We’ve seen, in Nuneaton especially, the truly awful reality of what happens when the system fails.
The Council became officer-led. Decision-making was replaced by a leadership obsessed with process and paralysed by caution. Conservatives increasingly acted like administrators, not elected representatives.
Our party must do more to support councillors, who face disproportionate risks from baseless accusations.
Local elected representatives are supposed to scrutinise, challenge, and ask difficult questions. Doing so can lead to personal attacks which cross the line from political disagreement into something much more sinister.
We have a Blairite hangover government with higher taxes and immigration numbers. Conservatives need to be Conservative. At the moment, our voters don’t think that we are.
Councils speak in public sector jargon whereas the public simply does not. Leaving a vacuum leaves a gap for misinformation.
We are empowering communities to say ‘no’ to those tenants who ruin neighbourhoods. They realise we will evict troublemakers where we can.
It’s infuriating to see how those who contributed to our party’s downfall have been parachuted into the safer seats. This blatant disregard beyond the chumocracy is deeply troubling.