Dominic Grieve, former UK Conservative Attorney General+MP: “It was a privilege last Thursday to be able to attend the memorial service in Westminster Cathedral for my friend and former parliamentary colleague Michael Ancram ( later to be Marquess of Lothian).” 1/ - ThreadSky

lauraphillips.bsky.social • 10 days ago

Dominic Grieve, former UK Conservative Attorney General+MP: “It was a privilege last Thursday to be able to attend the memorial service in Westminster Cathedral for my friend and former parliamentary colleague Michael Ancram ( later to be Marquess of Lothian).” 1/

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dms59.bsky.social•10 days ago

Grieve could reform the old Conservative Party while the current one joins Reform.

lauraphillips.bsky.social•10 days ago

“There was an enormous turnout. He represented all that was best of the Conservative political tradition, one which brought people of the centre right together and sought pragmatic solutions to the problems facing our country.” 2/

silverlawn.bsky.social•10 days ago

I wish we could have that sort of Conservative back, so that I could choose not to vote for them, but trust them to be sensible, efficient and reasonably compassionate if they got in.

lauraphillips.bsky.social•10 days ago

“I could not help contrast what I saw and heard at the service with the miserable state the Conservative Party is now in. It is largely self inflicted, the product of putting ideological fantasy before common sense.” 3/

lauraphillips.bsky.social•10 days ago

“It is now losing support in all directions as a consequence as the local election results show. It will only recover if it stops trying to outflank Reform and realises that the secret of its previous success has been not in indulging in angry populist rhetoric but in addressing the problems..” 4/

lauraphillips.bsky.social•10 days ago

“that trouble people whilst ensuring its actions are always anchored in the principles of freedom and the rule of law. That has given it the advantage of enjoying in the past the support of those Britons who valued their country's institutions…” 5/

lauraphillips.bsky.social•10 days ago

“and want to uphold standards of fairness,decency and see enterprise encouraged and rewarded. At present their alienation from the Party is deepening and the Party is at risk of total irrelevance.” 6.

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