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The average age of a party member is late 50s. Just under half are of a pensionable age and they are predominately White, they mostly live in southern England and are( financially) comfortable. They support a strong line on law and order, they approve of low taxes but believe that public services are important and should be funded properly, especially schools, police and, of course, the health service.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
The Conservatives are going to have to make a decision if The Conservatives carry on railing against the way society is going, there is a long-term risk for The Conservatives as it alienates [ younger ] future voters who they need to keep on side.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
A lot of The Conservatives don't like the state funding of a media company, and The Conservatives think the The BBC crowds out sympathetic broadcasters, the whole anti-woke agenda to some extent is cover to move BBC from a license fee model to a subscriber-based one.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
There aren't that many politicians who would get away with that, which suggests Priti Patel has a special place in( Johnson's) strategy, or even Boris Johnson heart.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
She knows how to press the buttons of her supporters and of her opponents, in some ways, she symbolizes the polarization she's trying to create.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
The danger is that If you increase the salience of the issue, and you're completely unsuccessful in managing it, you can create a real problem in expectations, i think Priti Patel risks doing exactly the same.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
A forever war on immigration is functional for the government, if you can't do very much about it, why not have someone in there who carries the message and winds up your opponents ?
Found on CNN 3 years ago
The new voter coalition meant that the Conservatives needed to be seen less as the party of big business and more as the party that understood why Leave won and would deliver Brexit.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
At that point in history, the reality of Brexit was more hypothetical than tangible but also by far the biggest issue voters thought the country was facing.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
I think both Minister Boris Johnson and... Priti Patel and some other government MPs did misjudge the situation right from the start, but certainly, in as much as The Government's woken a few people up who perhaps didn't realize that Priti Patel has said this, that does make things a little bit more awkward for The Government than perhaps they were before.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
The PM and Boris Johnson party have egged one another on in this fantasy world for years now, when it was always blindingly obvious that a deal would require compromises.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
There was a real feeling among Veteran MPs that Veteran MPs no longer mattered, the decisions were being made by a small group of people in Downing Street and Veteran MPs were simply expected to shut up, fall in line and defend the government no matter what.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
There was a political imperative on the government to get an agreement and then to go to the electorate with the claim that they had, to coin a phrase, got Brexit done, i think it possibly was the case in some senses that it was `make the agreement in haste and then repent at leisure. And what were seeing now is the repentance.
Found on FOX News 4 years ago
There is always a trade-off between having people feel like they have to get with the program or creating what some suggest is a climate of fear that impacts negatively on their loyalty and productively.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
Boris Johnsons has the power to reign Boris Johnsons in if Boris Johnsons wanted to. But at the moment clearly Boris Johnsons feels that Dominic Cummings is doing what Dominic Cummings wants Dominic Cummings to do -- moving forward with a disruptive but productive program.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
They are also 97 % white British, whereas about 15 % of people in the country are from an ethnic minority background. They are also mostly men.
Found on CNN 5 years ago
The purpose of them is very personal. There's the extent to which the ex-prime minister's friends are going to be at a huge advantage over those who were of less importance and less value.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Resignation honors lists are always risky, the purpose of them is very personal. There's the extent to which the ex-prime minister's friends are going to be at a huge advantage over those who were of less importance and less value.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Cameron has painted himself into a corner when it comes to in-work benefits for EU migrants: it was a bone he threw to his skeptics without thinking it through, but having promised it, he's going to have to deliver something. The problem is whatever he gets now could end up looking worse than nothing at all.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
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