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Originally Posted by Hugh
I have a friend standing in our Constituency, and I’ve been active Conservative since the early 80’s (constituency officer, area officer, National YC officer, stood at both council and constituency level, worked in very many National and By-Elections, been a researcher for Heseltine and others), but I can’t vote Conservative in this election, because of language like that.
I served and actively worked against the Communist menace, and the Tory party should be elected in what it can do to benefit the country, not by using ‘reds under the bed" smear tactics.
The existential threat is the ex-communists (Putin et al) trying to weaken our country by using psy-ops tactics to spread fear against ‘Others’ and internal strife.
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Good for you.
The further to the right they go, the further away from the electorate they go. One Nation Conservatives are deserting or being pushed out of the party. The type the floating voter might vote for. Neither party has grasped that most of the electorate are in the middle.
Fear of the opposition seems to be the Tories main selling point. It's an old record and they need a bit more than that.