Tories on Pace for Worst Election Defeat in Party History Under Sunak
The Conservatives are on pace for their worst election result ever as a seat-by-seat poll reveals Rishi Sunak’s neo-liberal party could win by fewer than 100 seats in the next general election. It’s progressing. The poll of 15,000 people was commissioned by the globalist think tank Best for Britain and conducted by Survation. published in […]
Starmer praises ambition behind Boris Johnson’s levelling up agenda and blames Sunak for blocking it – politics live | Politics
important events angela liner, Labor’s deputy leader described the Conservatives’ leveling up policy as being like a burnt out car.the mirrors lizzy buchan I posted this from a recital where Mr. Rayner was speaking. Angela Rayner says the Tory Level Up slogan is now a “burnt-out shell…like a damaged car left in a garage row”. […]
Blow for Sunak as revised figures confirm UK did go into recession last year | Recession
Official figures have confirmed that the UK economy entered recession at the end of last year, after the latest estimates showed it contracted in the last two quarters of 2023. In a blow to the government’s economic situation, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) announced that the economy, as measured by gross domestic product (GDP), […]
Setback for Sunak as Two Gov’t Ministers Resign
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s stalled government was dealt another blow on Tuesday when two cabinet ministers announced their resignations, as the Conservative Party hurtles toward disaster in the looming general election. Skills Minister Robert Halfon announced on Tuesday afternoon that he had tendered his resignation from the government and would stand down as an MP at […]
Sunak braces for backlash as smoking ban bill to be introduced in Commons | Smoking
Rishi Sunak’s public health plan to ban future generations from buying cigarettes is due to be introduced in parliament this week, with officials bracing for a backlash from Tory rebels. The policy has considerable support among Conservative voters, but the scale of the expected uprising by the Liberal Conservative Party, which includes Liz Truss, is […]
Only ‘one or two’ Tory MPs plotting against Sunak, says Badenoch | Conservatives
Reports of Tory plots against Rishi Sunak are the work of just “one or two” MPs and the party needs to unite before local elections in May, Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch has said. Ta. Speaking later at a business event, Mr Sunak dismissed talk of threats to his leadership, saying: “I’m not interested in all […]
Seven in Ten Britons Blame Sunak and Hunt for UK Recession
Seven in 10 British people believe that Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Jeremy Hunt are to blame for the UK going into recession, according to a recent poll. A Savanta survey of 2,109 UK adults between February 23 and 26 found that 71 per cent of all voters blamed Mr Sunak and his finance chief Jeremy […]
Extremists trying to tear us apart, says Rishi Sunak in impromptu No 10 speech | Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak claimed British extremist groups were “trying to tear us apart” in a hastily prepared Downing Street statement hours after George Galloway won the Rochdale by-election. Standing outside Downing Street late on Friday, the prime minister condemned the “shocking rise in extremist chaos and crime” after the October 7 massacre by Hamas and Israel’s […]
Sunak hints at further national insurance cuts in spring budget | Budget 2024 (spring)
Rishi Sunak has strongly hinted that there could be further cuts to National Insurance contributions in next week’s Budget. The First Minister told reporters gathered at the Scottish Conservative Party conference in Aberdeen on Friday that the livelihoods of working people across the UK would be affected, especially at a time when the Scottish National […]
Look at the political hellscape of Sunak, Anderson, even Starmer and ask: are they making my life any better? | Marina Hyde
FA few weeks ago, we were hopeful that Rishi Sunak might be able to find a way to bring Lee Anderson back to his job as Tory deputy leader following Anderson’s resignation over the Rwanda Bill. The prime minister’s spokesperson said he still “responsible.” Lee has a lot of time on his hands. ” Certainly […]