What on earth would take a man from the front lines of war to the front benches of government? Johnny Mercer’s recent book sets this out, I shared my thoughts.
I have followed Johnny for a long time, and consider him to be very honest. I dont agree with all his thoughts but he went to parliament as a patriot and did many great things. I will look forward to reading his book. Look at a photo of slumbering slobs on the Benches. Hes right. This is no way to run our country
The 14 years of Tory rule were a lesson to us all, especially those of us on the left of politics. Did Rees-Mogg and the ERG blackmail Cameron into agreeing to a EU referendum? Why on earth were the LibDems blamed for all the austerity between 2010-15? Did none of the Tory voters notice the effects of austerity which took 174,000 lives according to the Rowntree Trust. When the economy started to falter after June 2016 and the vote for Brexit, where were the MPs on Treasury committees who must have noticed and should have demanded that the 36% who had voted Leave be ignored? I remember Johnie in his various Cabinet positions and his obvious difficulties with party policies.
"Johnny shows the price decent folk pay for entering politics, and his book shows the price our country pays for so many refusing to serve." ............... that's the problem in a nutshell Tom. Now, as a 'small 'c' conservative, please work harder at creating the conditions whereby the decent folk you refer to will have a go and, that means starting in and amongst the party and politicians that did so much to destroy their faith and spirit, your own!
I have followed Johnny for a long time, and consider him to be very honest. I dont agree with all his thoughts but he went to parliament as a patriot and did many great things. I will look forward to reading his book. Look at a photo of slumbering slobs on the Benches. Hes right. This is no way to run our country
The 14 years of Tory rule were a lesson to us all, especially those of us on the left of politics. Did Rees-Mogg and the ERG blackmail Cameron into agreeing to a EU referendum? Why on earth were the LibDems blamed for all the austerity between 2010-15? Did none of the Tory voters notice the effects of austerity which took 174,000 lives according to the Rowntree Trust. When the economy started to falter after June 2016 and the vote for Brexit, where were the MPs on Treasury committees who must have noticed and should have demanded that the 36% who had voted Leave be ignored? I remember Johnie in his various Cabinet positions and his obvious difficulties with party policies.
"Johnny shows the price decent folk pay for entering politics, and his book shows the price our country pays for so many refusing to serve." ............... that's the problem in a nutshell Tom. Now, as a 'small 'c' conservative, please work harder at creating the conditions whereby the decent folk you refer to will have a go and, that means starting in and amongst the party and politicians that did so much to destroy their faith and spirit, your own!