Aug 19
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Lord Tebbit has laid the hammer down on dissenters in the Tory Party. He is someone that I used to have respect for; now it is abating. His closure of the Federation of Conservative Students set a very bad precedent. Now if the the present hierarchy does not like you, you can be shut down for no reason. Thanks to this trend, a 50 year old institution, the Young Conservatives, a great institution that some people loathed for their “independent attitude” has disappeared at the national level. They have been replaced by a well meaning organisation, with no cachet, no reputation, and no real presence. It has gotten so bad that some constituencies have reinstated the YCs and seen a marked increase in their membership. The Tory leadership, with good intention, pissed away 50 years of history just to reinvent themselves. Alas, the enemies of the YCs have proceeded to sully their history and slander their members. This revisionism has not actually helped the cause and driven off a lot of under 40s from the Tory Party.
He gave the Tory Party a right to shut down anyone who thinks for themselves or, wait for it, have some fun. It is difficult for me to criticise Lord Tebbit after the sacrifice he gave for the country. Alas, the man is bitter and wrong; he needs to retire from the scene as does Patten, Clarke and the great Shoggoth, Ted Heath. The Tory Party needs to stop telling people under 40 to go away and find ways of attracting them. The whole SAP concept is daft, but it was only created by a few people in CChange and one over-enthusiastic journalistic. The fact that Lord Tebbit has used it as an excuse to launch another pogrom is both sad and pathetic. I hope IDS ignores this advice and continues on as he is now. This is the August silly season and he will only continue the problems created with his horizontal demotion of David Davis unless he stays the course.
