Looking back at 14 years of Tory rule - where did it go wrong for the Conservatives? | Vote 2024
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- Опубликовано: 4 июл 2024
- After coming to power under David Cameron in 2010 and led by four prime ministers since, we examine what the past 14 years of Conservative rule have been like.
Sky News' Mark Austin is joined by former No 10 communications director Sir Craig Oliver and former culture secretary Baroness Nicky Morgan as they explore the past period of Tory premiership.
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It went wrong the moment Cameron got elected in 2010. An awful, nepotistic, and actually rather cruel administration. He called the Brexit referendum, and resigned the moment it didn't go in his favour.
I didn't mind May despite my disagreements with her (I don't think any PM would have thrived under the circumstances). The rest were awful. Johnson was a sociopath, Truss devoid of intelligence, and Sunak was dim and out of touch. But it all began with Iggle Piggle and his band of Eton Hooray Henries.
...... specifically when Cameron caved under the manipulation of the British public by Farage and the right wing loons in his party by having a referendum. It was badly thought out and administered too quickly with no analysis of the disiaster it would create for the country.
Hopefully people will learn from this to never let them run our country again
he called that Brexit vote to keep himself in power and stop what happened this election....the right of the Tory right going to reform,Brexit,ukip etc ....
@@OrangeUtan1 is that run or ruin? ;)
Where did it all go wrong?????? It was never right, “we can’t go on like this” was their slogan, instead they gave us 14 years of austerity, made us the pariahs of Europe, smashed many peoples dreams of owning their own homes and put the cost of living through the roof, whilst inviting their cronies to rip off the NHS (PPE) and other quango inefficient contracts. Nothing good came from their 14 years and don’t get me started on Bojo’s handling of Covid.
14 years of destruction devastation austerity decline gaslighting
And it's finally over, thank goodness.
Immigration Austerity. Our wages are suppressed and our public services are overwhelmed. Torys love mass immigration.
and now more of the same
Sadly Reform is also at the gates
@@leerogers9949 Really?
By far the worst of them all was David Cameron, he caused this mess. He rolled the dice on the future of this country, not once but twice. First with the Scottish Independence referendum and then with Brexit, none of which he personally wanted or campaigned for. He didn't do what the people voted him in for but instead decided to do the bidding of the SNP and UKIP that hadn't earned any electoral mandate. And of course the second gamble didn't pay off and we will forever live with the consequences of that grave mistake.
If anything the independence referendum worked out well for him. The SNP hadn't been in power long enough to build up the level of trust they needed, he made sure to not have "Devo Max" on the ballot and the result was getting rid of Alex Salmond, the best politician in the country, and replacing him with the MI5 plant of Nicola Sturgeon.
@@drunkenhobo5039That referendum nearly led to the end of the United Kingdom and Cameron allowed that risk to happen. He put the petty party political disputes of the time ahead of the future of the nation and he didn't care how it went because he knew if his gamble didn't pay off, he wouldn't be the one paying the price. He risked permanent consequences over temporary squabbles. It doesn't get more reckless and irresponsible than that.
@@ElaborateTiger If he'd said "no" then support for independence would have increased a lot.
@@drunkenhobo5039 Or he could have simply endured it, instead of conceding to their demands immediately. Spain did that with Catalonia and it eventually died down. Typically when a party wins an election, they're expected to govern according to their own agenda, not the agenda of the opposition parties who lost.
Why is the probably the worst of all these times forgotten?
Austerity.
Tuition fees triples without interest cut to offset this.
Council cuts which led to youth club closures and contributed to 2011 riots.
Constant nagging about debt like a teacher with repetition of 'deficit' from all ministers.
Cosying up to markets and shareholders for company job cuts which cause redundant people to take entry level young peoples new potential jobs - contributing to 2011 riots.
This was a truly miserable time and dull climate in the news to be in.
One of the main reasons I voted leave. None related to immigration. Now back to remain in 2022.
Brexit may not have worked, but heck it gave us an adventure, badly lacking in Austerity time 2010-2016 when govt didn't add anything, just took away.
Corruption and dishonesty... nothing else
And greed.
