The Conservative Party's heart can now start beating again. We now have an opportunity to choose a new leader that is not Ed Miliband and Gordon Brown mixed in female form, but someone who will deliver Brexit, and a new bold ambitious agenda for the future.
I have been critical of the Prime Minister ever since the disastrous General Election. I will not forgive her for not once visiting Cheshire, an area where we once held nearly all the seats and now only a measly some, but I must respect her. She had a level of resilience which I can never hope to have, and the dutiful way she acted as a true public servant is long to be respected by the British public.
We have had some awful Prime Ministers in our recent years. Notably some of the main ones have become Knights of the Realm, which is bizarre to myself, whom are Sir Edward Heath, Sir Anthony Eden and Sir John Major. But, Mrs. May may be close to being worse than Lord North, who lost the American colonies, on levels of incompetency.
The public must not just look at her failure to not deliver Brexit after nearly 3 years. They must recognise her failure to re-introduce grammar schools, her failure to find a sustainable solution to our social care crisis, her continual support of nanny-statist policies, and her support for continuous money for the NHS. I do struggle to find any positives from her premiership. The one vivid in my mind, however, is her robust response to the Novichok poisoning in Salisbury. This was a moment where she truly looked statesmanlike, but that did not last long.
But that is the past. We now must look to the future and grasp the opportunities we now have in front of us. I was very close to leaving the Conservative Party, and very close to believing that the Party had been irrevocably damaged that it could not come back. But it will. And it must.
We need a leader who will stand up for liberty, and free trade. Someone who believes in a meritocracy and equality of opportunity. One who will fight Marxism not with Blair-lite, but with true conservative principles. Most importantly, one that will honour the instruction of the 17.4 million people who casted their vote in favour of this great country leaving the European Union.
The candidates have not all announced for the leadership, but when they do I will make my decision officially on who to campaign and vote for. Those principles above are which I will hold them to. This country is amazing and it can do so much better than this managerial style of politics. We need a fresh Cabinet and a fresh Party to reconnect with the ordinary voter. I truly hope that we find a candidate that will do so in the weeks ahead.
I will finish by responding to the Prime Minister's comments about compromise. I did at first think she was talking about Sir Nicholas Winterton, and not Sir Nicholas Winton, who was my grandmother's late MP and friend. But her comments reminded myself of this quote from Lady Thatcher:
"If you look at the great philosophies and ideas that have moved the world; if you look at the great religions... do you think you would have ever had those great guidelines had people gone out and said, "Brothers, I believe in consensus!" Of course you wouldn't. You would have had nothing great, nothing of value."
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Link to my letter to the Prime Minister after her speech on Tuesday 22nd: https://twitter.com/realThomasMoss2/status/1131313149846728704/
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