The British Political Parties – The Conservative/Tory Party – What they stand for and where they came from.

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Tory

Disclaimer – I would consider myself a left-wing moderate and pragmatist. While I will try to be objective and impartial one must always bear that in mind when reading further. My bias may subconsciously select words for me.

It is quite apparent to me, from my years in education, that the majority of people do not have a clue as to what the political parties stand for. Their philosophy has become shrouded in obfuscation. All the politicians are interested in is power and that means votes. In order to get elected they have to compromise and disguise their intent. That is politics.

I am attempting to state clearly, simply and objectively what the main parties stand for and where they came from.

The Conservative/Tory Party.

The Tory party is a centre-right party when had its origins in the 18th Century.

Back in the 18th Century hardly anyone had the vote. You had to own land in order to vote. Politics was dominated by the establishment of landowners/businessmen who organised the country for their own interests.

The Tories started out as a faction in the Whig party. They were supporters of William Pitt the Younger who became known as Tories (a derogatory term they adopted for themselves) circa 1812.

The Conservative term arose circa 1843 and is associated with Sir Robert Peel.

The Tory ethos is to maintain the establishment. It can be summed up as ‘God, King and Country’. As such they are opposed to radical liberalism and reform and are in favour of the Free Market Economy. They do not believe in intervention.

Tories believe in the paternal obligation of the Upper Classes to look after the interests of the Lower Classes.

They believe in giving tax cuts and restraining government spending.

They believe the money going to the wealthy will ‘trickle down’ to the poor.

They believe that if there are big profits there will be big investments which will create a thriving economy and ultimately everyone will benefit. The country will prosper.

Their premise is to support business through deregulation, privatisation and a flexible labour market.

Nb. No doubt my political friends of a right-wing bias will put me right on a few of my assertions!

Sunak can fully understand the plight of working people! £1,900,000 a year!

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Not for him having to scrape by on a nurse’s salary and arguing that to give them a few quid more would be bad for inflation. No. Poor Rishi has to scrape by on a mere £1,900,000 a year! Mind you, he did pay £432,493 tax. So he’s paid more tax than a nurse probably earns in her/his whole career.

Having said that, Rishi’s wife earns a tidy sum too! £11,600,000 in dividends alone last year. That must help the poor dear make ends meet.

So good to know that our Tory Ministers really understand the plight of working people. They probably spend the the equivalent of a whole year’s salary every single day!

Steve Bell – Low Wage, Zero Hours, No Growth, Cuts and Austerity.

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Plebs, know your place!

Propaganda

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Propaganda

Propaganda is all we get;

                An endless stream of bias.

With calculation and intent

                Out of the mouths of liars.

Targeted spin and lies

                Aimed at the gullible.

Callous disregard

                For all the vulnerable.

The arrogant entitled

                Take us for fools.

Reciting the lessons

                They learnt in their schools.

Manipulate us like cattle

                In their lust for wealth and power

Voting them out

                Would be our finest hour.

Opher – 23.6.2022

The truth has always been the first victim in this endless war. Nothing has changed down the ages. It’s all a front.

The wealthy establishment still rule. Where once they used force to subjugate the masses and treated them with utter disdain, now they use propaganda.

The same people who ordered the troops to kill at Peterloo now use the media to keep the masses in their place, working for the prosperity of the minority.

Where it used to be mansions, carriages and a host of servants it is now superyachts, penthouses and supercars.

They give us as little as they can get away with and blind us with stark warnings, smoke and mirrors.

They appear reasonable, plausible and understanding but they are really cynical exploiters and profiteers.

Every now a revelation leaks out about their scummy workings – Greenswill or lobbying, Russian connections and cash for peerages, but it’s all soon glossed over.

They get away with deception, spin and murder.

Boris Johnson – ignoring the rules!! Rules are for the peasants!! Money to be made!! Party time!!

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Treating us like fools!! And the idiots still vote for them!!

Poetry – Fodder for the exam machine

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Fodder for the exam machine

Cloistered in rows for the injection

Of narcotising facts.

Memorising and regurgitating

No time to relax.

Tests to be taken.

Exams to be passed.

Tables to move up.

We must not come last.

No room for creativity

In the bright new world

Of numeracy and literacy;

There’s money to be hurled.

Fodder for the exam machine

Fodder for the job market

Fodder for the attainment tables

Chant it, test it, mark it!

Teaching by numbers

In the tick box culture

Where children are sacrificed

To the cash soaring vulture.

No time for fun!

No time for play!

No humanisation;

It gets in the way!

What use is art, music or drama?

Lateral thinking or creativity?

They won’t get you a career

If you can’t recite your ABC.

Back to basics!

In a flight to the days of 1950

When the Empire ruled

And people were nifty.

When discipline ruled

With the cane and the shout

And schools churned out rejects

No one cared about.

So open the gates –

Let the creationists in!

Welcome Big Business

To bring back discipline!

We’ll soon sort the wheat from the chaff

And blame all the failures for having a laugh!

But down a dark alley

Or in the dead of the night

I hope you don’t encounter

A mind filled with hate;

A drop out, a failure

With no hope in their life,

Labelled, excluded

Not caring their fate.

Fodder for the exam machine

Fodder for the job market

Fodder for the attainment tables

Chant it, test it, mark it!

Numbers to crunch!

Heads to fill!

Machines to service!

Young minds to kill!

Opher 6.6.2016

Fodder for the exam machine

Education is the future of the planet.

Education should be inspiring, expanding and illuminating. It is a joyous thing.

Education should never produce failures with no hope; youngsters disenfranchised from society; winners or losers. It should be inclusive of all abilities and disabilities, all cultures, colours and creeds. It should be unifying and a celebration of success.

Briefly it was. Until Gove took over and we had a dive back to the glorious fifties – the days of bullying in the classroom, caning, violence and disparaging put-downs – the days of regimentation, learning by rote; where knowledge and facts were god.

But this is the 21st Century when facts are not so important. We need skills now. We have computers for facts. We need problem solving and creativity.

But this is the brave new world of the tick-box culture, the exam tables, inspections and rigid enforcement – where failure results in redundancy and fear rules. Cash plays the tune. Where teaching is controlled and the profession divided, castigated and cowed.

This is the time for education, for the masses, on the cheap; where we open the gates to the Creationists, Muslims, Jews and Big Business who will pay to get their hands on our kids.

But that’s OK. It’s cheaper.

The ones that matter go to the private schools and the ones who really matter sit on the benches at Eton and Harrow and wait to take their place at the trough. We do not want the masses educated. We do not want them thinking. They are merely units in the economy. They should know their place and pull their weight. They are earning money for those who deserve.