The prevailing wisdom within the Tory Party for finding a new leader must change
Take your time, check out the new blood, listen to the grassroots – that’s how the Conservatives could find the right candidates
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Take your time, check out the new blood, listen to the grassroots – that’s how the Conservatives could find the right candidates
Starmer has to show he is able to act decisively - otherwise his party will suffer the same fate as the Tories
The two men may come from different sides of the pond, but they have successfully tapped into the ‘forgotten masses’
Conservatives embark on a six week remorseless diet of gloom and despair
The furore over his tweets made sure working-class voters noticed the small boats policy, delivering a boost to the party’s polling figures
Complete breakdown in our political system beckons – and it is more than just a temporary ‘Truss problem’
People are becoming incandescent with politicians’ seeming unwillingness to act over rising prices
There is not so much outright hostility among voters in some parts of the North, but rather a firm belief he cannot lead
The party's pivot to the working class can – and should – outlast Boris Johnson
As the Government loses support of working class voters, Starmer’s vision suggests Labour is finally closing in on them
The public knows only too well that lockdowns are bad for children. Shutting school gates would be a deeply unpopular move
The Government thinks it faces a crisis of perceived arrogance and hypocrisy; but the real crisis runs deeper than that
‘Net Zero’ and Covid lockdowns paved the way for Right-wing parties, but asylum policies and rising taxes could force voters' hands
When you’re talking about billions being raised, people will have zero sympathy for the tiniest of problems with their relatives’ care
Ministers saying one thing and doing another threatens to undermine both the net zero strategy and the Government's popularity
Are provincial gains for the long-term? Probably. Can the party hold on to at least most of the affluent South? Definitely