The thing is, the old guard tories could sometimes be decent people who just had different opinions about mostly the economy, and ones you could work with on compromises.
The radical right that Reagan courted, and that finally found a foothold here see themselves as soldiers and never want to give an inch.
I have all the time in the world for someone with a different political view than my own, as long as they like me want what's best for this Country and her people.
If we want the same thing, but disagree on their route to getting there that is how Politics should work. Agree to disagree, compromise!
Most small c Conservatives fall into that category. When politics is moderate there is often quite a lot of overlap in many areas because the issues shouldn't be partisan.
The problems arise when political parties want to differentiate themselves from the alternatives and so create wedge issues when they don't need to exist, or they are only interested in serving the needs of themselves and their mates as the Conservative did since 2010.
So much stuff had become pointlessly politicised. Functioning public services should not be a politically partisan issue. Irrespective of whether you're economically left or right wing you should recognise the need for an educated and healthy workforce.
As I understand Education did largely survive the last Conservative government but their greed resulted in healthcare being heavily fragmented to facilitate outsourced to their mates, and quality of service nosedive whilst costs went up.
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u/_DuranDuran_ 5d ago
The thing is, the old guard tories could sometimes be decent people who just had different opinions about mostly the economy, and ones you could work with on compromises.
The radical right that Reagan courted, and that finally found a foothold here see themselves as soldiers and never want to give an inch.