Pollster explains hows the Tories will lose the next election

[@ladyyunalesca7613]

People viewing Rishi as competent is insane. Even with furlough people don't remember it clearly. I lost my job because there was no indication it would be extended past october/november, then he extended it at the 11th hour. Clown.

[@venmis137]

Compared to most of his party he is stunningly competent.

[@LoneSheWolf09]

Some people even regard him as highly intelligent 🤣😆😆🤣

[@attackpatterndelta8949]

​@@venmis137 to be considered competent in the Tory party, is a very low bar.

[@SmolenskiPrince]

@@venmis137 And compared to most serial killers he is stunningly kind.

[@chiip90]

eat out to help out killed thousands and went against expert advice.

[@dazzwsmith]

I live in blyth where he mentioned. The tory MP has been a disaster and everyone has felt let down, including the right wingers that split the vote in 2019 allowing him in. He's not even going to stand in his hometown at the next election, hes that much of a turncoat. The old adage is true: #nevertrustatory.

[@oneoflokis]

💯👍

[@zeddeka]

Right wingers who split the vote? Right wingers are Tories. Secondly, some people in the Labour party needs to learn that they are supposed to be serving the people, not the people serving them. Nobody owes them anything. If they lost the seat, it's because they were a shambles.

[@anne-mariemarshall]

Yes. Two things to remember Daz. #nevertrustatory and #nevertrustabanker. At the moment there is double jeopardy as Sunak is in both camps.

[@Creativemnds]

One of the biggest things for me is that the Conversatives feel completely entitled and their MP's think they're better than the general public. It's a sense of elitism and in this instance, faux elitism, as the party lacks both talent and class. I want to see them gone

[@garethbuckeridge6910]

Your not wrong. The Bozo loving remoaner that represents my constituency takes great pride in talking down to her constituents. It's great that it is a flip flop seat as she will be gone again in 2024 (just like 2017). 🤣🤣🤣

[@ruan13o]

Why wouldn't they feel entitled if they keep doing what they do and voters keep voting them back in. Why would they feel they need to do anything different?

[@anne-mariemarshall]

Here here😊

[@anne-mariemarshall]

​@@ruan13operhaps pull your head from where the sun don't shine and take a look around.

[@ruan13o]

@@anne-mariemarshall Why don't you read what was said and tell me what I said that's wrong? Who did voters vote into power in the last few elections?

[@andreamyob9458]

So, in summary, people will vote labour only when they feel that the tories have become too awful to bear. Inspiring stuff.

[@JoelJoel321]

Tbf that is how every party comes into power. The old adage is that oppositions don't win elections, governments lose them.

[@nicksimmons7234]

That happen in 1997.

[@RBTVN]

And when Labour have become Tory enough that the mainstream media start supporting them instead of pillorying them.

[@fenderek666]

OR Labour could actually stand for something instead of u-turning on everything This country needs 2-3 hung Parliaments In fact- I hope the next 3 by elections Tories are gonna squeeze in (as Labour and Lib Dem votes split) and maybe, MAYBE they will get it in their thick skulls that FPTP is the reason Britain is so badly broken…

[@nickrobinson7096]

Yes because fundamentally people are quite conservative. The left of today are far more right leaning than say 30 years ago.

[@poguemahone5476]

Not one mention of people feeling politicians are corrupt?

[@cuebj]

Problem is recent regimes have been thoroughly corrupt sp lots of people end up thinking they all are. Some politicians corrupt. Many not. But corrupt ones in power at moment. Corruption dominates Tories with some exceptions. Present in Labour but not dominant (at the moment)

[@jonnewman6332]

@@cuebj Fair.

[@cdean2789]

I guess they won't be voting.

[@dogblessamerica]

He said the PPE corruption didn't cut through in the same way as Partygate. This is depressing to me, but I'm not surprised.

[@kevinwilde]

all political parties are urinating into the same pot. nothing more than legalised thieves.

[@tonykramer9914]

The Tories need sending into obscurity

[@DrMontague]

Bollocks, the tories will not lose the next election,they have tory starmer as there new leader! Old wine in new bottles!

[@leebritnell2405]

Would love to see them trampled into the dust at next election.

