Starmer’s promises change are superficial; the underlying Labour message is that the foreseeable future won’t be so very different from the recent past. But there can be no Conservative alternative without a change in prime minister.
She not only failed to find the words to win round her Tory opponents: she did not even seem to realise this was necessary.
Her history is confused but some may still be persuaded by her argument that the judiciary is too left-wing and Conservative ministers should be able to appoint more ideologically sympathetic candidates.
The former PM says she took advice not to meet Andrew Bailey during her time in Downing Street.
We face an unprecedented number of ex-prime ministers trying to spin their legacies, and an unprecedented number of outlets in which they can do so. This will not be helpful.
Conservative backbenchers have not cheered their leader so loud and long for months.
Streeting celebrated the split in the Conservative Party on the smoking ban, and Labour’s “dominance in the battle of ideas”.
It is a childish fantasy to suppose that defenestrating the PM would lead to success at the polls.
A mandate for abolition provided by a manifesto pledge might be easier for the markets to accept than just ignoring it in the pursuit of tax cuts, as Liz Truss attempted.
I have a theory: more often than not, a political party is better at evaluating its opponent’s political weaknesses than its own.
Even May’s most ardent armchair critic would at least acknowledge she has enjoyed an Indian summer on the backbenches.
The authors are entitled to their dismal view of Britain’s recent past, but it does not strike one as a conservative view.
Imagine Conservative Party Conference but with more red hats, less drinking, and people actually attending the main speeches (unless Liz Truss is on stage).
There is some truth to the claim that there has been a big shift in power away from Parliament and a narrowing of politics – but in the British constitution, a government with a majority could fix that.
Unless the Prime Minister can prove to voters he’s not just talk, it’s no wonder that voters are ditching the Conservative Party from both sides.