David Frost: The making of a Conservative wipeout | The Brendan O’Neill Show 

An 80 seat majority utterly squandered, The Conservative Party did this to themselves.

In 2019 we voted for a conservative Prime Minister but we ended up with Greta Thunberg as Prime Minster.

The Conservatives would not even allocate David Frost a constituency. If he were leader the Conservatives might start being Conservative again. As for the reason why companies were able to pay immigrants 20% less than British workers, this is easily explained by Phillip Hammond, who stated that it was a means of lowering wages, so it was in black and white, the Conservatives desired poverty for British workers. Welcome to the Victorian era part II.

I don't even want to listen to a Conservative making excuses. They had one job, protect the realm, and they did the opposite.

I watched a Time Radio podcast yesterday evening with a title suggesting the Conservative rout was Liz Truss's fault (either they are delusional or they are deliberately mis-directing.) In that podcast you could plainly hear Danny Finkelstein express absolute dripping contempt for Reform voters & their concerns. I've quite liked Danny Finkelstein in the past and I was horrified by his attitude and tone here. As far as I am concerned that tone absolutely sums up the reason why I & many previous Labour & Tory voters switched to Reform. I switched from a lifelong Labour voter to vote Tory in 2017 & 2019. People like me have had it amply demonstrated to us that the elite ruling class in both main parties despise us and are absolutely determined to resist any moves to curb mass migration or towards a more democratic populist direction.

This was not a tory party it was blairite party. Reform now in parliament will get more voters from Tories and labour. The tory party is finnish if reform do the job back.

I’m getting a bit peeved by all this ‘gloom’. Yes, it’s going to be awful, Labour will be disastrous, but we knew all this. The pragmatic fact is the next couple of years are necessary for the wider public to awaken to the dreadful reality of the mess we are in and that Labour, as well as the policies they espouse, are only exacerbating the mess. Only then will the real change we need be demanded. As people say, labour’s vote was broad BUT SHALLOW, that tells me that we are nearing a tipping point. This is simply the final awful, but necessary, scene in Act 2. We are nearing Act 3 , where there will be a resolution. Keep the faith 🙏

Tories failed on brexit we never left European Court of Human Rights. If you done that stopped the boat you might won the Election. This is blairite tory party the happy to pass the batten on to new labour. We become a one party country the different rosette colours

The Conservative party didn't just let down Conservatives like myself. They let down the Conservative candidate in my area (Whitby). He would have won hands down, young bright and a consevative. I voted reform in the true sense of the word.

David Frost showed so much promise, as did people like Mogg, But in the end neither developed their potential.

Tobias Ellwood losing his seat, whats not to like.

One of the best Frosty interviews I’ve heard yet

The Conservative Party has gone down the semi socialist route which has meant that many traditional Tory supporters have decided to vote Reform, who now seem to be the standard bearers of genuine conservatism. Johnson was a complete disaster as PM, a bone idle PM and someone who decided it would be a good idea if his government promoted net zero and green issues. By the time Sunak arrived as PM, the ‘red wall’ voters had gone, particularly after Sunak’s utter failure to deal with illegal migration.

Labour voted for more imagration. . It quite plane to see tories and labour want more migration. Reform does not.

Another conservative who will roll out the wouldve, shouldve, couldve, ifs and buts and all manner of excuses. Not interested mate.

Do you bet that Labour will ignore the Cass Report?

Shame we can't sack the civil service en masse. It is their job to support whoever is in power, not to dig in their heels and try to impose their own views on government.

Rishi Sunak has one hell of a lot to answer for.

A lot of words to ignore the fact that Sunak is Indian with an Indian wife whose kids are Hindus, and his successor will be one of 3 women, 2 Indians and a Nigerian. Sorry, call us racist but a party that overpromotes first generation migrants for a nation still 86% white despite an immigration policy we never voted for this is fucking insane.

I will not bow down to globalists whether they be Labour or conservatives.

