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Even amidst dire polling for the Tories nationally, nobody seems to think a 1997-style wipeout is on the table in Scotland.
The Government’s failure to do anything about London’s housing crisis means the capital is now starting to export voters into its wide commuter belt.
A modest (if growing) list of technocratic interventions will not be enough for the electorate, no matter how good they are in their own terms.
YouGov research has revealed an important section of the electorate that Tory strategists would do well to target ahead of 2024.
His laudable focus on immediate priorities cannot forever excuse failing to address the big strategic challenges facing Britain.
Starmer’s Shadow Cabinet ministers have repeatedly lent support to activist groups that seek to reduce police powers to crack down on those very same gun-toting gangs.
More than half think Sir Keir Starmer will secure an overall majority, just one parliament after the Tories’ historic 2019 victory.
A bolder government would not win every battle it fought, but it would win more than one that never gave battle at all.
There’s a perverse tendency for doomed governments to play it safe. This approach didn’t save Stanley Baldwin or John Major, and won’t work now.
But, again and again, there is temptation to say nothing, do nothing and hope for things to turn around on their own. And that, in our current circumstances, won’t do.
Sitting back and playing safe didn’t save John Major, and it certainly won’t deliver a majority for Rishi Sunak.
It isn’t clear how Labour can meet Jeremy Hunt’s fiscal rules whilst still promising a huge investment to deliver” a green economy”.
From renationalisation of the energy and train companies to a bonfire of environmental and employment regulations, taking back control from Brussels has opened a new range of possibilities that were previously off the menu.
The challenge for Sunak should not be underestimated. Outperforming Brown’s electoral tightening of 2010 may not even produce an outright majority. But politics is all about definition in the moment.