[@DrMontague]

Bollocks, the tories will not lose the next election,they have tory starmer as there new leader! Old wine in new bottles

[@coppershark1973]

Let the corrupt be tossed out. Then we’ll investigate and recover and prosecute. They must never be allowed power again.

[@garethbuckeridge6910]

Great idea and we we do Tony bLiar for war crimes at the same time too?

[@paulmaddison2404]

@@garethbuckeridge6910 Yes.

[@AdamBowley-yb3kd]

That’s nothing tondi with the party but one person

[@DrMontague]

Bollocks, the tories will not lose the next election,they have tory starmer as there new leader! Old wine in new bottles

[@crayontom9687]

‘The woman who was there for 6 weeks’ 😂😂😂 brilliant, people don’t even know or remember her name

[@octavianpopescu4776]

Lettuce lady? I was trying to remember her name and that's what my mind immediately called her. I took me a while to remember her real name.

[@SilverHunterN]

Lizard Do Not Trust.

[@safirahmed]

Liv Struss a satirical parody KZbin has an interesting interpretation of Liz Truss.

[@FrozenHero2010]

I remember her! I made a tidy profit on my currency exchange of about £40 thanks to her.

[@anne-mariemarshall]

Liz the [very wet] lettuce 😂😂😂

[@susansantapola]

Get the Tories out ASAP.

[@kevinwilde]

thatchers children are nothing more than legalised thieves.

[@rabidbigdog]

When is the next election due though. Don't you have fixed cycles?

[@kevinwilde]

thatchers unelected children are nothing but legalised thieves.

[@DrMontague]

the tories will not lose the next election,they have tory starmer as there new leader! Old wine in new bottles

[@VilhelmHammershoi1666]

Didn't rishi along with Johnson, party during lockdown despite it being a criminal offence whilst the rest of us suffered the separation from our families

[@bodricpriest8816]

ambushed by cake poor dears... and the other thousand plus (at least for Bozo the Murderclown)

[@sarangistudent8614]

@@bodricpriest8816 they were ambushed with cake, whilst we were ambushed with death.

[@b00ts4ndc4ts]

People forget so quickly, have they forgot his wife's non Dom status when he put up taxes for everyone else

[@FrozenHero2010]

The conventional wisdom is that oppositions don't win elections, governments lose them. This government is working as hard as it can to lose the next one.

[@MichaelSmith-ns8ow]

The Lord of the flies.

[@christinalloyd9566]

Who would have guessed that the tory party don't care less about anyone but themselves? SHOCKER!!!!!

[@kevinwilde]

thatchers children are nothing but legalised theives

[@paulmaddison2404]

Christina Lloyd Who would have guessed that any party don't care less about anyone but themselves? SHOCKER!!!!!

[@DrMontague]

Bollocks, the tories will not lose the next election,they have tory starmer as there new leader! Old wine in new bottles

[@malcolmstockbridge2569]

I think a large majority accept that the Tories have blown it, however...its still down to Labour to win it, it scares me that something or somebody will shoot the Labour party in the foot just at the wrong moment leaving the Tories to just sit in place without having to lift a finger, the next 12 months are dangerous times.

[@drn.o.thunderfinger9738]

I do not want to hear anyone saying " .. well, we may have lost the election, but we did not lose our principles..". Or anything like that. That line is moronic. Many progressives seem to be fond of it. No point having principles if you never get to try to put some of them into practice. This shockingly awful government must be made to go as soon as possible. By any means necessary. Including crowds on the streets if we are kept waiting long.

[@CovidIslandDiscs]

Thankfully I think this scenario is unlikely but if this does happen I'm leaving Britain.

[@LWQ15881]

@@CovidIslandDiscs it very much could still happen the media is completely monopolised by the tories.

[@alanbarker2279]

There are regular attempts to do just that from the Owen Jones KZbin channel 😣

[@yourawaywiththefairy]

The tories are done for, and Labour under starmer are and will continue to be sh#t, I can't believe there are so many brainwashed fools in these comments.

[@maarifa4772]

Let me remind everyone. The UK has has already crumbled. It was proudly done by Boris Johnson.

[@jackmonaghan8477]

Not just Johnson, but also Thatcher, Major, Blair, Brown, Cameron and May too. The neoliberalism of both the authoritarian and "Third Way" varieties (or both) has pretty much turned the UK into a joke of a state and its involvement in wars waged by the west since the 80s has damaged its reputation abroad (possibly beyond repair).

