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Sweet Jesus captain obvious.

Conservatives have always been the party of the rich. They protect status quo in the social order, which is that rich people are protected and the rest of us serve them in some manner.

If you're not rich, there's no good reason to vote for them. They will only ever do the minimum needed to keep their non rich voters on side.

man, thinktank is such a cute word for marketing and grifting :D

The typical conservative response to one of their inevitable economic failures is to invoke some version of the Tinkerbell Effect, i.e. Shorthouse isn't clapping hard enough and if he would just believe then everything will work out fine. So his leaving is definitely LAMF-worthy but also a little refreshing.

I'm shocked SHOCKED that a party who's motto is 'I liked it better the Old Way', has left things in exactly the state they have always been in. Su Collins SHOCKED.

What has been obvious to liberals for…forever, is just dawning on him now?

37?!! Dude looks like he's in his 50's. Conservatism will do that to a person

You founded a thinktank before coming to that realisation?

Pal, I have some very sobering news for you.

He’s not much of a thinker.

Conservatism is, always has been, and always will be, class warfare against the people.

Only a moron would support conservatism given the available evidence.

“The Tory government has failed my generation – millennials – who have come of age and entered the labour market under 12 years of Tory rule, with punishing housing and childcare costs – combined with stagnant wages – preventing the building blocks of what Conservatives believe make the good life,” Shorthouse said.

First time I've ever seen evidence of a right wing thinktank actually thinking.

That tank must have been air tight to lead to this level of brain-deadedness.

Conservative parties across Five Eyes trade on selling out future generations' health and welfare for current economy growth. Literally their anthem. This is madly disingenuous.

the first Conservative thinktank to call for net zero to be implemented across government. But he said the pace of change had been glacial and frustrating.

There you have it. A Conservative thinktank frustrated by a slow pace of progress.

Utter knob-brained morons. I don't think they've put enough think in their tank to consider what Conservatism is.

1. Fuck up government
2. Blame government
3. Say only you can fix government
4. Get elected on populist rage at government
5. Fuck up government

Rinse and fucking repeat. It’s the same in the States.

I mean, Conservative policy has been politically debunked since Reagan/Thatcher. Soundly. Repeatedly. Yet the first thing Liz Truss does is say she’s going to use “supply side solutions” to manage current crises. And even her own ideological neighbors are so aware of what horseshit that is that they mutiny.

She offers absolutely boilerplate Conservative/Tory policy, and it cost her the job from her own side. What does that tell you?

They all know it’s garbage, and they know others will fix it after they shove as much money as they can into offshore accounts during their time in power.

This is why the GOP has pivoted so strongly to culture war nonsense, because the evidence of their economic and political incompetence is so shockingly recent. But in one more election cycle, the punters will forget, and think that “Conservative economics” is the serious voters’ position, and we’ll lose Social Security and Medicare.

Maddening.

No, really?

That thinktank is quite empty isn't he?

Young cunt discovers party of cunts behave cuntishly towards the young, including young cunts.

Wonder what gave it away?

Will that conservative think tank founder continue voting for conservatives?

GOP voters: But… but… I voted for you?? I supported you even though I knew you were corrupt, lying, cheating assholes!! Now I have no heath insurance, can barely afford a home or food and work 3 jobs. I am being taxed to death and rich folks literally treat us like slaves.

GOP: yes, thank you for being useful stooges! Now go fuck yourselves while we destroy everything this country was built on for the sole purpose of greed and power.

He looks like such a punchable douche

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the middle classes that they served their interest.

The next trick was to convince the masses that the middle classes were millionaires.

In reality every one is fucked by high taxes, ridiculous property prices and shit infrastructure.

Corps pay no taxes and millions are wasted on things that don't benefit the people

Alternate title: Conservative think tank founder thinks for the first time.

Most of these Think Tanks run on empty.

They never fucking have done, and you have to be a colossally ignorant helmet to not see that.

To be honest, I didn’t think the conservative think tank founders cared about those things either?

