I try not to be condescending but are 16% of the country gullible idiots? These are the people who scammers target. These are not ratings of somebody who could win a general election, I suspect the ratings will get worse in light of the story in The Times and his evidence to the inquiry. TSE
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Last night’s vote loss on the contaminated blood scandal is further proof of Sunak lacking the political judgment and antennae that God gave pistachio nuts, Sunak must wish he could dominate the way Truss did with the Commons. TSE
I think this is a sign that the electorate really want to be rid of the Tories, but that’s just my take on things. TSE
The answer, of course, to the question in the headline is no, but it does increase pressure on Sunak if he now is seen as worse than Liz Truss with key voters, this is a long term trend, as Bloomberg observe Just 59% of voters who backed the Conservatives under Boris Johnson at the 2019 election are sticking with the party under Sunak, the report found. That’s down from 74% in August 2022, and from 63% in the aftermath of Truss’s disastrous…
As somebody who lives on a city that is built on seven hills, regularly traverses the Pennines, and drives rear wheeled drive vehicles I am not one to love the snow but I can understand why many others do. As we approach the festive season, the forces of reason and enlightenment win but barely in the below polling. TSE
If Sunak cannot lead Starmer on the economy then what exactly is Sunak good for? In Sunak’s defence this is the result of the excrement of the Truss/Kwarteng fiscal event hitting the fan on his watch. You really cannot mess around with people’s houses but as Alastair Meeks has noted Sunak’s attempt to polish a turd ain’t working. TSE
Perhaps the inquiry will surprise on the upside like the Chilcot inquiry? I do expect the next general election to see Covid-19 and revelations from the inquiry so far to feature heavily. TSE