Don’t be misled, Britain did not flock to Labour
Sir Keir may have won the election – but he was barely any more successful than Jeremy Corbyn in 2019
Sir Keir may have won the election – but he was barely any more successful than Jeremy Corbyn in 2019
Even if all the undecideds who voted Conservative in 2019 break for Sunak, it won’t be enough for him to win
Yet as Sunak will know from his jousts with Liz Truss, winning a debate does not necessarily guarantee success at the ballot box
This is the news Rishi Sunak had been dreading – and with good reason
It could also well mean having to jettison the Prime Minister’s Rwanda Bill along the way
Much may well depend on whether he is able to win over non-Muslim Labour supporters who are unhappy about the scenes from Gaza
If current patterns hold up, Rishi Sunak’s party may win just 130 seats
‘Seismic’ swing from nationalists to Labour nearly twice the average recorded by most recent Scotland-wide opinion polls
The Uxbridge result was little more than a fig leaf
The Conservatives will have to fight three by-elections when they are as much as 16 points behind Labour in the polls
Brexiteers cannot assume that their success of seven years ago is necessarily the final word on the matter. The case will have to be remade
The Prime Minister is both disliked by the public and seen as incompetent. It's a combination that is difficult to overcome
Talk of landslides remains premature - and if Liz Truss's tax cuts generate economic growth, the Tories could still win the next election
If she gets it right she might yet win respect and applause – but with financial difficulties already blighting many, she needs to be quick
Given the scarcity of polling and the large number of undecideds, it would be foolish to say that Liz Truss will definitely win
Voters have even come to doubt the party on some of the issues that not so long ago it would have expected to score strongly