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“LISTEN to a Conservative politician for more than one minute and he or she is sure to utter the words “long-term economic plan”. The slogan is projected behind them when they give speeches and plastered across their campaign literature. It has been shoehorned into any number of policy announcements, no matter how uncomfortably. A scheme to give miscreant drivers 10 minutes’ grace before they are slapped with parking tickets, for example, was said to be part of a long-term economic plan. The phrase bores Tories to tears—yet it might win them the election.”
1 what does this sentence mean－『A scheme to give miscreant drivers 10 minutes’ grace before they are slapped with parking tickets』。 i mean special meaning .
2 『The phrase bores Tories to tears—yet it might win them the election』 in this sentence , Tories use the phrase bore you very much, but ,the phrase might make them win the election ?
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1.  This means that traffic wardens will give 10 minutes extra time ("grace") to people who are found breaking the law by parking in the wrong place. ("miscreant" = "naughty person", "offender")

2. If someone or something "bores you to tears", you find that person or thing very boring.  The Conservatives' use of the phrase "long-term economic plan", it is suggested, is boring but effective.  They want voters to trust them on the economy - if they produce lots of new ideas, it can make them sound unstable and unreliable.  If they keep saying the same thing, people may trust them more.