In a tell all interview Tommy1Boys reflected on his parties time in government.



Tommy1Boys no doubt massively influenced UK politics having been one of the leading voices within the Classical Liberals to advocate leaving the Liberal Alliance and join the broadright brexit coalition in order to leave the European Union with a deal. He was one of the leaders of the Pizza group with lobbied the then Classical Liberal leader twistednuke to leave the coalition.



His resignation as Foreign Secretary was a vital moment and ultimately lead to the downfall of the Wagbo government. During the Brexit coalition he played a central part in the government and as a Classical Liberal Deputy Leader played an important role in the run up to the Brexit deadline.



Despite being a passionate advocate of the broadright coalition and its brexit policy Mr 1 Boys was one of the most vocal critics of the Blurple coalition which won an outright majority in the General election. He led opposition voices to the government’s controversial prescription charge plans and legalisation of use of tear gases. It is important to note he did walk through the Aye lobby for a good chunk of gregfest bills but did not keep opposition to himself when he opposed the coalition. This won him few friends in the Conservatives and Libertarians.



He advocated for the so called Exec co government after it was clear the Conservatives and LPUK could not command a majority in the house but took a job in sunrise and worked hard to make it work defending it to the hilt in its early days. Sunrise was never a stable coalition so it’s safe to say it didn’t end how he would have liked. He took over the leadership of the Classical Liberals and the role of Deputy Prime Minister part way through the coalition however as time went on divisions in the government became clear over British steel and a series of left wing bills pushed by minister jgm0228 which alienated Classical Liberal MP’s and even backbench Liberal Democrat’s. He finally had enough and urged his own party to leave Sunrise which in the end led to the fall of the government. His career has no doubt had its ups and downs but he will be proud of achieving the title of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign as he leaves the frontline of UK politics have left a sizeable mark on the landscape.



The Telegraph got the chance to conduct a tell all interview with the former Deputy Prime Minister and his reflections on the inner working of Sunrise.



When asked what his reasons for the Classical Liberals leaving Sunrise Mr 1 Boys told the telegraph that



Really it was 3 fold. The first is that it was clear Sunrise could not provide stable leadership for the country. Sure my party could have continued in the coalition, but things had ground to a halt and the public could see at every moment we seemed to be hours from collapse. A country does not need that, and I am especially thankful now that in this incredibly dangerous international incident, we do have stable Government. The second reason is that it was clear there was not enough policy agreement for us to continue to work together. Following the decision by Labour to abandon the coalition agreement over trains, a hard won negotiating concession, we could not realistically carry on. Finally, the rudderless nature of the Government, a PM who for reasons out of his control was not as active as needed, and as DPM I did not have the political capital to lead the Government in his absence, it simply became an unworkable coalition that had to end.”

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When pressed he was hesitant to condemn jgm0028 despite the rumours of his part in the collapse of the coalition, Mr 1 Boys described him as “one of the hardest working members of the coalition” and told us that they “worked extremely close on immigration reform” but admitted they did have “heated arguments” and that his legislation was disliked by the Classical Liberal backbenchers



At the beginning of the term pundits examined the Queen’s speech and saw this government as Classically Liberal dominated with key Clib policies being in the speech so it is surprising how the Classical Liberals pulled out. Mr 1 Boys told the telegraph that” Labour undoubtedly went back on their word as the record shows. “ He accused Labour of not being uphold their side of bargain with regards to the railway bill.



A lot of the controversial bills in sunrise were not in the coalition agreement but were signed off by the Classical liberals. Mr 1 Boys spoke frankly admitting his “Predecessor did approve too many bills without seeking dialogue with our back benches, and it is something I improved as leader. “ He was also quick to point out that the Liberal Democrat backbenchers were just to oppose some of the legislation in question such as the labour rights mitigation bill.



When pressed about his predecessors role in the ultimate demise of the coalition Mr 1 Boys said that twistednuke was “was and is one of my dearest friends in politics,” but conceded that they “were a bit to the left of the Classical Liberal membership which caused problems” and that that “bills were accepted without enough being done to look at whether or not the back benches of the Clibs and LDems would accept them.”



“No party is free from blame and as Deputy Prime Minister and as leader of the party that led us out of the coalition I shoulder a significant proportion of the blame and I will always regret not being able to save the coalition, but yes I believe my predecessor’s actions did not help the coalition stability, although not as much as some of Labour’s later actions.”

Tommy1Boys giving his opinion on the collapse of the sunrise government

He rejected the notion that he was responsible for a Blurple government reiterating his preference was for a Labour- Liberal Democrat government and that it is the Liberal Democrat’s withdrawal that led to the blurple government. When asked if he could envisage the Classical Liberals working with Labour again he said “I do not believe the current Labour Leader has behaved in a way that suggests he wants to work with us.” Talking about what he would personally support the telegraph in a revealing response said “Ii would personally support a Labour led administration if I felt that a Conservative led one would return to the days of the first Blurple Government and the misery they tried to inflict on the British people in the name of ideology. A moderate, one nation Conservative led Government would be my choice in the current political reality.” After the last few months this is quite an interesting development.

When asked what his biggest regret the ex Deputy Prime Minister said his biggest regret was “not making more progress on the JCPOA. As FoSec I worked hard to bring parties back around the table and I was proud that France, Germany, Iran and the US all agreed to return to the negotiating table and positive noises were coming from those talks. The JCPOA was possibly the greatest act of diplomacy in the 21st century, and the decision by this Government to ditch it makes the world a more dangerous place. Citizens are less safe in this bed because of that decision, and I never thought I’d say that about a Tory Government.” Mr 1 Boys was a key opponent of the government’s plans to withdraw from the JCPOA. On the current situation he told the telegraph that he welcomed the government’s reversal and said he was proud to have assembled a team of former prime ministers and finally he praised the PM arguing that “the PM should be applauded not shamed for this u-turn”







Finally we asked Mr 1 Boys about the budget agreement reached between the Classical Liberals and the government and he sounded positive about the budget which is extraordinary given his past policy disagreements with the LPUK. He told the telegraph he was “pleased a budget agreement has been made,” he stated this was not his dream budget but said the budget “will be of a material benefit to those getting a tax cut, and those people in Scotland and Wales who are getting more money from central government. The chancellor should be congratulated on his hard work and also to my friend HiddeVdV96 for coming to such an agreement and sticking To our principles. “He anticipated future criticism saying that “some may attack us over it unlike the Lib Dem’s who wants to scrap the triple lock so they can raise your taxes, I happen to think tax rises on the worst off are a bad way to go about things, and keeping the triple lock is good for everyone. “ He is clearly still an influential figure in the Classical Liberals being finance minister in Scotland and if recent events tell us anything he is going to continue to voice his opinions and seek change to change the country.

