The two candidates have less than ten days to bring to the campaign her conviction that sticking with the status quo simply won’t do.
Taken together, our survey and YouGov’s polling suggest that the Chancellor has narrowed the gap between him and his opponents among Party members. But he is running out of time in which to get ahead.
It would also make a mockery of any hustings held later than early August, since many of those present will by then already have voted.
The public will react very badly if they come to see the strikes as essentially political, but the Conservatives won’t want to appear unable to govern.
To date, Boris Johnson has been able to “dodge, duck, dip, dive, and dodge”. But a more than usually chaotic U-turn narrows his options.
Though it is early days, events in Ukraine may have reduced the public’s blame for the government for a decline in living standards.
In the event of higher bills and a protracted conflict, polls that indicate a potential softening of support may understate it.
He is still viable with the public if he is constantly compared to Starmer as the alternative.
The Government plans to scrap the legal requirement for people to self-isolate if they have the virus; a move that has huge implications.
They will see both clinical and non-clinical staff supplement full-time workers during times of high demand.
There are a number of indications that compliance wouldn’t as be as good as perhaps anticipated.
Policymakers should be asking themselves whose quality of life worsens thanks to the current unplanned mess.
It is absurd that people willing to work must instead sit on their hands and depend on state benefits.