Like a eunuch attempting to star in a hard core porno I expect if the Tories bang on about wokeism and ignore the cost of living crisis they are both in for a world of frustration, embarrassment, and mockery, with the electorate set to play the role of Christian Grey to the Tory Party’s Anastasia Steele. The reality is the Tory party has the levers of powers to try and mitigate the cost of living crisis, and the crisis is…
This is entirely unscientific but I’ve been trying to work out which of the Tory contenders the LDs and LAB would least like to face at the general election. Both opposition parties have high hopes of taking CON seats and clearly, the person who becomes the next PM will have a big impact on that. My guess is that Tom Tugenhart would be the PM LDs would most fear. He’s never been tainted by taking office under Johnson and would…
As can be seen the main betting beneficiary was Sunak who moved into second place while Truss went down. Will this all change again with tomorrow’s second debate? Mordaunt and Truss surely are not going to be so poor again.
The snap poll from Opinium looks about right to me but I’m surprised that Liz Truss got as much as 7%. She was truly awful and not far behind was the betting favourite, Penny Mordaunt who simply did not have it either. Tugendhat was really excellent and it really is surprising that he was largely unknown until this race started. As I write you can get 54/1 on him on Betfair. Fortunately, I cashed out of my Mordaunt position during…
Will Mordaunt still be favourite? One of the things about this contest is that all the contenders’ bar Sunak and possibly Truss are relatively unknown to the public so this event will give many of us the first chance to see them. For one of the features of Johnson’s leadership is that apart from the Chancellor few other ministers got a real look in. Apart from one or two Youtube clips I have never see Penny M on a big…
Barely a third now say it was right The latest YouGov Brexit tracker is now out and shows that support is down to just 35% – the lowest level yet since the pollster started tracking this after the 2016 Referendum. A full chart showing every poll is here on the website of John Curtice. Tory strategists will have to factor in how being on the wrong side of public opinion will hurt the party. Even in the Midlands YouGov finds…
According to the Times Johnson is trying to stop Sunak from replacing him and is telling those who have been defeated in the race to support anybody else. This is from the report: The prime minister has said he will not endorse any leadership candidates or publicly intervene in the contest. He is understood, however, to have held conversations with failed contenders to succeed him in which he made clear his view that Sunak should not become prime minister. This…