The Conservative party is now the political equivalent of Monty Python's Norwegian Blue parrot, writes Dan Hodges. There is no unification of the Right without Farage. By securing 17 per cent of the vote and five parliamentary seats, he's made his decisive breakthrough. And he will have to be brought into the New Conservative tent. ...read
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DAN HODGES: My chat with Mark the miner's son that shows how the Tories have betrayed the north of England - from Brexit to immigration
Five years ago people put their trust in the Tories, writes Dan Hodges. And that faith was not repaid. Brexit was not delivered. At least, not in the way Boris had promised. Immigration - both legal and illegal - spiralled further out of control. The cost-of-living crisis brought unprecedented financial hardship to households across the land. Levelling Up was abandoned. And as people sat grieving at home whilst the Covid dead were buried, inside No. 10 they partied. So, sorry, Prime Minister. The British people do see tomorrow's vote as a referendum on the past. And they will not be looking back on the last five years - and the decade that preceded it - with fondness. ...read
DAN HODGES: Five years ago I could sense the rumblings of discontent. But this time there will be a full-scale earthquake
Barbara can still remember when Blyth was the jewel in Northumberland's crown. 'We had the best market in the North East,' she tells me, 'but now they've killed it.' She gestures outside her tiny shop on Bowes Street. 'This used to all be lovely cobbles, but they ripped them up and "modernised". They also raised the kerb, so the pensioners can't get up and down, they've put in parking restrictions, and these new benches are so uncomfortable that people can't even sit on them.' ...read
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