Why It's Morally Corrupt to Vote Tory

In 2010, the British public gave a loud vote of disapproval to the Labour party, and in doing so, ushered in an era of conservatism spearheaded by a fresh faced Tory reformist—David Cameron.

Within a matter of years, Cameron's appetite for revolution within his own party was crushed by belligerent caricatures of British jingoism in his own back benches.

Here are just a few reasons why you should never vote conservative again for the sake of yourself and your country.

The Housing Crisis

Recent data has shown that one in four people between the ages of 20 to 34 are living at home with their parents in the UK, that's roughly 3.4 million people. Alongside this, more and more UK citizens are been driven into life on the streets because of the rising rent costs and lack of social housing.

The root cause of this current crisis goes back to Margaret Thatcher and her housing policy in the early 80s. The Iron Lady introduced the Right to Buy scheme one year after her election in 1979.

In essence, the policy encouraged those living in social housing (six million) to buy their own property at a vastly reduced cost. Roughly two million people took advantage of this scheme before later selling their properties for massive profits.

This kick started the property boom in the UK, which ultimately collapsed in the mid noughties. You see, the problem was that the 'Brexit Generation' bought their houses for a pittance and then capitalised on rising property prices in later decades.

All of this led to a concentration of wealth amongst an older generation, and encouraged property owners to buy more and more property before renting them out to multiple tenants.

Those who bought their houses for loose change are now the ones charging the younger generation exorbitant rates of rent. In the meantime, there has also been a clear lack of social housing built by governments.

Section 106 was implemented by the Tories when they handed the responsibility of building social housing to private companies. Section 106 stipulates that all property developers must build a certain amount of social housing in every development that they undertake.

This rule is however, not worth the paper it is written on. Property developments in affluent areas often offer little to no social housing. As a direct consequence of the Tories cheap housing legislation in the 80s, people are being forced onto the streets where they fall victim to servitude, addiction and at the very worst death.

Brexit

In a century's time, school children across the country will learn about the worst Prime Minister in the UK's long history. It won't be Neville Chamberlain and his famous 'piece of paper,' but rather it will be David Cameron.

I do not doubt for one minute that Cameron was driven by altruistic reasons earlier in his political career. However, during his time in office he has presided over two of the most divisive and destructive referendums in British history.

Firstly he bowed to pressure from a minority within his party and a large number of SNP members to call a referendum on Scotland's independence. Rather than addressing the issues in Scotland and making them feel included and cared for, he embarked on a referendum characterised by mudslinging on both sides.

Then he spearheaded a toxic campaign that left Scotland divided and resentful after seeing their pre-referendum assurances turn to dust in the aftermath of a tight result to remain.

Highlighting his inability to learn from his mistakes, Cameron then bowed to pressure from a minority party (UKIP) and a minority of stuffy Tory backbenchers to call a referendum on the UK's membership in the EU.

Cameron did, however, learn from his mistakes in the referendum campaign. He did not make false promises to the public—he left that to the leave campaign.

Instead he ran one of the most lackluster campaigns in recent history—perhaps only surpassed by his successors general election campaign in 2017.

Now the UK is on the verge of leaving the European Union, a move which will undoubtedly usher us into a new, more severe recession. The British border in Ireland (for that's what it is, not the other way round) looks like it could lead to a United Ireland and the break-up of the UK.

Scotland could follow suit shortly after, and then what's left? An upper class elite in London widely unaffected by the economic crisis and constitutional crisis that their policies have caused. Whilst the rest of us struggle by on less money, with virtually no chance of ever owning our own homes.

At least we can all hark back to a bygone time when no foreign languages were spoken in public, houses cost a fiver and Thatcher kicked bloody hell out of the miners and Arthur Scargill.

Final Take

The British public have a lot to thank previous generations for—the industrial revolution, universal suffrage and defeat of tyranny in Europe. However, this current generation has nothing to be grateful for from their parents' generation, nothing at all.

The 'Brexit Generation' have reaped all the rewards from an incompetent self-serving Tory government led by Margaret Thatcher. They have reaped the rewards of membership to the European Union. They have reaped the rewards of younger generation’s earnings through scandalous rents.

As a way of repaying us, they have turned a blind eye to human rights abuses in Northern Ireland, leading to a toxic feeling of resentment in the Union. They have stoically ignored the impact that their lifestyle has had on the environment, leaving it for us to deal with.

They've paid £2 a week into their pensions and now live a comfortable life with tax payers covering the cost of their medical treatments on the NHS. Which we mustn’t forget, is a service they wish to dispense of as they’re fed up of paying for foreigners to have lifesaving medical procedures.

They have largely voted in another conservative government, a government which has forced us out of the European Union and in doing so doomed future generations. Thanks ‘Brexit Generation,’ and thanks to you too, the conservative party.