A party that puts protecting wealthy pensioners and opposing building on the Green Belt ahead of investing in schools deserves to be polling in third place amongst the under 24s.
It will be trickier than promising the earth, but the new prime minister must fight the next election on a credible platform.
The first of a series of five articles on ConservativeHome this week about the main challenges that await the new Prime Minister.
The mental health of children and young people is at breaking point. The effects of the pandemic and the uncertainty that has surrounded its aftermath are pushing many into crisis.
The Foreign Secretary will have to spend more to help with energy bills and finance tax cuts. As borrowing becomes more expensive, this will require either spending cuts, tax rises, or both.
Her u-turn on regional pay for the public sector shows how difficult it will be to take on the ‘Blob’ holding Britain back.
Policy thinking aimed at raising taxes and squeezing spending is misplaced and needs to be turned on its head.
Departmental budgets are being eroded as both construction costs and public sector pay demands start to spiral.
MPs might prefer to stick to their comfort zone, but winning the next election means meeting the public where they are.
Those who serve our country often have complex needs and are slow to seek aid. They must not be allowed to fall through the cracks.
At PMQs, he demanded the Government meet with the RMT. But what would the current Shadow Cabinet do in such a meeting?
A chunky increase in public sector pay would, realistically, have to be financed by spending cuts and long-term savings – through driverless trains, for example.
Ministers really seem to have thought they could simply spend their way to high wages and stronger productivity.
Ministers should be charged with the task of raising the quality and volume of output we get for the large resources the state commits.
Voters will simply not accept that the Conservative Party is starting from scratch yet again, with a programme for which it has no mandate.