Right and wrong aside, if you're a political advisor to the Prime Minister what's your advice on Patel?
Likely to circle the wagons.
The only people whose opinion matters right now are fellow Tory MPs, and the public won't remember a bullying scandal when voting 3 year later.
Likely to circle the wagons.
The only people whose opinion matters right now are fellow Tory MPs, and the public won't remember a bullying scandal when voting 3 year later.
Sure, Tory MPs could turn on him if the bottom completely drops out of his polls (and hence probably theirs), but is this going to be the issue that does it?
Doubtful.
The usual suspects are already running defense and pivoting this toward being yet another culture war.
Doubtful.
The usual suspects are already running defense and pivoting this toward being yet another culture war.
The UK conservatives have enjoyed considerable success politically by framing every issue as a battle between their democratically elected ministers and some other force that's thwarting or undermining them.
Judiciary, the Lords, activist lawyers, Remainers, the civil service.
Judiciary, the Lords, activist lawyers, Remainers, the civil service.
You can already see this latest issue creeping in that direction as surrogates and friendly journalists begin hinting or stating overtly that this whole thing is just yet another battle in the war between the people's government and an opposition of shadowy elites.
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