Matthew Goodwin
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net zero and climate change, and a broken model of multiculturalism that most recently found its expression in the rape gang scandal across more than 50 towns in the country. Now, many voters over the last 30 years have gradually looked at this elite consensus shared by the established left and right. And they said, you know, we've had enough. We want a different politics.
net zero and climate change, and a broken model of multiculturalism that most recently found its expression in the rape gang scandal across more than 50 towns in the country. Now, many voters over the last 30 years have gradually looked at this elite consensus shared by the established left and right. And they said, you know, we've had enough. We want a different politics.
net zero and climate change, and a broken model of multiculturalism that most recently found its expression in the rape gang scandal across more than 50 towns in the country. Now, many voters over the last 30 years have gradually looked at this elite consensus shared by the established left and right. And they said, you know, we've had enough. We want a different politics.
We want a different kind of culture. And that is why I actually think you're beginning to see now what America saw in 2015, 2016. We're beginning to see radical political change in this country. As I'm talking to you now in early, mid-February 2025, in the national polls, Nigel Farage and the Reform Party are now number one.
We want a different kind of culture. And that is why I actually think you're beginning to see now what America saw in 2015, 2016. We're beginning to see radical political change in this country. As I'm talking to you now in early, mid-February 2025, in the national polls, Nigel Farage and the Reform Party are now number one.
We want a different kind of culture. And that is why I actually think you're beginning to see now what America saw in 2015, 2016. We're beginning to see radical political change in this country. As I'm talking to you now in early, mid-February 2025, in the national polls, Nigel Farage and the Reform Party are now number one.
Labour and the Conservatives are now trailing this disruptive party, similar to the Canadian Reform Party in the early 1990s. We're beginning to see a serious pushback from voters who have had enough of this.
Labour and the Conservatives are now trailing this disruptive party, similar to the Canadian Reform Party in the early 1990s. We're beginning to see a serious pushback from voters who have had enough of this.
Labour and the Conservatives are now trailing this disruptive party, similar to the Canadian Reform Party in the early 1990s. We're beginning to see a serious pushback from voters who have had enough of this.
And in Europe too, Jordan, you will know, in Germany, Austria, Sweden, we are, I think, beginning to see a sustained public-led pushback to the policies that have dominated Western democracies for the last 30 to 50 years.
And in Europe too, Jordan, you will know, in Germany, Austria, Sweden, we are, I think, beginning to see a sustained public-led pushback to the policies that have dominated Western democracies for the last 30 to 50 years.
And in Europe too, Jordan, you will know, in Germany, Austria, Sweden, we are, I think, beginning to see a sustained public-led pushback to the policies that have dominated Western democracies for the last 30 to 50 years.
Well, you're answering your own questions in a way, Jordan, because the answer is they're not conservatives. What has happened to the Conservative Party, one of the oldest, most successful parties in the history of democracy? is that it has completely abandoned its ideological roots. It's become a liberal party.
Well, you're answering your own questions in a way, Jordan, because the answer is they're not conservatives. What has happened to the Conservative Party, one of the oldest, most successful parties in the history of democracy? is that it has completely abandoned its ideological roots. It's become a liberal party.
Well, you're answering your own questions in a way, Jordan, because the answer is they're not conservatives. What has happened to the Conservative Party, one of the oldest, most successful parties in the history of democracy? is that it has completely abandoned its ideological roots. It's become a liberal party.
The vast majority of MPs in Parliament, Conservative MPs, are essentially liberal MPs. They are the ones that put mass immigration on steroids. They are the ones that put net zero on steroids. They are the ones that put gender ideology on steroids. And Kemi Badenoch is claiming that. that the party has learned its lessons, that she's going to change direction.
The vast majority of MPs in Parliament, Conservative MPs, are essentially liberal MPs. They are the ones that put mass immigration on steroids. They are the ones that put net zero on steroids. They are the ones that put gender ideology on steroids. And Kemi Badenoch is claiming that. that the party has learned its lessons, that she's going to change direction.
The vast majority of MPs in Parliament, Conservative MPs, are essentially liberal MPs. They are the ones that put mass immigration on steroids. They are the ones that put net zero on steroids. They are the ones that put gender ideology on steroids. And Kemi Badenoch is claiming that. that the party has learned its lessons, that she's going to change direction.
But in reality, because of the structure of the Conservative Parliamentary Party, because it is dominated from top to bottom by liberals, even if Kemi Badenock believes in what she's saying, she knows deep down she will not be able to fundamentally change the direction of travel. So what I think we need...
But in reality, because of the structure of the Conservative Parliamentary Party, because it is dominated from top to bottom by liberals, even if Kemi Badenock believes in what she's saying, she knows deep down she will not be able to fundamentally change the direction of travel. So what I think we need...