cannot see that you are of the same cloth.

@steveharrison4176 5 ай бұрын

Truss ,Braverman , Rees Mogg etc all have far right economic ideals

@johnwenlock4848 5 ай бұрын

what threats are they ?

@Thought_Processing_ 5 ай бұрын

If you see no one to you right, you are as far right as you can go.