Thank you, Mr Frost, for using the word 'terpitude' as it drove me to look it up, and am horrified that I didn't really know the meaning before. I knew the word, but not its meaning or usage, and now, I do! Thank you for your decency, honesty and adherence to conservative values. Thanks Brendan for this interview.

If the Conservatives want to survive at all they could do a lot worse than having Lord Frost as their leader.

There is no reason for the Tories to exist any longer. Reform UK for me from here on out and have committed to 25 quid per annum into their coffers.

Tory voter all my life Reform did not stand in my area so i did not vote

About the Conservative "scandals", even if the news cycle is short - people don't forget 😂. After the party gate scandal, I was determined not to vote Conservative again - in itself not massive but really indicative of how the political elite viewed ordinary people. One rule for the peasants another for us. I did NOT forget.

I would not trust David frost any where near the refrom party we don’t need him

Rishi Sunak was a truly dreadful Conservative Party leader, reminded me of John Major in many ways and led us to a even worse similar to 1997.

Thought the conservatives would be happy the government has not changed just the baton and the cronies who get the contracts

Labour will now show the Tories what you can do with a big majority, they had it and did nothing, improved nothing.

Fishing, farming, borders, laws. Did you deliver Brexit? Communities relied on the Tory’s to bring these Brexit requirements about, then you gave £millions to France for what!

We had to get the blairite out of the tories party. We still need more off them out deselection is needed

Why do interviewers ask a question and then seek to answer. They talk through their thoughts and end by asking the question again

Sunak lacked the balls to sack the troublemakers, he had a vast majority but was scared to use it.

Thankyou for your work it's always a mindful conversation, but the big discussion that everybody avoids , is the fact they are not your rulers !! they are your representatives around the world public sector /civil servants !!! God bless common folk

It's also concerning how many people who had registered for a postal vote never received their ballot paper in time, and so most of them were unable to vote on the day. Apparently around 30 Conservatives lost by under 1000 votes, including one who lost by just 39 votes. Labour's vote share was 33.7%, less than they received when Corbyn was up against May in 2017. About 60% of voters did indeed vote, so it means Labour has a landslide when only 2 out of 10 people voted for them. I do think we could be lurching into dictatorship territory, and I worry about Keir Starmer's ideas on constitutional reform. The msm told everyone it would be a landslide for Labour from the word go, so some people may have given up and not voted. Where I live, no one talked about the election campaign in public, the climate was one of fear. Some people really do believe everything the msm tells them.

Lord Frost should move to Reform to help Farage organise and administer the growth, plus lead on policy

Leaving the ECHR was a fringe issue up to 18 months ago? I seem to remember a referendum 8 years ago about leaving it

If they ran out of steam and time, what the hell were they doing in government ? Its not a holiday camp. Its a job. Working while on a job isnt voluntary ??? Perhaps the champagne and cake was more to their liking ?

Wow, an intelligent, reasonable UK politician who sounded balanced, coherent, detailed, and interesting! That's one for the scrapbook!

14 years. Is quite some time to be the ruling political party...while getting so little done. The highest tax of any European nation with some of the worst public spending/services. Labour couldn't possibly tax people any more than the tories already have. Money squandered all over the place. To lose over 200 seats is simply embarrassing and a testament to how unhappy (to say the least) the electorate are. Reform took 4 seats. The Conservative party did not "lose" to Reform, they lost because no-one voted for them. Could you ask Mr Frost what the conservative party should have done? I don't think lowering taxes and being frugal with public spending should be frowned upon. Mrs Truss was naive to think the banking sector would approve of those policies unless "they" put the leader in place themselves...We simply cannot have the leader of the country so obviously put in place by the corporate sector as with Mr Sunak. The electorate are not stupid. They will remove a government that is so obviously useless. That is the beauty of democracy. Please do not try to fight the next election on identity politics. That has already proven to be a loss. People will fight with or against identity politics. The job of government is to run the country.

