{"id":65712,"date":"2022-11-18T07:09:42","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T07:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=65712"},"modified":"2022-11-18T07:09:42","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T07:09:42","slug":"the-tories-are-literally-dying-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2022\/11\/18\/the-tories-are-literally-dying-out\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tories are literally dying out"},"content":{"rendered":"

I thought this Twitter thread<\/a> from Ben Ansell well worth sharing here:<\/p>\n

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At this point the focus was on housing, and I am not sure I need to share that data.<\/p>\n

This was Ben's conclusion:<\/p>\n

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I think the consequences are staggering.<\/p>\n

There is little indication the Tories can win an election on this basis.<\/p>\n

But more importantly, where are their new members to come from, or their MPs, or come to that, their funders? And where is there support hoping to be as higher education levels increase over the age ranges?<\/p>\n

It's as if their whole model has been debunked by teaching people how the world actually works and that education is now reaching the point where a majority are persuaded.<\/p>\n

It's just a shame that as yet Labour has no alternative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I thought this Twitter thread from Ben Ansell well worth sharing here: At this point the focus was on housing, and I am not sure
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