Theresa May's legacy will be the destruction of the Conservative Party

Prime Ministers are famously focused on their legacy. The illusions of control they enjoy in office inevitably blind them to the reality that all political careers end in failure, and that their legacy is one factor not under their command. Bloody Blair is remembered now only for duping the nation into his dodgy war in Iraq, the dilettante Cameron for losing the referendum, clumsy Gordon for his fiscal incompetence, the sordid Major (and Slugger Prescott both) for improper coitus. Though Prescott has a punch to offset his lustful coupling and Major the Cones Hotline.

I’ve no idea what Theresa May imagined her political legacy would be, but it’s now looking almost certain that she’ll be remembered as the PM that destroyed the Conservative Party.

More than 70% of ordinary party members such as myself are Leave supporters. And actually much more than supporters – most of us are Leave activists. If May, as now looks increasingly likely, fails to deliver a Real Brexit, too many of us will be unable to support the party at the next election. There is no other party for us; Batten’s Muslim-baiters are unconscionable and Farage, though a sterling chap, values Brexit above Democracy – and I can’t help. 

The next General Election after May’s Brexit failure will finish the Conservative Party. She will have gone, clutching at the flotsam of an undistinguished career, and remembered only for her betrayal of her nation’s democratic traditions and of her party. 

With that failure will come Corby’s Marxists. Trident will be decommissioned, our UN seat surrendered to the EU and England’s hills covered in windmills. Defence spending will he halved and what remains of the economy devastated. It’s about time the youngsters had a taste of what we’ve fought to hold at bay – perhaps each generation needs to see Socialism in action to believe its malignity.

Edit – Update
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At last – something about which almost everyone can agree. Those who think the government are crap over Brexit is up about 80%, whilst those who think the government aren’t crap are down to about 15%, with about 5% ‘don’t knows’.