Feb 22 from https://www.politics.co.uk/ Center left

Week-in-Review: The Conservatives resemble a zombie party

The Conservative Party survived the general election of 2024 — just. The unthinkable rout foreseen by the dismalest polls did not come to pass. Ed Davey asks two questions at PMQs, not six. Rishi Sunak defied suggestions he could lose his seat; in fact, Richmond and Northallerton today stands as the safest Tory constituency in the country. The reports of Conservatism’s death had been slightly...

Feb 08 from https://www.politics.co.uk/ Center left

Kemi Badenoch and the coming Conservative panic

When will reality dawn and the panic begin? The polls conducted since the general election last July, when Rishi Sunak limped across the finish line with 120 fellow MPs, paint an increasingly uniform picture. Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has featured ahead of the Conservatives in eleven of the last thirteen voting intention surveys. At best, Conservative support has proved stagnant since its...

Jan 18 from https://www.politics.co.uk/ Center left

The many problems with Kemi Badenoch’s ‘new’ leadership

The opinions in Politics.co.uk's Comment section are those of the author. Just how new is Kemi Badenoch’s “new leadership”? Not long ago, an embattled Conservative leader addressed a doubtful nation with designs to revive their party by “telling it as it is”. The country is exhausted with “politicians saying things, and then nothing ever changing”, they bemoaned. “Politics doesn’t work the...

Dec 18 from https://www.politics.co.uk/ Center left

PMQs verdict: Kemi Badenoch’s strategy continues to perplex

The opinions in Politics.co.uk's Comment section are those of the author. This was another session of prime minister’s questions that Kemi Badenoch should have won — and won by some distance. The announcement yesterday that the government will not be compensating Waspi women affected by pension changes created a clear opportunity for the Conservative leader to go after Keir Starmer on the...

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