Our survey. Are Tory members shifting towards backing tax rises? They divide over one to help fund the NHS.
41 per cent say spending should rise further and be funded by a specific hike, while 44 per cent oppose the idea.
41 per cent say spending should rise further and be funded by a specific hike, while 44 per cent oppose the idea.
That’s down from the seven in ten who backed the pre-Christmas EU agreement, but Downing Street may well think the finding could be a lot worse.
But more of our Party member respondents want her to leave Downing Street before the next election than don’t – as in every survey since last June.
Members of the ConservativeHome panel should find the monthly survey in their inboxes today.
The International Development Secretary’s response to the Oxfam scandal appears to have impressed Party members.
Some will not understand the technical arcana, but they will have grasped a point none the less: taking back control of our trade policy.
Whatever you think of the latter idea, it can’t fairly be said that, in the minds of a significant tranche of Party members, the door to it is firmly closed.
Plus: should we join a customs union which replicates the EU Customs Union? And our usual Cabinet League Table and Next Tory Leader questions.
And the Prime Minister, tenth in the table last time round, is back in negative territory and second from bottom.
Respondents are much where they were a few weeks ago, for all the turmoil that has taken place since the reshuffle.
All in all, though, seven out of ten respondents want a new Party leader and Prime Minister in place before the next election.
It’s a sharp fall since last month and the month before, but not a collapse. The rating is back to roughly where it was in September and October.
Should we expect “overlooked” MPs to rebel?
Plus: Should May resign, and if so, when? Who should be the next Party Leader?
Cabinet Ministers were told yesterday that the shuffle will be “significant”, but that word covers a multitude of possibilities.