There it was. It’s not a slip of the tongue, it’s not a miscommunication. A deliberate, deliberate statement. And I never thought I’d hear that in a debate between two men at the pinnacle of public life. It was like a blow, but the man on the other end didn’t seem to feel it. Sir… Read More »
As Rishi Sunak comes under increasing pressure to intervene in the Tory general election betting scandal, senior figures are urging him to take action. The Prime Minister was called on to immediately suspend anyone under investigation from the party and launch a Cabinet Office investigation into the scandal. Party chairman Richard Holden, who is responsible… Read More »
The BBC Question Time debate was unique in that the leading leaders were given an extended period of time (fully half an hour each) to answer questions. This allowed the audience not just to ask, but to question. Liberal Democrats leader Ed Davey was under pressure to fund big spending commitments. SNP leader John Swinney… Read More »
Rishi Sunak is predicted to be the first prime minister to lose his seat in a general election. A major opinion poll for The Telegraph found the Conservatives were also on track to fall to just 53 seats, with nearly three-quarters of the Cabinet not voting. According to Savanta and Electoral Calculus poll analysis, the… Read More »
‘The reason we gather here today is not just to honor those who showed such extraordinary courage that day… to listen to the echoes of their voices, to hear them; because they are calling us.’ President Joe Biden gave a moving account of the international D-Day commemoration ceremony held on Omaha beach in Normandy on… Read More »
I still can’t get over what Sir Keir Starmer said about private healthcare. This had to be the biggest story of the week; It was a much bigger mistake than the mistake Rishi Sunak made by missing a meeting of world leaders after attending a commemoration of British veterans in Normandy. As a reminder, the… Read More »
Newly crowned Reform UK leader Nigel Farage will launch his general election campaign in Clacton on Tuesday as he embarks on his eighth bid to become an MP. In a blow to Rishi Sunak, the former Ukip leader announced on Monday that he would stand in the constituency of Essex, declaring himself the new leader… Read More »
Asylum seekers detained by the Home Office and threatened with deportation to Rwanda are preparing to take legal action against the government after Rishi Sunak admitted there would be no flights before the general election. The Home Office began detaining people arriving for routine immigration reporting appointments and raiding accommodation on 29 April in a… Read More »
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 »
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 »