stephen bennett
Mr Enigma
I thought I'd run this past the hyperlink funded Institute for Pink Fish Media members (IPFM) for some insights.
Two thoughtful pieces on the Brexit party and the future of conservatism got me pondering.
We have a new privately (and secretly) funded party with a dictator in charge who need not bother himself with the dirty politics of compromise. His mission; to force a hard Brexit and destroy the party that has mocked and rejected him. Freud would have a field day.
The latter, an established party whose membership are growing older, whiter and more angry and who see the threat from the Brexit party as an indication they need to be more like it. Their only aim is to preserve their power base. Who will they blame for past Conservative failure once the EU is out of the picture?
The main opposition run by a leader most of its MPs do not support and, while effective amongst members (though that may not last), appears less so with voters at large.
I wonder if it would make sense for Momentum to break off from Labour and follow the Brexit/5-Star playbook of bypassing traditional democratic avenues and create a 'left wing populist' party unencumbered by centrist Labour MPs or internal democracy? Who would lead such a movement?
Can the 'gentlemen's agreement' of British democracy survive the digital age?
Was Change UK (CHUK) the Chukka party?
Will the Telegraph, Express and the Daily Mail re-print the Guardian pieces?
Stephen
Two thoughtful pieces on the Brexit party and the future of conservatism got me pondering.
We have a new privately (and secretly) funded party with a dictator in charge who need not bother himself with the dirty politics of compromise. His mission; to force a hard Brexit and destroy the party that has mocked and rejected him. Freud would have a field day.
The latter, an established party whose membership are growing older, whiter and more angry and who see the threat from the Brexit party as an indication they need to be more like it. Their only aim is to preserve their power base. Who will they blame for past Conservative failure once the EU is out of the picture?
The main opposition run by a leader most of its MPs do not support and, while effective amongst members (though that may not last), appears less so with voters at large.
I wonder if it would make sense for Momentum to break off from Labour and follow the Brexit/5-Star playbook of bypassing traditional democratic avenues and create a 'left wing populist' party unencumbered by centrist Labour MPs or internal democracy? Who would lead such a movement?
Can the 'gentlemen's agreement' of British democracy survive the digital age?
Was Change UK (CHUK) the Chukka party?
Will the Telegraph, Express and the Daily Mail re-print the Guardian pieces?
Stephen