The April instalment of Conservative Home’s cabinet league table has ministers continuing their drop into single-digit and negative ratings. It’s another record-breaking month as March’s all-time high number 11 ministers in the red is beaten thirty days later with 12 viewed unfavourably. That’s over half the cabinet disapproved of by loyal Tory members…
The top three remain the same, though Penny Mordaunt has fallen from the throne to sit just below Johnny Mercer as Kemi Badenoch retakes top spot – the only minister to score above what usually counts as a high medium score of 50. Illegal Migration Minister Michael Tomlinson has kept sliding into the abyss with a -43% rating. Other cabinet heavy hitters are slipping down too. By Guido’s estimation Sunak’s score of -27.7% dips below his worst ever performance of -25.4% before Christmas. Will he break Chris Grayling’s record of -71.6% before the election?
The February instalment of Conservative Home’s cabinet league table has ministers slipping from their pre-Christmas highs. The top three positions have remained unchanged, although Badenoch, Mordaunt, and Mercer have all lost a few points since December. Meanwhile, as Chris Heaton-Harris comes under the spotlight for his work on restoring power-sharing, he shoots up to fourth place. Actually getting things done does have its benefits…
Hunt and Sunak remain deep in the red, though the PM has improved from his worst ever score of -25.4% before Christmas to a slightly higher 18.4%. A tax-cutting budget in 30 days’ time may soothe Tory members’ nerves…
The post-reshuffle instalment of Conservative Home’s cabinet league table paints a bleak picture for Sunak. James Cleverly’s loyalty to Number 10 has stung him, with the new Home Secretary dropping down to 22nd place from number one last month. Sunak has slid back down over the last two months, now reaching depths of -25.4%, his lowest score yet. Hunt is up 10 points, though still in the red. Members don’t appear too pleased with Rishi’s pre-election machinations…
Kemi Badenoch has slipped into a Cleverly-shaped hole to take the gold medal. The Tory right’s darling now has a comfortable 14-point lead ahead of Penny Mordaunt in number two. Johnny Mercer sits in 3rd while Esther McVey’s entry into the table lands her straight into joint 4th place with Tom Tugendhat. Scores are falling all round – not an optimistic picture…
ConHome has revived its old “Conservative-UKIP pact” polling series from a decade ago by asking Tory party members whether they would let Nigel Farage into the party. This follows Farage’s presence at Tory conference this year where Sunak said he welcomes “lots of people” who want to be members. Rejoining the band after 31 years would be a decisive move…
72% of respondents on ConHome’s poll think Farage should be let in if he asks, 24% think he shouldn’t, and 4% don’t know. It’s no surprise the membership isn’t opposed…
The post-Ben Wallace ConHome ranking landscape provides Kemi Badenoch with another gold medal and a solid 12-point lead as even No. 10 describes her media appearances as “magical“. The real battle is for the number two position among the rest of the leadership contenders with only 6 points between Cleverly, Mordaunt, and Braverman. Suella was on only 22 last month as the top positions start to tighten. Everything to play for…
Sunak has bounced back out of the negative ratings as the summer slump ends and the election machine gets into gear but at only 26 points and with 20 ministers coming in below 20, the general picture isn’t optimistic. That said, there were only 697 responses, which is even lower than last month’s ranking. The opposite of love isn’t hate, it’s indifference…
The latest instalment of Conservative Home’s cabinet league table paints a somewhat promising picture for the government. Most cabinet ministers see modest increases in support, with Ben Wallace still leading the pack on 83%. Amongst the big winners are Dominic Raab and Suella Braverman, who have seen support rise by 20% and 16% respectively. The Scottish trans row is currying favour for some, as Alister Jack climbs into fifth place.
Kemi Badenoch is in a strong second place based on the polling, which was done before her anti-Boris activism came out. That may lead to a discount next month. Rishi sees a modest increase in his support, whilst Jeremy Hunt drops further, by around 7%. Thérèse Coffey also slides into the red. The real loser for the week is Johnny Mercer, who’s fallen 19 points, from fourth to thirteenth. Picking a fight with Ben Wallace is clearly not the way to Conservative members’ hearts.
