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The Bunker – News without the nonsense

NeverEnding Tory: How come the Conservatives keep getting elected?

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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Politics, Government, Society & Culture, News

4.61K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Despite endless scandals and psychodramas, the Tories keep getting into power. So why are the British obsessed with the Conservative Party? And will we ever get rid of them? Seth Thevoz is joined by Samuel Earle, author of Tory Nation: How One Party Conquered Britain, to ask how one party came to dominate our political imagination. “The election numbers seem more like a rigged casino than a functional democracy.” — Samuel Earle “The House of Lords seems to go against the grain of a liberal democratic society, yet it’s still here.” — Samuel Earle “Conservatives don’t like to see themselves as ideological people.” — Samuel Earle. Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/bunkercast  Written and presented by Seth Thevoz. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production: Jade Bailey. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Artwork by James Parrett. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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of misdeeds of our elected Lords and Masters, the Conservative Party, the government that we love

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to hate, or indeed simply the government that we hate.

1:26.1

But why are they so successful?

1:28.5

And how?

1:29.5

Why do we keep voting for them?

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And why do so many of us who complain about them for years on end

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still keep coming back to support them at election time. Here to shed some light

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on all of this is journalist Samuel Earl whose new book is Tory Nation how one party took over a

1:45.5

scathing insight into the Conservative Party over the centuries and how it got here

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