Election results are coming in thick and fast – and the bad news is piling up for Rishi Sunak. Labour beat the Tories in the Blackpool by-election and Sunak’s party lost 130 seats in councils around England. Although Sunak allies like transport secretary Mark Harper insist that it’s too early to make judgement calls, the picture is undeniably bleak. Inevitably, some Tories are turning on the Prime Minister.
A rather frustrated Tim Montgomerie, veteran Tory commentator and founder of ConservativeHome, told the BBC this morning the ‘results are so bad’ that Sunak ‘should go’. He then took to Twitter to vent that ‘things are getting worse rather than better under Sunak. The Tories continue on the same path at their peril.’ Strong stuff…
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