Revealing tale on Sunak’s excessive fixation with detail from David Gauke. newstatesman.com/comment/2024/0…

This is a problem on lots of levels. 1) Sends message there's a free pass voting Reform to Tories 2) Erodes discipline and suggests disunity 3) Worst of both worlds in fusing Tory brand with Reform - risks alienating more liberal voters while unlikely to pull Reform voters back.

Why Rishi Sunak is struggling as Prime Minister. My piece for @newstatesman on why a combination of a bad inheritance and a lack of experience is causing him so many difficulties. newstatesman.com/comment/2024/0…

Rishi Sunak's problem isn't just a bad inheritance – it's his lack of experience.

Astute from David Gauke on why Sunak is struggling as PM. newstatesman.com/comment/2024/0…

Why Rishi Sunak is struggling as Prime Minister. My piece for @newstatesman on why a combination of a bad inheritance and a lack of experience is causing him so many difficulties. newstatesman.com/comment/2024/0…

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I agree with ⁦Michael Gove⁩. Referendums are no way to run a country. My piece for ⁦ConservativeHome⁩. conservativehome.com/2024/04/08/dav…

I agree with ⁦Michael Gove⁩. Referendums are no way to run a country. My piece for ⁦ConservativeHome⁩. conservativehome.com/2024/04/08/dav…

From David Gauke: Referendums are no way to run a country conservativehome.com/2024/04/08/dav…

Typically astute take on the long term by David Gauke newstatesman.com/politics/conse…

A relatively sensible Conservative Party should indeed be capable of saving many of the Blue Wall seats. But the pressure from the Right-wing media and factions on the Tory Right to embrace Faragist policies make it less likely to happen

My piece on what the polls suggest may happen in the Blue Wall and to what extent the Tories will prioritise winning it back.

“For those of us hoping for a revival of sensible centre-right politics, what happens in the Blue Wall will matter.”

📫 David Gauke
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The polls tell somewhat different stories. But in both Labour win seats across the shires and the home counties: the redoubts of Conservative England.

📫 David Gauke
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My piece for ⁦The New Statesman⁩ on the recent MRP polls, what they mean for the Blue Wall and what that might mean for the future of our politics. newstatesman.com/politics/conse…

The polls tell somewhat different stories. But in both Labour win seats across the shires and the home counties: the redoubts of Conservative England.

📫 Today’s Morning Call with David Gauke
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My piece for ⁦The New Statesman⁩ on the recent MRP polls, what they mean for the Blue Wall and what that might mean for the future of our politics. newstatesman.com/politics/conse…

Tom and Dom and Tom.

The weird thing about this is the doubling down on the strategy that from a polling perspective has already proved disastrous. Reform voters won’t believe it and the left of the party will be more inclined to vote for Labour / the LDs.

The comments underneath this are truly amazing.