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Just one in 20 CON voters on June 8th did so because of Theresa May

Just one in 20 CON voters on June 8th did so because of Theresa May

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So much for the campaign basing it all on her A unique feature of the Conservative campaign for the June election was that the branding was completely about Theresa May and you would have been hard pressed on things like the Tory battle bus to see the word Conservative. Clearly this was based on the belief believe that the Prime Minister herself was the strongest feature of the Conservatives offer in the election that she had called to endorse her…

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After the weekend break welcome back to the coalition of chaos

After the weekend break welcome back to the coalition of chaos

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It shouldn’t be able to go on like this but it probably will The cartoon just about sums it up. Time is running out under the Brexit extraction process and it is hard to say with any certainty who will be the senior members of government at Christmas. TMay is now a diminished figure and in spite of the apparent turmoil within her party she simply does not have the authority to try to reshuffle her cabinet. One side of…

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If it gets to a confidence vote then timings will make it harder for the Whips to defend Theresa

If it gets to a confidence vote then timings will make it harder for the Whips to defend Theresa

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Although the media has moved on she isn’t out of the woods yet No doubt the Number 10 PR team is absolutely delighted that the media has moved on from speculating about TMay’s future as PM but it was a story that dominated the news for five full days. She’s still there and showing resilience. But having been party chair at the time of the last move by CON MPs to oust a leader she’ll be acutely aware of the…

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The real loser in all of this is the Tory reputation for competence

The real loser in all of this is the Tory reputation for competence

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It has long been argued by myself and others that the key characteristic that voters look to when whey make their choice is their desire for competent government. We might not like what a party is proposing but most of all we want politicians who are ready to take unpopular decisions which are right for the country. One of the characteristics which has always been a strength of Tories has been the reputation for providing just this. The Thatcher government…

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Tomorrow night’s C4 Boris documentary looks set to add to Tory tensions over Theresa

Tomorrow night’s C4 Boris documentary looks set to add to Tory tensions over Theresa

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Tomorrow night at 10 PM a documentary on Boris Johnson by Gary Gibbon is due to be screened on Channel 4 and judging by some of the extracts so far released it looks set to unsettle CON delegates in Manchester. This is the start of an article on the programme by Gibbon in The I. “Several months before the general election, Boris Johnson returned to the Foreign Office after a meeting with Theresa May, flanked by her powerful joint Chiefs…

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With the CON conference starting David Herdson says what’s wanted is vision

With the CON conference starting David Herdson says what’s wanted is vision

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‘Getting on with the job’ simply isn’t good enough “I have a dream”, said Martin Luther King, in one of the greatest speeches of the twentieth century. It was a dream he wanted to share and did share, and it was – and is – remembered not just for the eloquence of that initial delivery but for the righteousness and simplicity of the vision. In doing so, he did what every great political leader does: inspires and reinforces confidence among…

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Tory membership reported to have dropped by 40k since GE17 and might now be below the LDs

Tory membership reported to have dropped by 40k since GE17 and might now be below the LDs

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A report tonight by the former political journalist of the year, David Henke, says there’s been a huge reduction in Tory members since GE2017 and that the total is down to 100k. In an interview John Strafford, chairman of the Campaign for Conservative Democracy is quoted as saying “the real membership of the party has plummeted to around 100,000” a figure that is well below the 149,500 used by the party in 2013. “The party is facing oblivion. If you…

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New YouGov CON members poll finds fewer than a third wanting TMay to carry on till the General Election

New YouGov CON members poll finds fewer than a third wanting TMay to carry on till the General Election

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New YouGov CON members poll for Times find just 29% saying TMay should continue until next GE pic.twitter.com/brNDbyZ3Ep — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) September 28, 2017 And Boris back as top choice of members YouGov Times CON members has Boris back in top slot pic.twitter.com/wM5BcL8fPU — Mike Smithson (@MSmithsonPB) September 28, 2017