It’s grim reading for team LOTO as ConHome’s latest Tory shadow cabinet rankings drop. Last month, Badenoch fell to seventh—now she’s plummeted another 19 points to a bleak 14th place. More of her colleagues are ahead of her than behind…
It’s not looking pretty for Patel either as she falls well into the red following her comments on Never Mind the Ballots defending immigration under the Tories. Ex-leadership hopeful Robert Jenrick is top of the charts, storming ahead with a 57.4 points – more than four times Badenoch’s score of 13.3 – followed by Stride and Philp. That may set the cat among the pigeons…
Meanwhile, as Guido reported this morning CCHQ is bracing for another wave of redundancies. Donors are turning off the taps and staff are stretched thin. Some were left “devastated” after her all-staff meeting last week—sparking fresh grumbles over the lack of a clear strategy to take on a surging Reform. The Tory ship is looking far from steady…
Speaking at his speech on how to achieve “progressive capitalism” Wes Streeting fired a dig and Andy Burnham:
“Bond markets are not bond villains and fiscal rules matter.”