New Alternative News Channel "GB News" chaired by Andrew Neil launching - read OP before posting

We've been here countless times. Make shrill and false accusations such as Marcus Rashford being akin to a child molester and sex trafficker, refuse to acknowledge even making said claim despite everyone seeing it while being hypocritical enough to ask others for evidence which will immediately be ignored because common sense conservatives need their own special echo chamber and can't take being challenged.

Of course, but this sort of conservatism died a death some time ago. Now, it's about how bad BLM and the trans community are. The fact (and shame) that food banks outnumber McDonalds outlets is irrelevant to modern common sense conservatives. Engaging with a problem wastes time that can be spent posturing on social media and dining with party donors.

I think the thing is that a few decades ago, the foundations were rock solid. The trick is to incorporate a majority of people into the status quo such that they benefit from it and therefore will not vote for anything radical. Traditionally, this was done by championing individual achievement and creating opportunity. People would buy houses, have children and spend on luxuries.

Conservatism, as it exists now is a pretty stupid idea unless you're wealthy and most people aren't. People are no longer attached to the status quo. In addition, people who previously hid from society or were trampled by it are now empowered to stand in the open and ask difficult questions that conservatives cannot answer so we get the usual canards about elites, cancel culture, etc. They never bothered to build the next generation of conservative voters. We have an ageing society and the answer of conservatism to this was tax cuts for the elites and culture war.

The problem is that with so many people now ambivalent about much of the status quo, conservatives fear that these questions could lead to significant change. Billionaires hoard wealth and the old adage about people turning conservative as they age has been rendered void thanks to conservatives themselves. We've already seen the impetus for change have real effects with many politicians in the UK embracing the green agenda, voting through same sex marriage and so on. The arguments against these are flimsy at best or are shady at worst.

The US is different because keeping people convinced that someone wants their guns, God or family means they'll vote for whoever makes the most noise about protecting these gets in and proceeds to act in their own interests. Ultimately, conservatism is about power, control, influence and, above all, wealth. The US right talks much about God but Mammon is the object of their affections, not Jesus.

It's a tactic that ignores the long term and has shown great success but, as people become less wedded to the status quo and more positive about change it isn't working the way it used to. Traditional media is dying and society is the most diverse it's ever been. Things previously captured by conservatives are now up for debate such as colonialism and patriotism and they know they can't win so they double down and fail even harder.

They're right to be afraid but this is entirely of their own making. You can't build your house on sand and expect it to be resistant to storms.

He's got various books published and is allegedly an intellectual though anyone who behaves so obsequiously as him doesn't deserve that title IMO.

I see he's already begging for handouts as well.