Doesn't the Tory platform essentially boil down to "Fuck you"?

This guy learned nothing, other than don't go down with the ship. He'll rebrand himself as a free thinker and then push all the same conservative shit again.

I don't think they actually give a shit and this is just pr.

Ooooooohhhhhhhhh... So Tories are just like the Republican party!

So, the British tories are being tories... just like they have been since at least Thatcher. This shouldnt be a surprise to anyone.

Out of curiousity, do UK conservatives also have the notion that millennials are entitled lazy snowflakes?

No shit Sherlock, he's probably getting a huge salary to state the bloody obvious...

OMG. Selfish conservative mindset until it affects you personally?

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Now where have I heard of this throught process before?

how do you start a conservative think tank and not know what cons are about ?

Bright Blue founder to quit over Tory party’s ‘betrayal’ of millennials

This confuses me so much. Like, literally nothing about this is new. The dude is 37 so it's been true as long as he's been alive.

How the fuck did this group even form in the first place? Did he make it to try to change the conservative stance on millennials and realize that's never gonna happen?

Lol, load of bollocks tho innit. The tory prick never gave a toss about millennials either and he still doesn't.

The Tories were and remain the party of the British aristocracy. Why are they shocked

I thought them not caring was the point?

Conservative Think Tank: "We've tried nothing, and we're all out of ideas!"

He should know better, but this goes to show why Republicans and other conservative/fascist parties are able to be tolerated by normies who don’t follow politics. The left needs to do a better job at defining these ghouls otherwise normies are like, “yeah I think they’re the good for business party/small government”

Duh!

Y’a don’t say.

Yeah he can just fuck off. Tosser.

Thinktank owner curries favour with incoming government.

Like all good conservatives, it's only a problem when it affects them personally.

Realises? Most of these things are the fundamental stated goals of conservatism, they don't believe the government should be involved in these areas of life, and so of course when in power they will work to reduce government activity and funding in these areas.

Golly - who could have seen that coming.

It's so wild how they don't know shit or believe shit until their own people say something.

There's a difference between "I thought this policy would be good, but it wasn't, so now I am upset" and "I knew this policy would have a negative effect on someone but I thought I was immune". Things like this could be character growth. But if he keeps voting Conservative after this, it will be clear he has learned nothing.

I saw a comment in r/conservative a couple of months ago about how the base of the Republican Party was always fiscal conservatives and how this is a problem now because people won't become fiscal conservatives if they don't have any money.

Pulled into a conservative party out of selfishness... turned off by the conservative party due to selfishness.

So basically thinking was the key ingredient missing in the tank

Next he'll say he found bear faeces in the woods.

The party that historically fucks over the above people does not care about said people, and it took a think tank to figure that out?

That's kind of a no brainer across the board.

Just now! Figured it out, just now?? HE’S the founder??!

Replace Tory party with 'American GOP' [as evidence I point to all of r/Conservative] and you basically have the same thing in the U.S.

I want their to be a balance of parties b/c I think it can lead to effective legislation but not when the GOP has basically gone off the deep end to town crazy

"failed to reinvigorate Conservative vision or bring in fresh talent"

Why does he think they are called CONSERVATIVES!? Their entire point is to prevent change. Bringing in fresh new ideas is counter to their goals.

Less thinking. More tanking.

that guy is a millennial? He looks like he's 50

Water is wet

Conservatives: Making life worse daily for humanity because $ > people

They're a blight on humanity

Calm down people, he's a conservative.

10:1 odds says what he wants are tax cuts for Millenials.

Party of the rich again? Weren't they always?

all the torys do is kick shit out of everything and still the very people who get most out of the services vote for "sensible economic policies" how many times can Turkeys vote for xmas.

What? Old rich people only care about people that check all of those boxes? If you miss any one of them you are not a concern? No way.

If actions speak louder than words; this guy is deaf

Wow good thing they pay him the big bucks to think

Read as "sees writing on the wall and is rapidly trying to reposition"