It is crystal clear that the Tories in this election are in complete meltdown.
From PM Rishi Sunak’s rain-soaked launch, to his snub of D-Day veterans: almost every day brings some new calamity for the Tories.
A swath of leading Tories are predicted to lose their seats – including, it seems, Jeremy Hunt, the Tory chancellor. Seventy-five Tory MPs, including many current and former cabinet ministers, are standing down, like rats fleeing a sinking ship.
Historic defeat
The Tory Party is facing its greatest defeat in history – and deservedly so.
The latest poll by FGS Global suggests that fewer than 1-in-12 of former Conservative voters thought the Tory Party under Sunak deserves to win. This group is fed up with NHS waiting lists, party splits, and Sunak’s leadership.
A sign of the mood is shown by only 4% of those polled saying they feel “optimistic for the future”, compared with 2% who said the same about Starmer.
As regards Sunak, just 5% said he was “strong”, 3% said he “shared my values”, and 4% said he “understands and cares about people like me”.
Fiasco
These figures came before Sunak’s latest own-goal, when he left the D-Day commemorations in Normandy to film an election interview. One former Tory defence minister described it as “the stupidest of stupid ideas”.
Until then, much of the Tories’ campaign had been focussed on winning back voters from Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. Hence their heavy emphasis on defence, security, and their much derided plan to reintroduce national service.
Only days before the D-Day fiasco, Farage announced his candidacy as part of his plan to take over the Tories “from the outside”.
Now, according to the Financial Times, even senior Tories are discussing plans for scenarios after the election in which the Tories are electorally wiped out, and Farage attempts to take over their rump.
One senior Tory minister told the FT that he expected it would be “only a matter of days” before Farage’s party overtakes the Tories in an opinion poll, thus accelerating their demise.
This is a reflection not only in the despondency towards the Tories, but the deep-seated malaise in Britain against all the major parties.
Protest
Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party is heading for a landslide: not because people love Starmer, but because they hate the Tories.
According to a detailed YouGov poll, Starmer could win 422 seats, with the Tories languishing on 140, giving Labour the biggest majority of any party in a century.
With Labour all but guaranteed to form the next government with a big majority, many disillusioned voters in this election will no doubt be keen to vote for more left-wing independent candidates, without affecting the national result.
This also applies to Stratford and Bow in London, where Fiona Lali is standing as an independent with the full backing of the RCP.
Many of those who traditionally voted Labour will, under the circumstances, now vote for independent candidates in greater numbers than ever before.
And why not?
Starmer and the Labour leadership have blood on their hands. Why should we allow Starmer and his gang to get away with trampling on the rights of the Palestinians and giving support to the genocide being carried out by Israel?
Now is the time for the greatest protest vote in history! A victory for a number of independent pro-Palestine candidates would become a focal point for opposition to the slaughter in Gaza.
This especially includes Fiona Lali, who would fearlessly hold Starmer to account in Parliament, and fight for fundamental change.
Join us!
We have everything to fight for in this election.
Hundreds of volunteers have rallied to Fiona’s campaign already. With the wind in our sails, we have every chance of winning this seat in Stratford and Bow.
We appeal to you to join us. Let us make history together!
In particular, we encourage you to sign up to help with Fiona’s campaign, and to donate to her fighting fund, by visiting: fionalalircp.com
