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Senior Tory tears up his membership after 24 years because of Bojo’s “obsession” with leaving the EU on 31 October

He said Brexit has become an end in itself, to be achieved irrespective of cost.

Jack Peat by Jack Peat
August 9, 2019
in Lifestyle
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A senior Conservative has ripped up his membership because of Boris Johnson’s ‘dangerous’ Brexit plans, he has revealed.

David Herdson, a former councillor and ex-chair of two local Conservative associations, said he was tearing up his membership over the “obsession” with leaving the EU on 31 October 31.

He also criticised the Prime Minister’s decision to hire Dominic Cummings and his “unconservative” spending plans.

Writing for the Political Betting website, he said: ”What is not necessary is the obsession with either the arbitrary deadline of 31 October, or the clear desire among many in the party to leave with no deal.

“The latter would be deeply damaging to the economy and community cohesion, while the former makes it an all but certain outcome as there wouldn’t time to deliver anything else, even if the conditions for re-opening talks weren’t designed as if to be rejected.”

He said Brexit has become for the Conservatives “what nationalisation is for the Corbynite Labour Party: an end in itself, to be achieved irrespective of cost”.

Mr Herdson, who chaired the Shipley Conservative Association and then the Wakefield District Conservative Association until last year, said the party was no longer “the broad church they have traditionally aspired to be”.

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He said although Mr Johnson is “by instinct a fairly liberal Conservative” he has surrounded himself both in Cabinet and Number 10 with “people drawn disproportionately from the right of the party”.

He also accused the Prime Minister of preparing to undo all the work done by David Cameron’s governments in tackling the deficit with “uncontrolled promises made for additional spending or new tax cuts”.

“The largesse is both unconservative and un-Conservative,” he wrote.

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Jack Peat

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Jack is a business and economics journalist and the founder of The London Economic (TLE).He has contributed articles to The Sunday Telegraph, BBC News and writes for The Big Issue on a weekly basis.Jack read History at the University of Wales, Bangor and has a Masters in Journalism from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

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  1. Andy Ingleby-delube says:
    4 months ago

    He is not a Senior Tory, just a member or ex member

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    • Paul Brennock says:
      4 months ago

      Does that make his comments and observations any the less valid?

      Reply

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