MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: A three-way tie… but the Right CAN still triumph
Lord Ashcroft’s new poll, published exclusively by The Mail on Sunday today, reveals an extraordinary, unprecedented situation in British politics.
The three parties (Conservatives, UK Reform and the Greens) are on par with each other. Each has the support of 21 percent of voters.
Meanwhile, the Labor Party, which currently has a large majority in parliament and forms the government, can count on only 17 percent support.
Conservative forces in this country will need to think hard about how to react to this news. This kind of arithmetic could even bring the Greens to power in a formidable coalition.
This kind of thing can be common for years in states with Proportional Representation (PR).
Such countries either have persistently weak governments distributed among unchanging professional politicians, or stifling grand coalitions in which healthy opposition has been eliminated.
Until recently, our First-Pass-The-Post system protected us from this kind of thing. It gave us blessings that PR could not: a clear two-way choice between different parties, a strong, decisive government between elections, and the ability to get rid of leaders we didn’t like. But especially since the Blair era and even the Brexit referendum, the major parties no longer reflect the divisions of opinion in this country.
Now is the time for them to do so, but thoughtfully, not overboard or chasing the nearest crowd.
In a three-way stalemate, the Conservatives, Reform UK and the Greens are currently neck and neck, with both parties controlling 21% of voters in the polls
Daily Mail urges Conservative Party and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK to explore constructive collaboration
We therefore call on the Conservative Party and Reform UK to explore constructive cooperation while there is still time.
It’s encouraging to see how many people support repealing the idiotic ban on drilling for North Sea oil. Green bigotry has blocked this logical step for too long. But the Iran war showed how dependent this country is
We use imported fuel and how unwise it is for us to refuse to benefit from a great blessing that is on our doorstep.
Drilling for North Sea oil is a win-win
If we lift the ban, our energy supply will become safer and our tax revenues will increase. It will create employment. Therefore, the Treasury, employment, national security and economic growth will benefit from this. This also makes sense in a world where this country will need oil and gas for many years to come.
In particular, we now see how quickly passages such as the Strait of Hormuz can be closed without notice.
But we would also be taking a step back towards logic. It is only the dogma imposed by the ultra-green Ed Miliband that prevents us from making this sensible decision.
The same ideology has led to other energy mistakes that we need to fix. Over-reliance on renewable resources has proven very costly. It is long past time to rethink all these issues.
Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage know this. If they want sensible conservatism to return to power, they must take advantage of this encouraging surge in public opinion. Doing the right thing for once will be popular.
