With all eyes focused on the Budget, the Home Secretary is quietly digging a black hole of her own
Giles Dilnot
“They have embraced an annual cost for housing asylum seekers in the UK projected to be £11 billion a year by 2026. All whilst complaining of a £22 billion black hole of her own.”
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Henry Hill
“It is overall much more buoyant than last month: only two ministers are in negative ratings, whereas a full 20 have posted double-digit scores.”
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Two hours of our lives that we’re never getting back
William Atkinson
“This week’s most important development for the future of the Conservative Party took place not on the GB News stage, but in a meeting of the 1922 Committee’s executive.”
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PMQs sketch: Starmer looks unhappy and vulnerable when asked serious questions
Andrew Gimson
“The PM engaged in attacks on “the same old Tories” which had nothing to do with Sunak’s inquiries about China.”
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Councils are spending millions putting families in hotels. The war on landlords will make it worse.
Harry Phibbs
“The Renters Rights Bill is not just a disaster for landlords and tenants. It will also increase the burden on Council Taxpayers. This sanctimonious legislation will just pile on the misery.”
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Ten reasons why Labour is down but not out
Peter Franklin
“We’ve been here before. Just three years ago Starmer was reeling from the loss of the Hartlepool by-election. His personal ratings were in negative territory and the Tory government was still polling at 40 per cent.”
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To win again in 2029, Conservatives need reform, and Reform
Miriam Cates
“If the Conservative Party continues to act as if the Faragists are a minor irritation, pride will be maintained but the election lost.”
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I’m offering a unified party – a plan, policies, people, and Penny
Robert Jenrick MP
“I want out best players outside of Parliament fighting for us. I’d appoint Jacob Rees-Mogg party chairman, and we would bring back great campaigners like Penny Mordaunt to the frontline.”
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I don’t just want women to stand, but the right women to stand. Badenoch fits exactly.
Anne Jenkin
“She has consistently stood be her convictions on the key issue of our time. Even when it was not popular with the establishment political class, the Civil Service, on her opponents.”
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Johnson. Still the Starman. Still jiving us that we were voodoo. But not the Stardust that we need.
William Atkinson
“The loss of this year’s election was down to failures more fundamental than Johnson’s defenestration – and his return would not automatically improve Tory prospects.”