[@CovidIslandDiscs]

"David Cameron reincarnated?" How can anyone think Cameron was a good politician? Also the fact that the Saville slur has worked on part of the electorate is so depressing.

[@scooby1992]

I agree , it doesnt even cut any ice with those people when you explain that Saville was a Tory supporter and a friend of Mrs.Thatcher who got him his Knighthood .

[@psammiad]

Labour was in a mess at the end of a long reign, so Cameron got a positive bump just for being new and different. Cameron also benefited from Gordon Brown's sound economic management, despite the financial crisis. Compared to the chaos these days you can see why Tories look back kindly on the Cameron era.

[@IMBlakeley]

The electorate as a whole is as thick as a brick.

[@gary1642]

​@@IMBlakeley the voters in the Red Wall voting Tory because "we need a change" proves you right.

[@olivercuenca4109]

You have to remember that a certain proportion of the public are both extremely stupid and extremely arrogant, and once they think they know something they will do everything they can to avoid being proven wrong.

[@reigndespair7053]

"Rishi has a competence advantage". What a rediculous statement.

[@tomnorton7817]

A perceived competence advantage, I suppose is the actual message. (Albeit that perception is misguided, but there you go)

[@scooby1992]

True , but when compared to his predecessor he is , admittedly a low bar .

[@DrMontague]

the tories will not lose the next election,they have tory starmer as there new leader! Old wine in new bottles

[@pierreweinzweig8591]

The Welsh word for Broken is "torri"....Welsh wisdom.

[@roderickjoyce6716]

Rishi is a man who doesn't know his trouser lengths.

[@dlk1dlk1]

The Irish word for criminal is 'Tory'.

[@molybdomancer195]

@@dlk1dlk1it’s exactly where the nickname for Conservatives came from

[@dlk1dlk1]

@@molybdomancer195 Yes I know.

[@stevegrim]

Rishi knows what he's doing. His policies are making things worse for people, he knows it.and doesn't care.

[@fix0the0spade]

That's the last 13 years of Conservative rule, damage the public, make your friends richer doing it. Rishi's just a little bit more subtle about it than the last two's complete lack of tact.

[@DrMontague]

Rishi knows the tories will not lose the next election because they have tory starmer as there new leader! Old wine in new bottles!

[@anne-mariemarshall]

Yes Steve but please stop calling him Rishi like he is your pal. Its Tory central office using psychology against you - Rishi this, Rishi that! Boris this Boris that! Contrast with that with how they (the Tory media and the Tories) refer to Labour leaders e.g. Corbyn, Blair and [currently] Starmer. I'm sure you get the idea😊 It causes a sub conscious feeling of the Tories being more trust worthy than Labour (which is totally untrue) and it's yet another Tory deception. Yes he (Sunak) knows exactly what he's doing. He knows he's robbing Britain blind and leaving us for dead. He knows he's lying his backside off every time he opens his mouth. He knows that his party is full of deception, He knows of all the corrupt dealings of himself and his party such as with the PPE scandal and the 'eat out to help out' fiasco which it is now acknowledged help covid to spread and ultimately cost people their lives. He knows that he was presented at some of (now discredited) BoJo bozo Johnson's boozy covid parties and that Bozo lied his backside off when challenged. He also knows how Bozo was 'in bed' with Russian olegarchs and the KGB. Then there is the cost of living crisis, he knows that his government have made this so much harder for people by their 'don't care less' policies and incompetence. He knows that he is trying to decimate the welfare state - all public services including the NHS - by stealth and deception so that he and the rest of his fat cat pals can get even fatter whist many British people struggle with poverty, crippling mortgage payments, and housing issues. Yes, Sunak knows what he's doing alright and there's nothing for him to be proud of. He's a lying, deceitful, corrupt, greedy banker who is not fit to hold office let alone be this nation's PM. Being candid Sunak and his cronies are the enemy of the ordinary British people, the enemy within.

[@Raven-Claws88]

Depends also on tactical voting echoing the local elections - if enough people support the local party most likely to oust the Tories, they could be in for another pasting and loss of “Blue Wall” seats in the south of England.