Outright scripted lies.
There should be an investigation on the billions the party stole for their own benefit we know it’s in the billions. And baroness Mone Mrs kerching 💰 🤑
Add to that nepotism and cronyism
@@ronniechan2041 thats all they have ever beem about
The damage this party has done to the country is beyond description.
Same was said jn 2010 make check your history
@@WATFORD2535 But 2010 Britain is El Dorado compared to the sewer infested 2024 Britain.
@@WATFORD2535 stop #gaslightning or are u a #PootinTroll?
@@blazzz13Because it’s the 2000s vs the 2020s.
@@satisfied656 gaslighting what , tony Blair is a war criminal
They partied during quarantine, people died while they were having fun.
but but but they got the Vaccines first....
well... I may have to confess something. I may have had some fun during corona.. I know know.. I am sorry for it! I shouldnt have had fun while people were dying :l
That was the least of their vices in the grand scheme of things.
Tony Blair
@@WATFORD2535That war criminal!!
Record level of debt while claiming to run a tight ship.
I hate to be the one to point it out, but if Labour have promised to spend more money on public services and not increase your taxes, they will have to borrow more money than the tories are currently.
@@vaust3026 Not necessarily, if they manage to boost GDP by deregulating the economy. This is, in fact, step one in their plan.
@@miguellama7618 GDP is a ponzi scheme. We've achieved negligible overall growth by artificially increasing the population.
GDP per capita has remained stagnant since the 2008 crash.
De-regulation is a perfectly sensible start but unless corporation tax is reduced businesses of all sizes will contine to struggle.
For legitimate growth we need jobs and industry outside of the London financial bubble, but investors won't invest in manufacturing if we are bound by nonsensical net 0 policy and excessive taxes.
I remain skeptical but open to persuasion.
Anything is better than the pathetic excuse for a Conservative party we've suffered for 14 years.
@@vaust3026 GDP is the sum of sales made in a country not a Ponzi scheme. GDP per capita can be increased by making an economy more efficient without increasing population. How this is done is up for debate but some early on solutions I can think of are:
1. Scaling back the town and country planning act.
2. Increasing law enforcement efficiency.
3. Going back to the EU (repeal Brexit) or reach a trade deal with Europe.
4. Increase spending on education.
5. Regulate monopolies (this is quite a problem in the energy sector)
@@vaust3026 nope. they could simply not waste it like the tories did. 500m to send 1 person to rwanda etc. hundreds of billions on useless PPE is another.
Shouldn’t that be titled 14 years of Tory misrule
Only David Cameron, "The Heir to Blair" was a Blairite.
Having set the stage, subsequent Conservative administrations didn't feel able to break from the policies he'd been following. The one administration which did, was torpedoed by the Bank of England within 6 weeks of being formed.
The current condition of the national finances is the consequence of 27 years of Blairite policies.
Yeah with the great help of Murdoch and Farage - never forget!
BREXIT is where it all went wrong.
Yes where it started. Then there was Covid. If they had done more for cost of living and more support for the NHS they would have won.
And the only party pushing to rejoin are the Greens
Yup, all they had to do was deliver on the mandate given to them by voters. They refused.
@@notjustforhackers4252 Exactly!
Yeah they betrayed Brexit
"Looking back at 14 years of Tory rule - where did it go wrong" On day 1.
the last few years been a lot worse than ever been,Wonder what Labours rule going to turn out like,People even telling me they ant any better as well
The *ERA* of Truss made me laugh... Out loud😂
Era? Hardly.
Where did it go wrong? When they were given power to rule.
Not given, but mandated by ignorant voters.
Absolute incompetence.
As a poltical scientist in my view it went wrong extremely early in Cameron's premiership .... It was his loss of Andy Coulson that started a whole series of calamaties, ending in Brexit ... The tone of Cameron's governance changed noticably the second that Coulson was gone. Cameron went from confident leadership to huddled around the fire with a few cronies.
Theresa May never stood a chance ... The times created by the huge lie of Brexit, was only fit for the likes Johnson, Truss and indeed, Grey Man Sunak.
