Conservative backbenchers have not cheered their leader so loud and long for months.
The Prime Minister adopted a carefully undramatic tone yesterday as he delivered his statement about Iran’s attack on Israel.
39.89 per cent of respondents suggested trying to change the Party leader would damage the Conservatives’ prospects at the general election. Only 14.73 per cent of respondents said trying to change the Party leader would help them.
An unhappy prospect, I’m sure we all agree. But an increasingly likely one. Blood will have blood.
But Tory Democracy has triumphed for much of our history since Disraeli, and can before long be expected to triumph again.
This government has a growing stench of death around it that even a sudden economic recovery would do little to shift.
Can it be that Murdoch has joined the rush to support the winning side?
They want a party representing views downplayed by the elite —the desire for lower immigration, the desire for a self-governing nation with secure borders, and the desire for an economy which prioritises British workers.
Aiming to defend only the 80 most marginal constituencies – and even snaffling a few from the Opposition – requires an optimistic reading of the polls. But it is easier than admitting to MPs they will soon be unemployed.
It is a childish fantasy to suppose that defenestrating the PM would lead to success at the polls.
The suspended MP has announced he has tendered his resignation after “the honour of a lifetime” in representing Blackpool South.
The Morley and Outwood MP – a persistent critic of the Prime Minister – is open about having submitted a letter of no confidence in him.
On current trends, the next election poses the greatest threat to the Conservative Party’s continued existence in its history. Can we imagine politics with under 50 Tory MPs?
The Conservatives need first to address a real perception problem: voters in these seats are twice as likely to say they associate the words ‘divided’ and ‘uncaring’ with the Tories than with Labour.