Rishi Sunak says he’s hungry for victory in the next UK general election. But he’s not whetting the appetite of his increasingly restless Conservatives.
Tory Members of Parliament hoped the much-hyped “reset” would re-energize a party adrift and take the fight to the Labour opposition, which is leading by around 20 points in the polls.
As Sunak jetted 4,000 miles to the G-20 summit in India, Tory MPs, government advisers and senior officials said they were concerned that Sunak’s uneven performance meant the party risked an electoral wipe-out. They spoke on condition of anonymity to share their private concerns. With Hunt and Sunak downplaying the chances of tax cuts in the fall, another MP remarked that a policy of seeking to make steady progress doesn’t work well if the ship is heading toward an iceberg.
But he conceded the timing of the concrete row was “frustrating” as it had knocked his attempt to regain the political narrative off course. The schools row also exposed internal Tory divisions, with some calling for Education Secretary Gillian Keegan to be demoted, multiple advisers said. A supporter of Keegan said she was the victim of dirty tricks, and a Downing Street official denied they wanted to fire her.
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