They'll not be missed. Hopefully people understand that it took the Conservatives 14yrs to create this mess, hence Starmer cannot fix it in 14 days or weeks.
They got 80 seat majority but went for mass immigration/ cheap labour for international finance capitalism.
They have reduced our ancestral homeland to an economic zone open to the World in the interests of international finance.
It will take DECADES to repair the damage Tories have done.
Andy Coulson, the guy behind phone hacking? Hmm... if that was what was keeping conservative together and strong then it says a lot about the party
Starmer won't be able to fix it in 14 years. At best, he might slow the decline, but he'll struggle to stop it, especially as he's reluctant to intervene on the scale needed. Hopefully he changes his mind...
The people will forget immediately and start blaming Starmer for the symptoms of those 14 years by the time his first morning tea has cooled.
Thank god it’s over. They had more leaders then I’ve had hot dinners.
lolol 🙂
Margaret Thatcher's premiership lasted as long as the tenure of the five PM one.
Britain was a real laughing stock
@@celtictarotreadings333 Funny how Charles has only been King for less than two years, yet during that time, he's welcomed three prime ministers from two different parties. That's gotta be something of a record.
How's it over? A Labour government with a weak and hypocritical leader js
Can we recover after 14 years of corruption. I hope so.
Oh God. Do we really have to? I'd rather forget those terrible years
It was like the boat ride in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
If we don´t learn from our history we are doomed to repeat it. Brexit was the greatest plunder in recent British history.
The worst is yet to come. Good luck.
Yes, rest of us aren't snowflakes
I support labour but dont consider uk economy will show sign of growth
Sir Keir will make Britain Great again
Where did it go wrong??!! At what point did they do anything right!??!
Profit before people is the Tory way
Austerity + tax hikes, what could’ve gone wrong
The debt pile is still growing and Labour will need to address it. The interest alone is now more than the entire education budget. Hopefully, we can get back to strong growth, but that will need a strong Europe, and we're seeing the opposite.
@@st4331
Leftists love to increase taxes though not the other way around
When will people learn giving money to already rich people is bad 🙄
Sunak is the richest PM ever. Completely out of touch with struggling people
@@st4331 Austerity always destroys the economy. There are worse things than government debt.
Actually its Triple austerity , price hikes came during convid & then again during the 3rd austerity round . Never impacts the MPs though . 300 quid a day house of lords allowance - abolish that could pay for bedroom tax for 6 people for just ONE LORDS daily allowance
is there anything they did right
They left.
Nope.
Of course! They feathered their own nests whilst fleecing the people of this country. They likely don't even care that they have suffered a huge defeat. That is how grifters operate.
No did nothing right!
At least they accept the election result.
Edit: i hear Liz Truss indeed does not.
What a beautiful day for British politics ❤
Especially Reform........
Mark my words, UK is going to get broken and devastated...
@@Khan_Azad Not when yer dinghy is marched back to Frogville m8 :D
People said the 1980s was bad, the 2010s was far worse. The people must never forget how horrible they were in power
It actually started going wrong with austerity all that time a go. The very worst effects of austerity are being felt today and those effects are very, very hard to fix, as obviously a decade of under investment is incredibly expensive to fix. If Cameron had chosen to invest in infrastructure instead, raise spending from 3% to around 10% in infrastructure and tackle archaic planning regulation by now UK would be booming with strong growth and have far more money to spend.
It's just not in their nature though. Their views on class simply do not allow the idea that a nation can prosper with a wealthy working class who spend their money on goods and services. To them, the money *needs* to be at the top.
14 years and a trail of dead bodies
Finally... It's over.... I gave up hope
I hope Labour will learn from the Tories mistakes.
Politicians & diapers need to be changed often.., for the same reason. Mark Twain.
Why???? We lived that nightmare. 😢😢😂😂
Money cannot not buy leadership skill. Sunk is wealthy but not wearily to solve problems of state.
