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ToffeeGuy · 01-04-2012, 21:53

The Tories are in effect a 'Zombie' party. They seem alive but are in fact dying from within.

The average age of a Conservative Party member is about 65. There is no fresh blood coming through in either the parliamentary party or in constituencies. The Young Conservatives, Conservative Students and Conservative Graduates bodies were all merged into obscurity in the late 1990s. The fact that they did not manage to gain an overall majority at the last election showed that they do not have popular support nationally.

As it stands they need a massive lead in the polls to even gain a slight majority and it just isn't happening. Problem is, they haven't renewed themselves like Labour did in the 80s and 90s. Even Tory activists were told by Theresa May at their annual conference that they were perceived as “the nasty party". They still haven't been detoxified.

01-04-2012, 21:53	#1367
ToffeeGuy Full Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 275 Liked: 7 times Rep Power: 2569	Re: The Tories The Tories are in effect a 'Zombie' party. They seem alive but are in fact dying from within. The average age of a Conservative Party member is about 65. There is no fresh blood coming through in either the parliamentary party or in constituencies. The Young Conservatives, Conservative Students and Conservative Graduates bodies were all merged into obscurity in the late 1990s. The fact that they did not manage to gain an overall majority at the last election showed that they do not have popular support nationally. As it stands they need a massive lead in the polls to even gain a slight majority and it just isn't happening. Problem is, they haven't renewed themselves like Labour did in the 80s and 90s. Even Tory activists were told by Theresa May at their annual conference that they were perceived as “the nasty party". They still haven't been detoxified.