The Conservative Party has not had much luck in choosing leaders. The first to be elected by ballot, rather than appointed, was Edward Heath and we can debate how successful that choice was for national sovereignty or otherwise another time. The most recent term of Conservative government contains the stream of ineffective leaders the Party did not deserve and in a couple of cases did not want.
Unfortunately for the Conservative Party, David Cameron represented the Party's surrender to the New Labour direction of travel during the party's wilderness Years. Thus, he was chosen as a new Blair rater than a new
Thatcher. A fresh-looking centrist with globalist leanings who came to power in coalition after an election that Gordon Brown was going to lose anyway. His most important achievement, as prime minister was unintentional: Brexit(ish).
Theresa May failed to deliver a Brexit that meant Brexit and arguably prevented subsequent governments from delivering full unmitigated sovereignty by her poor negotiating or (some believe) intentional fudge.
We thought Boris was our secret weapon to get Brexit done, but he became a misguided missile obsessing about net zero, vaccines and funding foreign wars. The actions of Those civil servants and other officials who seemed to obstruct the realisation of the benefits of Brexit for their own ideological reasons, looked like a betrayal of democracy in spirit if not in law.
The party and country hoped that Liz Truss would finally sign off the 2019 manifesto in full, while stimulating economic growth, but she was sabotaged by the actions of others, wrongly blamed by the knee-jerk media and hounded from office.
The next leadership election was crucial and had to unite the party around a PM who could restore economic confidence quickly, solve the small boats problem, boost growth and deliver on promises; but we got Rishi Sunak. Granted, he was very popular during the pandemic, but by 2024 the world had moved on. The party in the country felt betrayed that members were not given the final choice and consequently one might be reasonably confident in asserting that the General Election was lost the moment that the Parliamentary party departed from the wishes of Party membership.
So, what has been the problem? A dearth of talent in Parliament (bland PPE fodder), a slow erosion of traditional party principles and knowledge of party history, or the slow pernicious influence of negative societal change brought about by globalism and the internet? Each and all of these plus Western decadence/decline and a tendency towards collectivism over individual liberty.
Any leadership candidate promising 'change' as opposed to a roadmap of party and national improvement (like Starmer and a host of prime ministerial hopefuls before him), should be immediately disqualified. The new leader has to be aware of the perilous and confusing position that all citizens of the United Kingdom find themselves economically, culturally and socially. Be aware of the perilous position of this our country, its land, its energy and food security, its demographic challenges, its foreign relations, its defences and its sovereignty. Be aware of the apparent political attacks on British and largely English culture and identity, Christianity, history and literature. Be aware of the interests and concerns of Party members and their right to a voice. Be capable of governing for all the citizens of this country and never a clique within a clique or for interests outside of our borders. Serve the land as well as the people as a sacred duty under God and King.
