The Conservative benches were glum, but not so glum that they stabbed the PM in the back.
The Prime Minister also attacked Labour for having ‘a litany of unfunded promises’.
The economic facts will not care about a change in government. Britain is still going to have to start living within its means, and that is going to mean cuts.
The PM and Chancellor are right to avoid the “jump to glory style of politics”, but this may only be recognised when they are gone.
Flynn, for the SNP, asked in silence about Gaza, and has emerged from the recent ructions with an enhanced reputation.
The Prime Minister faced questions on a ceasefire in Gaza, economic growth, and more at this week’s session.
Drakeford’s record gives British voters a preview of life under a Starmer government. But while it is our duty to call out Labour’s failures, criticism alone is not enough.
The first in my series of regular 2024 focus groups included those who put their chances of repeating their 2019 Conservative vote at 3 to 5 out of 10, on the reasoning that if anyone is going to bolster the party’s poll numbers, it will be them.
But Starmer failed to establish any kind of personal ascendancy over Sunak at PMQs.
Conservatives must realise that there are an awful lot of people who might share their revulsion at the excesses of hyper-liberal politics but are still not going to vote Tory. We’re fed up of our stagnant economy.
How long until Starmer is demanding an immediate ceasefire? How long until another Labour MP or candidate is suspended for saying something appalling? And what will this mean for the party overwhelmingly likely to form the next government?
Does the caginess reveal an opportunist leadership, prepared too launch key policies without working out the details? Or is there in fact a detailed programme in place – but they believe it is either too complicated or too contentious to spell it out?
We asked voters how likely they thought various outcomes were under a Conservative government, and under a Labour government, Only two things were thought more likely to happen than not in both scenarios: ‘higher taxes for people like me’ and ‘a new financial crisis’.
Voters in the town are not just worried about Gaza: they also feel no one in authority has taken responsibility for the grooming scandals.
There still remains enough time to leave a genuine and defining legacy, that frames where the next government is heading, and reaffirms that Conservatism truly does seek to make people’s lives better.