'Our political parties are crumbling and we haven't got a Musk to sort us out' - Lady Judith McAlpine

Lady Judith Mcalpine

By Lady Judith Mcalpine

Published: 28/11/2024

- 10:10

Without sounding like an hysterical old bat, I feel Elon Musk may be right about our political parties disintegrating sooner than most of us would imagine.

The Conservatives have been demolished from within. I suggested this yesterday to one of the Chairmen who, instead of discussing the matter seriously, made light of it and suggested that Nadine Dorries wrote only fiction and that the matter should not be discussed as we should be presenting a united and positive front.

We can't. The only way the "party" will survive is to scrap anyone named in that book as plotting, manipulating, damaging the party and to start with a clean sheet and rigorous scrutiny of anyone wishing to be employed by the party.

Some time ago I had some rather good logos done for a "New" Tory party. They are still available.

Labour seem to be doing a great hatchet job on themselves: without being even vaguely aware of it.

They have not sacked a woman who falsified the info on her CV in order to get a job and has now ended up as the Chancellor of the Exchequer, wilfully wrecking the lives and futures of hard working honest tax-payers.

Someone asked me if I knew how many of the new Labour MPs had actually had real jobs before becoming MPs. I haven't a clue; but I would guess not a lot.

To be fair this is one of my constant gripes. We should have a law preventing anyone from standing for election unless they can show they have been employed, in the real world, for at least 10 years.

Shelf-stacking in Tesco would give you more insight into the lives of "ordinary voters" than post-grad studies or being an "intern".

And the Lib Dems? Well-meaning, but never meaningful enough. It is cruel to say, as my husband used to, that if they had set out to find America they would have found the middle of the Atlantic, rejoiced, and turned round.

Yet one can see why he said it. Some of the nicest people I have known have been Lid-Dem MPs. "Nice" is not enough. I doubt that Trump is "nice" but I do admire him.

That will have lost me half my readers.

How can one not admire someone who truly believes that his own country is the most important in the world, that national security is paramount, that illegal immigrants diminish national resources without adding to them by paying taxes and that an imbalance of civil servants to the tax-payers they serve should be rectified?

OK, that last one might be more Musk than Trump. But one can only admire Trump for getting Musk on board.

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How powerful a government might we have had with Boris and someone like Musk?

There are very efficient businessmen out there who understand as Maggie did that to run a country well you must treat it as a well-run business or household.

Boris is brilliant, but he is not a businessman. When he was Mayor of London he was able to delegate to people whose skills supplemented his.

Sadly, as PM, he was prevented from delegating to those he chose. He had weak men thrust upon him and the rest is history.

So, will our political parties crumble? I think they will. The delightful petition asking for another general election NOW! is already up to 2.5 million signatures and it won't stop there.

How would you feel if you were Starmer? Yet, is there any point? Labour is not fit to lead. Conservatives haven't enough talent left in the house.

Can Kemi pull the party together? Given that she is the product of the cabal that ousted Boris, I can't see it. How I wish I could.

Sorry, this is depressing and while it mirrors the thoughts of most of those with whom I have discussed all this recently: it solves nothing and probably wasn't worth me writing or you reading.

This country is in the most monumental mess and we haven't got a "Musk" to sort us out.

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