I can't believe we lived through Theresa May's dancing.
lol
Like every country in the West, UK had become poorer in 2008 and never recovered. Populism arose everywhere - Brexit, Trump, the AfD, National Rally, Georgia Meloni - that's why the Tories lost. A total 14 year period which made everything worse, including abandoning the rules and criticising the courts and everyone else who opposed them. I'm a Remoaner.
The original sin was the decision to pin the blame for 2008 on our public services rather than the bankers who inflated the debt bubble. With that came the decimation of our public services, the immigrant-bashing, the shifting of responsibility to the EU. The Labour right are equally responsible for validating this narrative - their only solution in 2010 and 2015 was to tell voters that they would do austerity better than the Tories and would implement even bigger cuts. Everything follows from the original choice to save the capitalists by cannibalising society.
Most Western countries are actually wealthier than they were in 2008. But whatever the wealth of the West as a whole is, there is no denying that in the last decade, accellerated since Brexit, the UK fared among the worst of them. I can still remember the late 1990s when Germany was the sick man of Europe with no edge against the likes of the UK.
No it's just the UK. The economic crisis is much worse in the UK than any other G7 European nation. It's not populism, Trumps America did very well. It's the fact nobody will act on a much needed radical agenda. Years of mismanagement and being tame is what caused the system to fall. Brexit was no doubt a great mistake and I believe that if Stamer were to join the EU again, our problems would slowly but surely disappear.
@@BrokeInfluencerCash: If the UK rejoined the EU the Brexit problems would hopefully after some time disappear. _Then_ the UK could finally start working on the problems they had in 2010.
@@Nickname-ef9tv The UK isn't rejoining the EU for at least a generation, and that's even assuming the EU is alive and kicking by then. The EU could still be alive by 2040 but no longer offer any tangible benefits for the UK rejoining.
Not doing what was voted for.... time and time again.
I'm no fan of the tories, but a big part of the problem has been a lack of effective opposition. The country has been let down.
Cameron can go back to lobbying.
He's still got his seat in the House of Lords thanks to Sunak.
David Cameron. Now " Lord Cameron " , for " Services to the Country ! " l expect Boris will be next . Unbelievable.
Johnson will either become a Lord like Cameron or get a Knighthood.
Warlord
No need to look back, just look around and see the damage and devastation the tories have left.
The cracks started under Cameron, got wider under May, stretched to just beyond breaking point under Johnson, credibility failed spectacularly under Truss and Sunak lacked political experience to patch things back together, he didn't stand a chance, not that I'm complaining. Let's hope that Starmer's incoming government can at least stabilise things, to quote a former US President, "return to normalcy,"
Normal. That is exactly what we need. Weekly soap pantomime cancelled.
What exactly will Starmer do differently?
@@1compaqedr8 I reckon that although things won't change straight away, at least in a wider sense (after all, a government changing course is like turning a supertanker, it takes time), but at the very least, it won't be a daily soap opera in terms of the governing party turning on itself
@@1compaqedr8Hopefully consider policies that benefit the people. Ordinary people. Working people. Can't think of 1 under Tories. Labour left a list before going last time. Yes if people look they did!
Austerity, brexit, the persecution of society's most vulnerable people.
This is why i can't feel any empathy for all these tearful politicians.
Taking money from the poor and vulnerable typical Tories
Where did it go wrong? It never ever went right to begin with!
These 14 years will likely be remembered as 14 of the worst and most incompetent governance this country has ever seen, especially the last 8. I really hope Labour can fix the problems the tories have caused and the UK isn’t too far gone
*What a hellscape it was.*
14 years summed up in 6 mins 😂
Cameron really brought the UK to its knees and things went from bad to worse from that moment on.
Clown warlord
The media became a laughing stock
When hasn't the mainstream media been a laughing stock
News has always been a joke since 1930s and will be a joke for forever.
They should never be allowed to lead the country again.
Don't worry after few years the those idiots will be in power.
Where did it go wrong? I think a few seconds after the Queen invited Cameron to form a government in her name.
I actually cant watch this. Its too painful.
Almost immediately is where it went wrong for the UK.
The real question is: What even went right? Literally nothing.
Where did it go right for them? time for jail sentences
I can't wait until the PPE investigations. There's going to be criminal proceedings
Indeed!
