Boris Johnson Party (BJP) has won the UK elections by a storm. The results are far better than even the expectations of many Tories!
Clearly many labour voters have rejected Jeremy Corbyn and his Labour Party. It was clearly his poor leadership and no doubt the effect of anti-Semetic and anti-Indian attitude of the party added to the severe blow. Regrettably Corbyn is not willing to do the right thing to take responsibility as the leader and resign with immediate effect. Clearly, he wants to instil his leftist policies to the next leader by controlling the process of selecting the successor. This may just be the harbinger of a permanent downturn of the Labour movement. We shall wait and see the damage unfolding. I just hope moderation will return to the Labour Party as otherwise we shall lose the benefit of the opposition.
Meanwhile, congratulations to Boris Johnson and his Conservative party for an historic victory. The party’s strategy of ‘Getting Brexit done’ was straight and clear and that appealed to even the traditional Labour voters. This has proved a massive swing to Conservatives. With this comes more responsibility to the new Conservative government to deliver for the whole nation. I see that PM Johnson, in his victory speech, has already recognised that many non Tory voters have lent their vote to him. They must win these voters for ever.
I have worked with Boris Johnson during my Chairmanship of the London Chamber of Commerce and when he was the Mayor of London. He is a hardworking and charismatic leader and wonderful with international community. I joined him in his trade mission to India where he performed remarkably well with the people and media. His record as a Mayor was noteworthy and quite successful. I am confident that we shall witness one the best Prime Ministers in action.
The elections have also brought a number of new and young MPs. I was privileged to have supported our local candidate, Gagan Mohindra. From being selected in early November he has done a remarkable job in collecting 30,327 votes and beating David Gauke, a 14 year former MP who could only have 15,919 votes as an independent. Gagan is the new generation Hindu Tory with strong family values, business acumen and deeper understanding of what has to be done for security, education and NHS.
We now look forward to healing of differences and nation-building as well as winning back the British pride.
