I thought it would be a good idea if the Conservative Party changed their name as per the title of this report. The word contains other adverbs that suitably describe the party such as POSSIBLY, PROBABLY, MAYBE and PERHAPS and also we should add U-TURNS! Another word comes to mind is DITHERING! It is something to mull over in our minds when you think back to the history of everything the party has been involved in.
In 1963, the resignation of the Secretary of State for War, John Profumo CBE for being a naughty boy with a 19 year old model was widely known as the John Profumo Affair. Shortly after that the Cons lost the General Election and Harold Wilson was our Prime Minister.
Edward Heath jumped into the driving seat and had several bumpy rides over his term of four years mainly with unions and the rising cost of OPEC Cartel oil prices and tried to form an alliance with the Liberals to form a coalition government, but couldn’t come to an agreement on demands that both parties could agree on.
It was the turn of Margaret Thatcher, the first woman to become Prime Minister and also the longest reigning (1979 – 1990). So many adverse things happened under her leadership that my columns would need reams of paper to fulfil her bad habits.
John Major introduced during his reign “The Council Tax” and also carried on with the usual tradition of scandals and crisis which included the Egg Lady. There were so many indiscretions that the so-called government could be nicknamed “A Knocking Shop!” and out of this came the slogan: ‘Go to work on an egg!’ Nowadays you can make Curried Eggs.
In between the years, William Hague 1997-2001, Iain Duncan Smith 2001 – 2003 and Michael Howard 2003 – 2005 fulfilled the leadership until David Cameron became Prime Minister in 2005 – 2016 Apparently the BREXIT DEFEAT caused Cameron to resign as P.M. and travel round the country to persuade people to stay within the EU. It emerged that Cameron had forbidden the Civil Service from doing any planning for Brexit because of fears his plans being leaked to the public. Apparently Foreign Affairs Select Committee had accused him of gross negligence.
Theresa May 2016 – 2019 I thought had a hard time trying to sort out all the damage done by her predecessor.
Boris Johnson 2019 – 2022 He could have been a great leader and I do recognise it was a difficult time, if only he had toed the line.
Liz Truss 2022 – 45 days Less said, soonest mended.
Rishi Sunak 2022 Wait and see!
In the film “Some like it Hot”
Jack Lemmon as Daphne takes the ladies wig off and says “I’m a man!”
Joe E Brown as Osgood replies “Well, nobody’s perfect”
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