Talk:Conservative of the Year 2019

Decision

Who decides who becomes Conservative of the Year? - JobsNotMobs —The preceding unsigned comment was added by JobsNotMobs (talk)

We'll discuss on the talk page near the end of the year (within the last week), and we'll come to a consensus. --1990'sguy (talk) 15:48, 8 December 2019 (EST)

Ok, thank you

Boris Johnson

Boris obviously has a good position on Brexit, and he won a strong victory last week, but I don't think he should be Conservative of the Year, or even 2nd or 3rd place. The reason is that despite his position on Brexit, he's very left-wing on several other issues, including abortion, homosexuality, environmentalism, and certain globalist agreements such as the Paris climate agreement. Also, my understanding is that he's a pragmatist rather than an ideologue, meaning that he doesn't have particularly strong views on issues.

I would be supportive of listing "Brexit voters" as a Conservative of the Year entry, similar to what we did in 2015. --1990'sguy (talk) 09:18, 16 December 2019 (EST)

Boris Johnson is right on Brexit, but he is an abortion advocate. He encouraged his mistress to have an abortion. - JobsNotMobs

He apparently paid for her abortion: [1] That said, this was in 2004, so his current abortion/homosexuality/environment/etc. positions are more relevant to us today. --1990'sguy (talk) 18:52, 16 December 2019 (EST)

Regardless, he has always abstained from votes on pro-life bills.[2] I believe he even pressured Northern Ireland to relax its strong, pro-life laws. Personally, because of his pro-abortion views, he should be eliminated.--JobsNotMobs (talk) 09:21, 17 December 2019 (EST)

You make a valid point, and he won't be the Conservative of the Year here. In general, British politicians are typically not conservative by American standards.--Andy Schlafly (talk) 13:11, 17 December 2019 (EST)

Sounds good. I reordered the list to better reflect (in my view) relevance/significance this year. --1990'sguy (talk) 18:43, 17 December 2019 (EST)