It’s not surprising that the Conservatives are likely to lose 75 council seats according to a BBC poll in the 4 May elections.
First there is the youth of Cameron’s makeover — he’s not yet had a chance to show that we’re not the same 80s and 90s Tories.
Second, there’s the slow but real loss of votes from traditional Conservative voters. The very people who currently support the Tories are likely to not vote this time as Cameron espouses leftist viewpoints.
The real irony, though, is that Conservatives do run Councils better than other parties and they normally do keep their promises. The inner cities who think they’re too cool to vote for the stuffy Conservatives are the very ones who need our help most!
April 8th, 2006 at 2:56 pm
And do you think once Cameron has convinced people they are not 80’s or 90’s Tories that they will attract new voters?
I don’t think so, if people want a party with leftist ideas they have already got a choice between Lib Dems and New Labour, people who support that kind of politics aren’t going to switch to the Conservatives.
The biggest voting block you need to be targeting is not idiot Lib Dem and New Labour voters but the people who don’t bother voting at all, its not true as some people suggest that those who don’t vote don’t follow politics, some people see not voting as a protest against the concensus.
You need to be offering people a real alternative to the leftist consensus not more of the same. Then you might attract some of these people who are totally sick of the bs we get now.
Personally I can’t vote for any of the three many parties because they are all pro-EU, Tories claim not to be but their record shows otherwise.
April 8th, 2006 at 3:57 pm
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