First things first: I say this with great regret, but the Tories are toast. When the next general election hits–as it must by January of next year (as a parliamentary system, the elections are called by the ruling parties, but there is a requirement to hold elections no more than 5 years apart), the Tories are likely to get crushed.
I regret that they will get crushed, of course, because I think Labour is awful. But I also think that the Tories deserve to go, because they no longer represent their constituency. They are a spent political force–no more than caretakers, and bad ones at that.
Statement – Social Media
To all my loyal constituents, donors, supporters and my family.
Following what has been a turbulent few weeks for me, in which I have felt unsupported and cast aside by by own party, I have been left to feel politically isolated for representing the…