Polls may not yet reflect this; In fact, they remain quite dire for Rishi Sunak and the Conservative Party. But a lot of good things happened for the Conservatives this week. You’re right – the feeling we’ve been feeling for weeks and months, that the Conservatives are facing some sort of electoral apocalypse and will… Read More »
One hundred and twenty businessmen have confirmed they will support Labor in the general election. As well as offering support to Labor in the letter, business leaders also fault the Conservatives for their poor management of the economy, claiming the economy is “beset by instability, stagnation and a lack of long-term focus”. The letter says:… Read More »
The Conservatives’ launch on TikTok has been described as “pretty pathetic” by one expert, who praised Labour’s “more sophisticated” social media team. Social media has been touted as a key battleground in the general election for many years, but TikTok, which was launched in the UK in August 2018, was still in its infancy at… Read More »
The election Rishi Sunak is now calling is almost certain to have a decisive outcome, but it will not be a real turning point in British politics. Rather, it is the last stand of a passing order that is coming under increasing attack from both sides of the new political spectrum. Unless a miracle occurs,… Read More »
Make no mistake, British politics is feeling the early tremors of an earthquake; This earthquake may prove to be much more powerful than the collapse of the Red Wall. The emotion that drives him is a mystery. This is not the “gross factor”, the visceral disgust that permeated Westminster discourse in the 2010s. It’s not… Read More »
As the night wore on, the local elections heralded a great election for Labour. Consider going out for drinks after work, kissing the colleague you’ve been flirting with for months, and eventually going back to theirs. This was the Labor Party situation in the early hours of Friday morning; While conservatives look like a guy… Read More »
Britain’s top polling guru has said he will be “no consolation” to Rishi Sunak over brutal local elections in which Reform UK pushed the Conservative Party into third place in a string of council seats. Despite finishing narrowly ahead of Nigel Farage’s right-wing rival party in the Blackpool South by-election, which Labor comfortably won, the… Read More »
In Britain it is often felt that we specialize in losing: we delight in destroying our sense of self, the good parts of our history, and especially our winning ideas, either by letting others steal and sell them, or by terrible follow-ups – from beginning to end. We did it with Blair’s noble drive to… Read More »
A former Tory minister has joined high-profile figures to defend Labor deputy leader Angela Rayner; police said they were considering multiple allegations while investigating allegations about former living arrangements. Nick Boles, an MP for nine years, slammed the review into the sale of Ms Rayner’s former council house and whether she had evaded paying the… Read More »
Peter Kyle wants to tackle the problem of scientific real estate caught in a serious supply crunch – Heathcliff O’Malley in the Telegraph Labor has promised to scrap restrictive planning rules and build more laboratories, despite complaining that Nimby could distort views. Scientific real estate, like the housing market, is in the midst of a… Read More »