This video should be about 3 hours long.
I only wish I could have seen the look on Nick Ferrari’s muppet face when the results were announced 😂😂😂
The most rotten 14 years in my life...Seeing those pampered and cruel Etonians, Cameron and Osborne I knew we were f....d !
They messed up and Boris was the catalyst. He wanted to be prime minister so badly that he campaigned for leave even though he was a remainer. To say i'm disappointed with the Conservatives is an understatement.
However, I also lived through the last Labour government and in their final years 2008-10 the economy, any any sense of hope that went with it, was in a far worse state then than it is today. Yes we had a financial crisis on Labour's watch but we also had Covid and the Ukraine war on the Conservatives watch.
Whilst Starmer appears to have more integrity than most of these Tory Prime Ministers, don't expect that to translate to a better end result.
2010 Cameron said it himself Britain needs to reform. History wise interesting- rishi failed due to procrastination
At least Cameron and May still had some moral values! With Johnson and Sunak it was a free for all.
Rule... not service. There s the start of your problem.
3:14 Corbyn had more votes then than Starmer had today.
Nick (I'll scrap tuition fees) Clegg.
Some importants events are left apart: Johnson's diners, Cameron's return in government, the civil war between the socialist and the liberal branch of the Labour...
Ultimately, Tories lost because they didn't cut down on immigration. The mood was clear-people voted leave because they know the EU was too bureaucratic in UK's affairs to handle immigration. May, then Boris, then Truss and now Sunak-all failed to reduce immigration. It never reduce at all during those 4 prime ministers.
Now, Starmer is PM but only out of spit for the Tories who haven't delivered on their promise to cut immigration.
People voted Leave because they didn't understand immigration. They thought that somehow the EU was leading to non-EU migration, even though that was always under our countrol.
Shocked at most people’s reaction to the end of Tory rule. As if the majority didn’t vote for them… 3 seperate times
I think we’d rather forget. Thanks
14 years of lies lies and more lies!!!! GOOD RIDDENS TO THEM!
History repeats itself. I can remember when Blair trounced the Tories. It took years - and several changes in the leadership for the Tory party to recover. The same will happen this time round. The Tories are out for at least 10 years. In this time the Labour government will make mistakes and the country will want a change. During this time, the Conservatives will probably veer to the right with unelectable candidates, and then, realising that power in the UK is only achieved by centrist policies will elect someone electable - representing floating voters and their centrist policies. I'm optimistic. The centre will always prevail in the UK - it's not a country that tolerates extremism
No not 14 years of tory rule, more the case being 14 years of tory misrule and near encroaching tyranny.
they are simply not conservatives with conservative positions.
LOLLL People voted Labour in a landslide because they dont want anymore of your conservative bullshit. Not because they weren’t “conservative” enough
What was it with the 'Rwanda thing' very bizarre!
A huge waste of money.
I think it was designed to look tough on asylum seekers and supposedly to stop the small boats crossing the channel between UK and EU. The crossings are highly dangerous and run by criminal gangs across Europe. The idea being to fly the asylum seekers to Rwanda where they will be held and processed instead of entering the country. Labour has outlined a plan to assemble a task force to target the gangs who facilitate the crossings in a hope to stop the boats at the source. The Rwanda bill was an expensive and divisive approach, it appealed to some but also many disliked the idea, the ethics and the cost. It also didn't stop the boats from coming so I'm not sure it was ever going to work. Bizarre and erratic flailing from a party that was ripping itself apart. That's my understanding of it. Others will probably have a very different take on it.
I just tried explaining it to my American friends and honestly just saying "Well, the government want to fly asylum seekers to the middle of Africa. The courts said it was illegal, so they made a new law to make it be legal instead" out loud sounded like some sort of parody
Labours plan is hot air, more of the same is going to happen @@CHEEEZ-UK
From the outset. The rest of the world grew its way out of the sub-prime aftermath but the Tories - at a time when interest rates were rock bottom for several years and finance was incredibly cheap - chose austerity. Then, just when they had made everyone angry enough at the system, decided that calling a Brexit referendum would solve their own divisions and stop UKIP from pinching a few seats from them. Everything since then has been chaos.
