My 42/1 bet looks value Assuming for a moment that to Liz Truss is ousted then is she really going to stay in post while a leadership election is carried out? That would seem a nonsense and is why there’s a lot of talk about an agreed candidate going forward without a membership ballot. But that might not be as easy as it is hoped and in that situation I just wonder whether Theresa May could be asked to be…
The worst front pages of the Truss premiership? Generally speaking if all the front pages are about one specific political story then it is not good for one side or the other. And so it is this morning. The latest front pages will not only make it harder for Truss to stage a polling recovery but they will add to the pressure on Tory MPs to “do something”. I was hearing last night that the number of letters to 1922…
Given how the “Red Wall” and Labour’s collapse there came to dominate GE2019 analysis the regular regular tracker of opinion in the seats from Redfield & Wilton is very useful but terrifying for all the new CON MPs who entered Parliament from the seats there after making gains from LAB at the last election. A 40% deficit for Truss’s Tories in this poll sends a worrying message to almost all CON MPs who can rightly claim that they are not…
I love irony, is there no greater irony than a (former) republican having a regent? Regent to Queen Liz Truss is what Jeremy Hunt effectively is in this government. Tomorrow’s PMQs could actually matter for once, Michael Gove assessment seems accurate. TSE
Like the JL Partners poll this YouGov poll shows Tory members are having buyer’s remorse over selecting Liz Truss over Rishi Sunak and who can blame them for revolting against Liz Truss after Rishi Sunak’s warnings have been vindicated. Given her performances during the campaign where she frequently u-turned and went full Corbyn when journalists quoted her own words and press releases it was clear Liz Truss would be a complete duffer, only the terminal stupid would have predicted Liz…