'We didn't keep our promises' - Robert Jenrick'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. Robert Jenrick has been the Conservative MP for Newark since 2014. Jenrick has held several significant roles in government, including serving as Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government. In July 2022, he was appointed as Minister of State for Immigration but resigned from the position in September 2022 amid a cabinet reshuffle. For his bid to become the next Tory leader, Robert explains why he chose to resign, how immigration can only be tackled with drastic reforms such as leaving the ECHR and whether the current net zero goals are realistic.
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He's probably the best choice for the Tory party to claw back some respect from the public. At least he says he'd leave the ECHR.
Tories made promises they did not keep, incompetent. Tories grew the public sector, Tories allowed mass immigration, Tories became socialists not conservatives. Tories failed utterly and look where we are now!!
He's a bit full of himself and his expressed convictions seem, to me, maybe, of the 'bolt-on' variety to fit the situation, but I like what he says about taking Britain out of the ECHR and about reducing immigration to the tens of thousands. On balance, I'd vote for him.
I would like to know about Robert Jenrick's involvement with the approval of the massive housing developments that have swamped the small market town of Ledbury, and whether Mr Jenrick derived any benefit from his relationship with the developer.
Free at the point of delivery is an obsolete idea because the nature of health care issues have changed since the 40's. Why should others pay for those that abuse themselves?
No, you didn't keep your promises and there is no reason why you will keep them in the future. You have had your chances and blown it. Your party threw away an eighty seat majority, just think what you could have done with that. You are all wets. Vote Reform.
Well said.They were trusted, when elected on a mandate,to carry through with the policies they were voted in on.For five years they squabbled amongst themselves and deliberately ignored the electorate on so many issues.In his last conference speech the Tories were so bankrupt of ideas, to make good on so many things wrong in the UK,that Sunak's two main priorities were scrapping HS2 and stopping eighteen year olds smoking in the future! Did he really think that with the UK economy flatlining, and with a cost of living crisis making life very difficult for very many people, that these two ideas were going to capture the public's imagination? The guy was given the job by Tory MPs and was never voted in by anyone outside of this self-serving circus and they then expected in their wisdom the public were going to give them another chance? Sunak was utterly clueless when it came to politics and leadership.The Tories deserve neither respect or trust on anything in the future.
Perhaps we didnt get everything right? Perhaps???,
And the front runner is.. Robert Corruption-Incompetence Jenrick, the absolute cream of the Conservative Party !!!
Hahahahaha, you couldn't make it up !!!
He's been saying some good things on immigration and would be my 2nd choice. One black mark is that during lockdown no Tory minister apart from Hancock was keener on closing pubs. Lord (Peter) Mandelson recently said Kemi Badenoch is the one Labour most fears. While one shouldn't take everything Mandy says at face value, it has the ring of truth.
To be honest I dont see any of them making the Tories making a return. There is a split in Conservative Party voters past and present. About half and half where unfortunately one group has gone to Reform, which in its current form is not something that will be great for social conservatism, only businesses (debatable) and i suspect they would bring down immigration. However whats worse is the allegedly conservative people who are left wing culturally but wont vote labour. They are politically pointless and if they like David Cameron at all, they were Blairites, which were left wing revolutionaries.
I dont see the split in the right fixing itself in any where bear enough time to save Britain in any way shape or form
He may well be the best of a VERY indifferent bunch (which includes Tom Tugendhat, ffs!) - but, dear God, the man has no fire in his belly, and is more concerned with “unity” and “optics” than in saving British identity.
Fork in the road? More like forked tongue
He's probably the Tories best bet but I just get major IDS vibes from Jenrick. There's something about that guy that makes people say 'there's something about that guy'.
Lol - I bet he wishes in this interview that he'd not just written in The Telegraph. 😅
The ECHR and HRA do perform important roles seperate from asylum.
Katy fancies Robert.
The tory party are in serious trouble if they go for this no-hoper.
I'm pretty sure he is not the solution.
Great speaker
Most probably
Lol, no. Next.
Don't talk with your hands, please.
Nothing here more than ringing the changes. There are no genuinely new ideas, creative thinking or a vision of a better future for Britain that a broad coalition of voters can enthuse about. Nothing from Katy about how he would head off Reform. Sadly the remaining candidates don’t offer anything better.
'We didn't keep our promises' But we will the next time guv, honest! All crooks promise to go straight. Only idiots take them at their word.