Send off the clowns! We could all see this Tory defeat coming
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Send off the clowns! We could all see this Tory defeat coming

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. David Cameron and George Osborne were wrong to say that austerity and a smaller state were the answer – and no, we were not “all in this together”. More than ever, as some of us suspected, the angry, impatient, exasperated public mood has been translated into a conscious effort to “get the Tories out by any means necessary”, and that meant tactical voting – at least by those on the centre-left, so long divided while the Tories enjoyed a monopoly on the right in general elections. Whether a majority is 150 or 250, or more even, is a bit academic – except for the unfortunate MPs, their staff and their families, who’ve seen their employment status publicly announced by Clive Myrie.

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Daily Mail  

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The Independent  

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