After the successful decade of New Labour, which was led by Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, they faced an election debacle in 2013, being routed out of 10 Downing Street, and the Conservative and Unionist Party had a taste of power under a coalition with the Liberal Democrats. It was a period after the Iraq and Afghanistan invasion, and important of all was the 2009 Financial Crisis, which not only crippled the firms, may they be small or large (they survived, as they always do), but also made the periphery of society worse off than they already were. Therefore, the subsequent election was an exercise of a vote for change; indeed, their sentiments prevailed in the first-past-the-post Westminster Parliamentary system. The opposition Conservatives prevailed.
The same circumstance continues in the third decade of the 21st century, with just different but similar impacting events of much larger magnitude. The failed Brexit, which deteriorated Britain’s international standing, principally relations with the European Union, and exile from the EU single market, had a detrimental impact on their external trade. Exactly a year later, the outbreak of the Wuhan Virus, which brought the entire world to a standstill—the UK was not immune to its effect, exacerbating the already high cost of living, lack of adequate NHS preparation, increasing deaths, horrific mental health crises, loss of vital intellectual developmental years for students—all these factors slow down the progressive growth of a society, which is supposed to be imperative in a developed country. Following the above-mentioned events, Putin went through with his diabolical dream of recreating the Tsardom and invaded Ukraine in the beginning of the year 2022, which drove up energy prices, increasing the overall cost of living to humongous amounts, which is not sustainable for working-class families, with a government with empty coffers due to their own economic misgivings, or, you would say, incompetence, reducing the taxation to such low levels, and of course the Liz Truss Budget, which served as the nail in the coffin. Finally, it is safe to say it is time for the Tories to say hasta la vista to 10 Downing Street; they should start rediscovering their fundamental philosophy and ideals of being conservative, not propagating identity politics and immigration, which are fueled by the likes of Boris, Suella, Liz, Farage, and Jacob. It is time for change, and the Labour Party deserves to put forth its plan of action and drive the course of the nation thereafter for the betterment of Britain and the world.
