'I invaded a country once' - Tom Tugendhat's Tory leadership pitch
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- There are four remaining candidates hoping to become the next leader of the Conservative party. Tom Tugendhat the Conservative MP for Tonbridge and has held several key positions, including serving as the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee. He is known for his strong stance on global issues, especially China. In 2022, he was appointed Minister of State for Security, a reflection of the experience developed as an officer of the British Army. On this episode, Tom explains where he believes the Conservatives went wrong, and describes vaccine passports as the least Conservative policy in the past 14 years.
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Call me mad, but I don’t particularly find war funny
You're not mad, just a bore
I mean if you are a member of the Armed Forces you have a duty to serve, if the Iraq War makes you mad blame those who voted for it. Tom didn't vote for it, he was serving.
If one accepts that we do have an awful government at the moment, it is my opinion that the British people didn't really want them, but voted them in out of fatigue and desperation.
They were so fed up of the incompetence and collusion of the previous incumbent.
It is the Tories fault that we are in this position. They are to blame.
If we voted for them ever again, we would deserve another dose of what we've suffered for the previous decade.
Vote for ANYONE other than the three major parties. They need to get the message that we are not pleased with them and once they're voted out they stay out.
You are, in fact, whinging about democracy and the democratic process.
The UK electorate voted out a failing government in favour of something a lot worse. That is not the 'fault of the Tories'. The UK electorate could have voted differently, but didn't. Either you accept the result of democracy, or argue to change from that system of selecting who leads, or clear off and live somewhere else.
You didn't invade anything, you were never on the frontline. Stop agitating for nuclear war with Russia. What's arabic for thermonuclear war Tom?
Who among us has not invaded a country