The complete and total incompetence of the Tories

A little over a year ago I wrote this.

Politically the Tories have no plan at all, and when the clock stops on Brexit they will completely implode. The Tories are so deadlocked on Brexit that they can't even talk to themselves.
...This is a political and economic disaster, not just waiting to happen, but firmly scheduled...unless Labour's neoliberal Blairites save them, the Tory government is headed for an epic collapse.

It's rare that my predictions are 100% accurate, but this time I totally nailed it.
To give you an idea of how badly the Tories have bungled things, look at these two headlines.

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You know the conservative party is full of incompetent wankers when the business community prefers a radical socialist over them.

But while Corbyn may be less popular than no deal among the public, The Daily Telegraph says “the scourge of bankers and avowed opponent of capitalism, is winning support from unexpected new quarters” with two of the biggest global banks operating in the City of London “warming to the Labour leader”.

According to the paper, he is now seen as the lesser of two evils by analysts at Citibank and Deutsche Bank, two titans of the financial system.

Christian Schulz at Citi says “perhaps” Corbyn is no longer as bad an option as no deal, while Deutsche’s Oliver Harvey says fears about the Labour leader “may be overstated”.

“It is not that the financiers favour the opposition leader’s plans for ‘higher taxes, tighter labour laws, spending increases and the nationalisation of network industries’, but that this may cause less harm than leaving the EU without a deal” says the Telegraph.

To put this sentiment in hard numbers, a coalition led by his party would spur the pound more than 5%.

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As for those overstated fears about the Labour leader, that's because of a highly coordinated three year smear campaign by the very same business community.

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Just a few days ago the headline was:
U.K.’s Super-Rich Prepare to Flee From Corbyn Rule, Not Brexit
Now they want Corbyn to save them.
Without the business community undermining him at every turn, Corbyn has easily managed to hold the opposition together.
At the same time Corbyn has outmaneuvered the Tories and left them helpless.

Then, his efforts to secure a snap general election -- with the goal of replacing the sacked lawmakers with a new slate of candidates more aligned with his hard-Brexit views -- were scuppered when opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn refused to play along.
Now, he is effectively trapped in Downing Street, with Corbyn holding the keys. The government plans to propose new elections again on Monday, but the opposition leader says his party will only support the move when its efforts to prevent a no-deal Brexit are locked down.
"Certainly his biggest tactical mistake so far was not to realize that it was Corbyn, as leader of the opposition, who effectively had veto power over when a general election could be held," said Professor Tony Travers, director of the Institute of Public Affairs at the London School of Economics.

This allows time for Corbyn to appear like a professional leader, so that when he finally allows a general election the memory of his steady hand will be fresh in the public's mind.

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thanatokephaloides's picture

Like all other Tories worldwide, Boris "Tiny" Johnson is a charlatan. Hopefully, the British People will wake up and end their decades-long nightmare by placing him [Corbyn] in power.

As we need to do, ourselves.

edit: Added Corbyn's name to clarify that last sentence. And we, too, need to remove all Tories from power.

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edg's picture

The value of an idea is often assessible by the number and strength of the enemies arrayed against it. Since so many entrenched interests and Powers-That-Be and elitists/globalists are against Brexit, I'm beginning to think that deal or no deal, Brexit must in the best interests of the 99%. Otherwise, the 1% wouldn't fight against it so hard.

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@edg
I think Brexit is like tariffs.

Tariffs are a good idea for the working class because it puts a cost on off-shoring jobs.
BUT the way Trump is doing it is stupid and doesn't help anyone.

Same thing with Brexit. It probably helps the 99%, but not the way the Tories are going about it.

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ludwig ii's picture

The fact that Blair, the City of London, and neoliberals the world over hate Brexit and especially no-deal Brexit makes me think it's probably a good thing. Anything that chips away at the hegemony of global finance seems positive.

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@ludwig ii

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The earth is a multibillion-year-old sphere.
The Nazis killed millions of Jews.
On 9/11/01 a Boeing 757 (AA77) flew into the Pentagon.
AGCC is happening.
If you cannot accept these facts, I cannot fake an interest in any of your opinions.

it will be a decade before the British working class lives down the accusations of racism, and by then half of it will be Polish and the other half will be on the dole. Sounds racist I know, but I know how these capitalist oligarchs think.

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On to Biden since 1973

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In the Land of the Blind, the One-Eyed Man is declared mentally ill for describing colors.

Yes Virginia, there is a Global Banking Conspiracy!