The Sun to officially support Conservatives in the next general election
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So there we have it: the Sun newspaper has today officially announced its endorsement of the Conservative Party going into the general election of 2010. According to Conservative Home, "failure to address Sun readers' concerns about Europe, the Lisbon Treaty and the treatment of our armed forces" are among the principle reasons for this desertion.
This comes as a blow to Labour, whom the paper has consistently backed for the last 12 years, and particularly to Brown, heaping further misery on a party already in freefall.
That the newspaper has chosen the morning after Brown's keynote speech to drop this hefty bombshell seems particularly poignant. Ed Miliband has tried fervently to play down the significance of the result, quipping that "people decide elections not newspapers". He seems to forget the tabloid media's ability to mobilise the swing voter class of this country - one needs only think to Kinnock's fall from grace based almost entirely on a retraction of support from the Sun.
Particularly worrying for Labour is that it is truly impossible to discern any real talent among the rising 'stars' of the party whatsoever. Purnell and Cruddas lead a fairly poor bunch of MPs whose role it will be to steer the party clear of complete dissolution. Could it just be that we are witnessing the end of Labour as we know it? With the party trailing 3rd in the latest polls for the first time in decades, the Labour-Conservative dynamic could be truly and irrevocably rattled at the next election.
Only time will tell.
This comes as a blow to Labour, whom the paper has consistently backed for the last 12 years, and particularly to Brown, heaping further misery on a party already in freefall.
That the newspaper has chosen the morning after Brown's keynote speech to drop this hefty bombshell seems particularly poignant. Ed Miliband has tried fervently to play down the significance of the result, quipping that "people decide elections not newspapers". He seems to forget the tabloid media's ability to mobilise the swing voter class of this country - one needs only think to Kinnock's fall from grace based almost entirely on a retraction of support from the Sun.
Particularly worrying for Labour is that it is truly impossible to discern any real talent among the rising 'stars' of the party whatsoever. Purnell and Cruddas lead a fairly poor bunch of MPs whose role it will be to steer the party clear of complete dissolution. Could it just be that we are witnessing the end of Labour as we know it? With the party trailing 3rd in the latest polls for the first time in decades, the Labour-Conservative dynamic could be truly and irrevocably rattled at the next election.
Only time will tell.
Induction to the blogosphere
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After a few false starts and minor set backs, I have finally taken the plunge and set up shop in the blogosphere. There have been numerous times in the past few months in which I have mooted the merits of penning my thoughts for the world to see, however somehow I never felt that I would be able to dedicate myself to the project in such a way that would do me justice.
I now feel ready.
It may sound strange, but I would like to - in part - thank Gordon Brown for this. Watching his speech today at Labour's annual conference in Brighton, I saw a man desperate to claw at any semblance of power he could lay claim to. It was the death of the Labour party; a sermon led by an over-zealous priest. I have been Conservative my whole politically informed life, but now is the time for me to thrust myself to the forefront of young Conservatives; now is the time to act as the Conservatives en masse should too. It is time to put Labour to the sword and thereby effect the real change this country needs.
So here begins my political journey. Studying Politics at a top university and with a published article to my name as well as an internship in parliament, I am not completely new to this. But all I ask is that you check in every few days and give this blog a real chance; it is the voice of the Conservative future (if I have anything to do with it), and I am here to stay.
Happy reading, I hope you enjoy what I have to say!
I now feel ready.
It may sound strange, but I would like to - in part - thank Gordon Brown for this. Watching his speech today at Labour's annual conference in Brighton, I saw a man desperate to claw at any semblance of power he could lay claim to. It was the death of the Labour party; a sermon led by an over-zealous priest. I have been Conservative my whole politically informed life, but now is the time for me to thrust myself to the forefront of young Conservatives; now is the time to act as the Conservatives en masse should too. It is time to put Labour to the sword and thereby effect the real change this country needs.
So here begins my political journey. Studying Politics at a top university and with a published article to my name as well as an internship in parliament, I am not completely new to this. But all I ask is that you check in every few days and give this blog a real chance; it is the voice of the Conservative future (if I have anything to do with it), and I am here to stay.
Happy reading, I hope you enjoy what I have to say!
