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The above picture accompanied an FT article on 14th May underlining that the reasons the Tories are doing so badly at the polls is their own policies.
Sunak gave his latest culture wars speech on Monday and the growing list of global enemies suggested that a real shooting war was the key Tory policy for the period to come.
His list of enemies that the UK faced was nowhere near as entertaining at that provided and frequently added to by Liz Truss. He did not of course mention the Tories record in Government since 2010 or try to defend it. Perhaps even he understood that no one would listen to that even most Tory MPs.
The central problem the Tories face however are the three Prime Ministers they have had since 2019, Johnson, Truss and Sunak. Each of their periods at No.10 has been chaotic in quite specific ways and all the while policy has slid every rightwards.
The result is that YouGov has the Tories under 20% in the polls and the Guardian has reported that the Tories election focus has shifted to seeing what they can salvage from seats where they currently have a 20,000 majority or less.
If amongst all that can’t also be detected the possibility of a reconfiguration of ruling class politics it would be surprising but not without historical precedent, albeit not since 1945
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