22 Days to Go: Supermajority Spectre
TORIES
- Narrative shift with Grant Shapps on morning round: A Blair-style Labour landslide would be bad for democracy.
- Attack on Jonathan Reynolds saying that tax base would be broadened under Labour – start saving.
- Reeves’ £4,800 Tory mortgage costs document is a dodgy dossier full of complete nonsense.
- Topline(s):
- Don’t give Labour a blank cheque.
LABOUR
- Driver policies announced: One million more potholes fixed per year, regulation of car insurance cost, remove planning barriers for infrastructure.
- Tech policies announced: Reform startup procurement, create National Data Library, remove planning barriers to new data centres.
- Shapps’ claim that people will only serve in the Armed Forces for 25 days under National Service plunges Tories’ flagship manifesto pledge into total disarray.
- Attack on Sunak for ITV interview.
- Topline(s):
- Labour is the only party truly on the side of drivers. We will make our roads safer for all who use them.
LIBDEMS
- More water policy: Replace Ofwat with a tough new unified regulator with extra powers.
- Ed Davey goes to water obstacle course in Warwickshire.
- Topline(s):
- Our plan to set up the Clean Water Authority would help end the Conservative sewage scandal once and for all.
REFORM
- Farage live broadcast: I will not surrender to the mob.
- Flatlining GDP shows the plan is not working.
- The establishment does not have vision for Britain’s future.
- Topline(s):
- Farage has a five year commitment to provide effective opposition to Labour.
GREENS
- Manifesto launch.
- The Greens are ready – with more candidates standing in the election than the Conservatives.
- Green Party is pledging investment to mend broken Britain today – £70 billion tax hike on wealthy.
- Topline(s):
- Ours is a manifesto for real hope and real change.
Cutting through:
- Run up to leader debate.
- Sunak says he went without Sky TV as a child.
Latest polls:
YouGov: CON: 18 (-1), LAB: 38 (-3), RFM: 17 (+1), LDM: 15 (+4), GRN: 8 (+1), SNP: 2 (-1).
Ipsos – Scotland: LAB: 36 (+4), SNP: 36 (-3), CON: 13 (-1), LDM: 5 (-1), REF: 4 (NEW), GRN: 3 (-1).
WeThink – Hartlepool Constituency (Changes w/2021 By-Elec): LAB: 58 (+29), RFM: 23 (+22), CON: 10 (-42), LDM: 6 (+5), GRN: 2 (+1).