Lord Frost is one of the more eloquent of contemporary Conservatives but fundamentally he is an institutionalist

the only group that can take real comfort from this is Reform, they got nearly half the votes of Labour, 2nd in nearly a 100 seats With the Inevitable disappointment that will be Labour in 2029. Voters will not have the Tories to go back to, they will reject Labour and Reform will be in position to break past that small party disadvantage and capitalise on it they did this in a month, people are passionate about Reform, very few are the same about Labour Reform and similar parties (even on the left) are the future of British politics, the tories/labour are done Labour might see in 2029 and even bigger loss than the Tories just did

Talked the talk

"After fourteen years in government, this time we are going to do what we promise"

Exasperated isnt strong enough. Apoplectic would probably be more appropriate. Thus 'zero seats'.

Perhaps you need to start listening to the electorate and allow members a vote on the leadership. Stop dictating and looking down on the centre right.

if the Tories go left, then they disappear, it's why they are in this state anyway, and what's the point in having 3 identical parties on the left. If they go Right, people won't trust them with good reason They only answer is to disband , do what's best for the country, understand the Tories have no future, and the future is better served with Reform

Didn't need to lockdown for so long so again self inflicted.

I always wonder why RU-vid channel holders bother having a Comments section. It should be called Complaints & Insults.

Power has moved from the right to left faction of the uniparty.

Very poor questioning. You should challenge his responses not say how brilliant they were. I have got seven minutes into this. Are you going to ask him does he take any responsibility for this defeat? Do you think that perhaps Brexit was oversold - on both trade deals and immigration? Would you call your Brexit deal a success?

Due to our first-past-the-post system, Nigel Farage strutting around victoriously is not a victory for the people who will suffer under Labour politics.

A conservative that realised that they had gone centre left as all the other I have seen interviewed where thinking they had gone to centre right

The Tories should hold off choosing a new leader, then they should make sure, at the next safe Tory seat by-election, to get David Frost elected, then they should vote, overwhelmingly, for him to be their new Boss. Otherwise, they'll get a Girl.

Hooray for the collapse of the SNP and a moment of respect for Penny Mordaunt who might not have been good on the culture wars she was the nemesis to Ian Blackford's hubris.

I voted Labour until I couldn't agree with there policies ,then i went to the Conservatives and for many years i was happy voting for them , but these last few years showed them what they were, career politicians ,so now i found a home with Reform, Im afraid Conservatives are well and truly finished, REFORM FOR 2029👍🙏🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵

The blob "come to heel"? - No, the blob were always on Labour's side. Comments from senior civil servants about how they've been planning the change for 6+ months. It's evident, when the right do get into power again in 5-10 years - they need to clean house, entirely. Bring in professionals from the private sector.

Rishi copying a policy from Jacinda Arden was just embarrassing. And i am not even a smoker.

What a plum.

Can we get change on first past post systems.

Caused millions of health issues

Govern as conservatives and you might just stay in power. If you don’t do the jobs you say your gonna do and the problems Get worse you shouldn’t win.

I still cant figure out why sunak went early. Did he know something terrible is in the pipeline? A putin victory in Ukraine?

Up market paper I cant aford to pay on state pension

I thought the other Frosty had returned

Zero seats.

Far too much time posing long rambling questions with a tendancy to make speeches. You were interviewing Lord Frost who happily answers questions - provided he has discerned the crux of the question after all the waffle

I am always interested to hear from Lord Frost, but Brendan O’Neill is certainly no interviewer.

Ukraine is losing. Stop the war.

A corrupt toad. Johnson's bum boy, "lord" Frost haha

Guys speaking utter tosh on immigration.

His crappy Brexit deal was part of the mix.

You're all doing a great job of ignoring genocide, climate destruction and the steady decline of your rotten economic theories, while at the same time presenting yourselves as the height of civilisation 😂.

The Tories went wrong by associating with people like David Frost and Brendan O'Neil.