Deltapoll has it at 18% Even though there is a big difference in the polling lead from the two surveys out this afternoon the message is the same – the Tories have a mountain to climb if they are to get into striking distance from LAB at the general election. Still the big thing that Sunak has on his side is time and he has the sole decision on what the election date will be. Given the state of polls…
This is by far the biggest day of industrial action that we have seen in the NHS since it’s foundation nearly 70 years ago. The issue, like with the other big public areas where action is taking place, is the unions are not wanting to accept a pay increase that does not match inflation. They argue that to do otherwise would be accepting what is a pay cut. Sunak has been very firm about his resolution to fight these demands….
This explains so much about Liz Truss. As someone who works in the financial services sector I can only conclude Liz Truss has never met anybody from The City. TSE
The Tory Party are determined to make AD 193 look like a year of strong and stable leadership. The Telegraph article seems to suggest Sunak could be ousted if the local elections are dire for the Tories and would lead to a rule change in when a vote of confidence can be triggered. I actually think the maximum risk for Sunak will be if the Privileges Committee inquiry into Boris Johnson and partygate recommends suspending Boris Johnson from the Commons…
For those of us who take a keen interest in Scottish affairs this polling doesn’t come as a surprise. The toxic trans debate was likely to lead to suboptimal polling for Sturgeon, the SNP, and Scottish independence, particularly the specifics involving the Isla Bryson story. I have a hunch this is likely to be temporary blip for the SNP as I thought the Supreme Court’s intervention last year on Scottish independence would be a temporary blip for the Unionist movement…
No, today isn’t April Fools’ Day, The Times have this revelation on Sunak’s travails This weekend [Liz] Truss will make her first public intervention since her premiership ended, with an opinion piece calling for tax cuts and supply-side reforms. Her allies say she stands by her prescription for growth but accepts that she tried to do too much as prime minister. “She thinks she lost the battle but this is a long game,” one ally said. Her supporters are mobilising, resurrecting the…
Such is the inevitability of Raab’s departure that as far as I can see no bookie has a next cabinet minister to leave market. It has also been six days since Sunak fired Nadhim Zahawi and in those six days Sunak hasn’t appointed a new party chairman, probably due to the fact Raab’s shameful behaviour will trigger a resignation so it will be better to do a wider reshuffle. Stories like this damage the Tory party as it brings back…
It’s not RIshi Sunak’s fault that he’s richer than Scrooge McDuck but comments like the one from Piers Morgan aren’t unexpected. The politics of envy seldom work, as evidenced with the attacks on David Cameron’s poshness being ineffectual but Sunak needs to come up with a better response to questions similar to the one from Morgan. I’ve had relationships that have lasted shorter than the silence in the clip above. If Sunak wants to have a successful general election campaign…