Quick thread, after Newsnight elec special
And might there be a prevalence “Maginot Line” thinking - overly focusing/ fighting the political frontlines of the previous election battle instead of current ones?
Defra min Prentis said Gov not ‘in denial’ about losing 500 seats /1
And might there be a prevalence “Maginot Line” thinking - overly focusing/ fighting the political frontlines of the previous election battle instead of current ones?
Defra min Prentis said Gov not ‘in denial’ about losing 500 seats /1
The minister went on to argue that the PM had to stay in office to tackle the cost of living crisis…
The political analyst who spotted the impact of Ukip on working class Labour voters, Prof Matthew Goodwin, said that these results are the next stage of realignment and the Conservatives have to decide whether to lean into it… /3
Johnson’s 2019 “coalition is not holding”…
- last Tory MP in Wandsworth, @justinegreening told me on #Newsnight then only her old seat of Putney was lost, now it’s Wales, Worthing, London, SW England under pressure.
Warns her party against “fishing in a small pond”.
- last Tory MP in Wandsworth, @justinegreening told me on #Newsnight then only her old seat of Putney was lost, now it’s Wales, Worthing, London, SW England under pressure.
Warns her party against “fishing in a small pond”.
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