Saturday 25 May 2024

The Questions The Politicians Won't Want To Be Asked About

The starting gun has been fired and the election machines crank into life so you won't be able to turn on the TV over the next six weeks without some politicians gurning back at you but what will they be saying, or more importantly, not saying?  
The Conservatives message is to stick with whatever plan they have been applying over the last 14 years and not to risk ruining it by voting Labour. What they won't want to be asked about is anything from the previous 13 years such as Liz Truss, Boris Johnson, NHS, Brexit or basically anything pre-October 2022, when Sunak became PM
The Labour message is it is time for a change and to repair the economic black hole which is the British economy. What they won't want to be asked about is Jeremy Corbyn, Diane Abbott, Gaza and Angela Rayner's Capital Gains Tax arrangements.
The Liberal Democrats push is that they are the party for anyone who doesn't like the Conservatives but are not keen on Labour and this has worked in by-elections. There main message is to hammer the Sewage problem under the Conservatives but they won't want to be reminded of their immediate reversal of Brexit pledge, their previous teaming up with the Conservatives or leaders Ed Davey's role in the Post Office scandal when he was the Business Minister.
The Scottish National Party will go big on how they are the only party who can speak for Scotland in Westminster but won;t want questions how that forensic tent outside Nicola Sturgeon’s house, Humza Yousaf, police arrests of previous leaders, luxury motorhomes or the NHS waiting lists up there.
The Greens big message is Labour is going to win so why not have a few Greens in Parliament also so they can push them on the environment and net zero but what they won't want questions on is
Transgender issues which seems particularly divisive for the Greens after they suspended senior members for 'gender-critical views' .
The Reform UK Party's message is that they are more right wing than the Conservatives and speak up for those disenchanted with Rishi Sunak and they will hammer legal and illegal immigration and woke culture but don't ask how they will split the right wing vote and allow an even more thumping Labour win.
There we go then so when a Tory, Labour or any of the other assorted politicians turn up in your town banging on about what they will do, you know what to ask to make them squirm uncomfortably.

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