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Seb Schmoller
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Here to learn & share. Wrote/ran TUC courses for union representatives. Ran Sheffield College's educational IT. Led ALT. Did techish consultancy. Still deeply involved in FE governance. Nearing the end of a maths degree. Politics, FE, outdoors, Sheffield.
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Tories Are Lost Because Their Ideology Failed. Here's a terrific paragraph by @cjayanetti.bsky.social@bloomberg.comwww.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

The last 14 years have seen the total failure of virtually every element of Conservative ideology. That isn't idle polemic — the Tories lost because nothing works, and because nothing they did worked. “Small state” austerity left public services in a state of collapse. Proposed tax cuts threatened to blow up the economy under Liz Truss. Privatization crashed the probation service. Deregulation achieved few upsides and helped contribute to the Grenfell disaster. Culture wars alienated moderate voters. Targeting immigrants left public services understaffed and resulted in policy fiascos such as the Windrush scandal and the now-scrapped Rwanda deportation scheme. A hard line on law and order, without commensurate public spending, ended in overcrowded prisons and dysfunctional police. All this without even mentioning Brexit.
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CNcarlnyberg312.bsky.social

The liberal reaction to "Conservatism" failing is to embrace "Conservatism".

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BBheartbeatherts.bsky.social

But it didn't fail for the ultra wealthy. Wealth distribution is as wide as it's ever been. Seems that is their core mission. Problem for them is there aren't enough ultra wealthy voters.

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WHsymbo1ics.bsky.social

mentioning brexit would be awkward since that's a bipartisan position, as are austerity, transphobia and privatising health.

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IWianward.bsky.social

This, absolutely this!

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CKottocr.at

📌

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JRmilknosugar.bsky.social

This mirrors my own thoughts. The state of the Tories now can be traced back directly to Cameron & Osborne’s failure to confront what the 2008 banking crisis meant for their ideology, launching the party towards the fantasy land they now inhabit

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CJcjayanetti.bsky.social

Thanks!

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Seb Schmoller
@sebschmoller.bsky.social
Here to learn & share. Wrote/ran TUC courses for union representatives. Ran Sheffield College's educational IT. Led ALT. Did techish consultancy. Still deeply involved in FE governance. Nearing the end of a maths degree. Politics, FE, outdoors, Sheffield.
532 followers824 following333 posts