Tories a total mess ruined people's lives
I am not sure why Sunak or anyone else would have wanted to be the PM during a time of crisis. Writing was on the wall and it was obvious that Sunak was going to be blamed for the ills that happened and was happening. He inherited most of the problems that was not easy to fix in a short period of time. Now his name is Mud. If I was in his shoes, I would not have touched the PM post with a thousand foot pole.
Wasn't in the job long enough to get the blame.
He was part of the problem. He was Chancellor before pm.
@@natyak5641 But by all accounts he did well in that position and navigated thru the COVID pandemic.
@@natyak5641 Chancellors who eventually become Prime Ministers always seem to get voted out of office - See also John Major and Gordon Brown, for future reference.
5,168 days…that’s how long the UK has been under the Tories brand of managed decline.
What a disaster. It all went wrong when Cameron opted to appease a vocal minority to prevent ukip splitting a few tory seats
Yep and what has brexit achieved
@@celtictarotreadings333New trade deals across the world. Rolled out vaccine faster than any EU Country.stopped pick pocketing Romanians coming.
Cameron has a lot to answer for. The referendum was the beginning of the end for the Tories. It was a stupid decision to hold one, driven by sheer ego and self-interest.
A dark time in our nations history.
Boarding school / Oxford boys such as Osborne, Cameron, Johnson, Hannan, Frost have proved to be totally incompetent. Keir Starmer is a state educated graduate of the highly regarded University of Leeds. He is almost certain to be more capable than any of the above.
BREXIT, but especially Boris. The man is an embarrassment.
Well its the End Game for Conservatives,now Labour is coming after Rishi and his very rich buddies with Unlimited Wealth Tax and not a single opposition to stop Starmer from going after the Rich.So Rishi not only lost the Election but also lost all is friends wealth 😂😂😂
They will just move their wealth to another country. So instead of getting "little" you'd get "nothing" from them. That is one way to drive your country in to greater debt.
They just filled there pockets
Really well put together material. Shows how it all went..
Brexit, Covid and Ukraine.
It’s never their fault is it 😂😂🤦♂️
Record mass replacement migration.
everyone was happy having a free holiday.
@@evolassunglasses4673you do realise much of the NHS runs on immigrants right? Reforms obsession with immigration won’t do this country any favours.
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to be fair I really think Theresa may was in the wrong place at the wrong time
David Cameron was their best leader, Boris Johnson was their downfall. Resignation of Cameron was the begining of their end. Theresa May was a sober leader but the circumstances were just too toxic for her to survive. These guys were too power hungry amongst themselves instead of serving the people.
What a shitshow
The rich has become richer and the poor has become poorer !
*misrule
Nick Clegg was the doorkeeper to all this.
It all went wrong after Cameron got to be PM
Worst government of my lifetime.
Rishi did the right thing in the end and ended it all early. Perhaps even he knew the game was up
14 years of not so good plans
14 years of ridiculous tories
5 ordinary prime ministers
David Cameron (10-16)
Theresa May (16-19)
Boris Johnson (19-22)
Liz Truss (Sep-Oct 22)
Rishi Sunak (22-24)
"even failing to win over those whose very instinct is to follow" was brutal
Disastrous
Is this a new horror film
The curtain finally came down on one of the longest running sitcom 😅😅. Thanks for keeping us entertained for the last 14 years 🙏🙏
It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, and I’m feeling good. 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
In retrospect, May wasn't that bad. A lot better than the 3 clowns we had after her.
Did it really go wrong? The rich got a lot richer. The fact that we suffered is simply a consequence.
After Partygate, there was no way back, and Liz Truss sealed the final nail in the coffin. Cameron did a good job, but it was all downhill after that. The Tories lost their grip, didn't know what they stood for any longer, and betrayed the trust placed in them.
Cameron did a good job!!?!?!?
Cameron killed the UK. Austerity and brexit drilled a huge hole in a ship that was only just beginning to float again after 2008.
How cheeky of him to say we had challenging times since world war nothing like it