39.89 per cent of respondents suggested trying to change the Party leader would damage the Conservatives’ prospects at the general election. Only 14.73 per cent of respondents said trying to change the Party leader would help them.
Our acting editor joins Katy Balls, Gavin Rice, and Paul Scully MP to be quizzed by Alain Tolhurst on what the post-election future holds for the Party.
An unhappy prospect, I’m sure we all agree. But an increasingly likely one. Blood will have blood.
The authors are entitled to their dismal view of Britain’s recent past, but it does not strike one as a conservative view.
“Let’s not worry about the opinion polls,” says the former Justice Secretary. “The important indices are inflation and jobs and growth.”
The Business Secretary is asked whether she should stop being “a shrinking violet” and challenge Sunak for the leadership, given her ratings in the Conservative Home survey.
The former Immigration Minister was asked by Camilla Tominey about his plans for the future.
Politicalparties should proactively identify and nurture individuals with outstanding leadership potential, even if they don’t come from local backgrounds. Great leaders – like Winston Churchill – can effectively represent constituencies beyond their birthplaces.
“I made the decision I made for reasons that were personal to me – there was a fundamental difference of economic policy… What happened thereafter was not my doing.”
Against a backdrop of blanket coverage of the ceremony, Sunak will be spared a weekend of headlines speculating about potential challenges following any set of gloomy results.
The Chairman of the 1922 Committee urges “self-discipline” in the Conservative Party, though “MPs should be hard to herd, we shouldn’t behave like a herd.”
MPs hardly have a great track record of selecting suitable candidates – and the current system allows for coronations when needed.
The thought of watching Truss perform like this week after week is for Tory MPs unbearable.
The Conservatives have a mandate to deliver their 2019 manifest and the Commons majority to try. But do they have the will?
Too much sports funding is directed to glamorous and competitive indoor activities, rather than ones which foster resilience and build character.