The Conservative Right

[rhythmaning]

I can't quite get my head around the Conservatives' right-wing and their "alternative Queen's speech".

If they persuade their leadership to dump the coalition agreement, what do they hope to achieve?

Are they really seeing signs of a desire of the electorate for a shift to the right? That would explain why the Conservatives were trounced in the local elections by the Labour Party.

Or perhaps they are hoping to piss the LibDems off so much by going back on their agreed agenda that the coalition will fall. Leading to a general election. Which, on current views, Labour would walk.

Do they actually want to be in power?!

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[hoiho.livejournal.com]

Peter Bone MP was on the BBC news channel yesterday, and his explanation was they were trounced because they weren't right wing enough (and the decent right thinking right wingers had stayed at home in disgust at all the parties), and that every time they are more right wing, they win. Yes, it's barking.