Many of the
heavy weight officials and prominent figures in the Conservative party lost
their parliamentary seats; some of them are ministers.
Surely, the conservatives are not in their best times; the elections came as a
huge success to their adversaries in the labor party under Jeremy Corbin. 52% of
the voters said yes to the Labor party policies vis a vis housing, taxation, and
university fees. Corbin wants to give opportunity for all university students to
receive free education as is the case in France and Germany. University
education under the conservatives is limited to students coming from wealthy
families.
Not being able to secure a majority in the elections; the Tories are forced to
have a coalition with other parties to form the cabinet and this puts them in
tough situation, especially if the other party has a different agenda related
to many domestic and foreign issues.
Another major difference between the two rivalries is that the labor party
accuses the conservatives of importing terrorism and thus putting Britain under
the mercy of takfiri groups due to their miscalculations and interventions in
Syria and Iraq.
A third difference has to do with the conservative role of total subservient
under the US policies.
Meanwhile, the labor party made a surprise and unexpected success thus ushering
in a new chapter in British politics to exercise lots of influence and pressure
over the anticipated government through the parliament where they yielded a
historic success gaining more seats than they have expected.
Another problem for the conservatives has to do with the negotiations between
London and the European Union over Brexit. The slim majority that Tories would
have through a coalition does not entitle them to be at full ease and would
necessarily narrow their maneuver margin to secede from the union. The intended
coalition is with the northern Irish unionist party, one of the ultra right
parties. The majority of Britons refuse any coalition with this party. This has
emboldened European officials to question London’s readiness to this step.
Meanwhile, German finance minister has announced that London is welcome to stay
in the union if it is not ready to part.
Whether Theresa May would succeed or not is not the question now, as every one
is sure that the country has moved into a new phase where the conservatives do
not yield the ultimate power and thus have to learn the art of sharing and
caring with others to steer the wheel of politics in Britain.
Source: Al-Manar Website