Braverman sacked
Can there be anything more symbolic than Monday’s Indy front page?
This is a hard one for Sunak to deal with For those of my generation the news that the news that the boss of Saatchi & Saatchi has turned on the Tores is a big deal. This was the agency that played a huge part in the Maggie Thatcher election successes of the 1980s and for the boss to come out now and back Starmer is the perfect symbol of where Tory politics is now. Now doubt we are going…
Fewer than half of Tory voters want Sunak to keep Braverman as Home Secretary
Her tenure as Minister for Hate Home Secretary shows why she is egregiously unfit to hold any office. Sacking her might see Sunak get a smidgeon of a poll boost. She’s even more unpopular with Tory MPs. I expect her ratings to collapse further after yesterday’s incidents at the Cenotaph which makes her a clear lay in the next Tory leader market. TSE
The front pages after the big demo
Can 7 times elections failure Farage really be CON leader?
There’s a fair bit of speculation at the moment about Farage becoming Tory leader. The only problem with this is that he would first have to become an MP and that means winning a seat at a general election or by-election. He has had seven attempts at this in the past and hasn’t managed it. Maybe if he switched to the Tories then he would have a better chance.but I’m not sure. His candidature in a seat would lead to…
The Tories, just like Game of Thrones but with more sex and backstabbing
This feels much worse than the end days of the John Major premiership, there’s too much bitterness and rancour (sic) in the party for them to govern effectively. I suspect this also makes both Badenoch and Braverman lays in the next Tory leader market. TSE
The king over the water for the Tories?
You can back Nigel Farage at 34 on Betfair on the next Tory leader market, I am not tempted because of that split amongst Tory voters, it would be interesting to see a similar poll of Tory members. TSE