[@oneoflokis]

Which would be great! Hope Bozo loses his!! 🤞

[@chrisd5964]

@@oneoflokisJohnson will decide not to stand again, cowardice is a significant trait in his personality.

[@garethbuckeridge6910]

@@oneoflokis and Lizzy Dripping 🤣🤣🤣

[@DrMontague]

Bollocks the tories will not lose the next election, tory starmer will! Old wine in new bottles!

[@malthusXIII-fo3ep]

Tactical voting is an extravagance most people cannot afford at General Elections. Lib Demons would concrete over the Green Belt to house Africa. And Starmer will open the borders to let them in and then watch unemployment rocket.

[@Stoneshakre]

Thanks

[@timsimpson9367]

People should be asking Rishi, where is the £20 billion that's gone missing since he got the job ?? Check your mates bank accounts Rishi.

[@coolbanana165]

Honestly, I don't get how subhuman you have to be to still be wanting to vote Tory. The country is ruined, people are suffering, and 30% of people want to vote Tory.

[@b00ts4ndc4ts]

That's because that 30% have just made and kept more money under this Tory government.

[@Cephlin]

Because you are rich and it doesn’t effect you. Really that simple

[@algie-t2w]

Never underestimate the gullibility and stupidity of the public.

[@lloydnaylor6113]

No , it's because we've lived under Labour governments which tend to be far worse.

[@safirahmed]

Some vote Conservative because they believe they are aspirational and better than others whilst some vote Conservative because they may dislike some demographics.

[@Stuark54]

Why does everyone miss out the housing crisis. Imo that is the thing causing the most damage since more than half of everyone’s wages is taken up by rent and mortgages. Bring housing prices down and I feel things will get better.

[@fulham1958]

Furlough was a bloody disaster!

[@RichardFooter]

Imagine if the Tories manage to time another blunder (partygate, minibudget, lying etc.) near the next GE and simply fall out of opposition. Brave new world!

[@philipdouglas5911]

The covid inquiry could do it especially if they keep trying to suppress the evidence. Johnson is out to stab Sunak in the back and a lot of muck could be going Sunak's way. Expecting a lot of infighting and this inquiry will drag on to the next election and beyond. Then there is the question about fraud since Sunak became Chancellor which was asked today. That could gain some traction if Labour choose to run with it. The tories are toast as blunders and scandal seem to follow them like a shadow at the moment.

[@philipdouglas5911]

@BrianT Don't be silly. Know who I am voting for and it won't be tory. There is a lot of mess to come that is going to cost them dear.

[@williamchapple8886]

I mean after the last few years I wouldn’t be surprised if you’re right

[@gilbertmoyes2918]

You don't need to imagine Richard, with johnson, rees-mogg, braverman, anderson and the like it is a gold plated one hundred percent certainty. I don't think you could find a betting agency that would be willing to bet against it.

[@danielbanbury378]

In current circumstances I think the inner party infighting is likely to be more of a stickler. Over the past 6 years Tory leaders have struggled maintaining cohesion within their own party, the plots and schemes where they turn on each other is frequent. Its part of this perception that its all Chaos.

[@tonychorley4936]

I also care that Mr Sunak and his wife thought it OK for her to use non dom status to avoid paying tax, at the same time as raising taxes for ordinary people . Oh, and it seemed wrong that his funding for childcare will benefit one of her companies more than the majority of providers. Mrs Sunak has a track record of setting up companies , taking loans or funding from government sources then folding the companies and claiming bankruptcy.

[@DrMontague]

The fucktards gave bojo a landslide victory!"

[@Royboy50]

They all need sometime in prison

[@matthewsemple]

Sunak seemed to have come from nowhere and was only promoted because Javid resigned over a spat with Cummings. The Tories appear to need minority ethnic cabinet members to push through policies on immigration that are ostensibly racist, hence Sunak, Patel, Badenock, Cleverly, Braverman, etc. These are all people who are very short on talent. For himself, Sunak seems to be only there to protect his wife's tax affairs.

[@nicholasdavis2129]

Disappointing that the slur has stuck to Starmer, hope the people mentioning it were corrected.

[@detritus666]

Astonishingly impressed that Wales isn't mentioned even once.....

[@4081kieran]

🙄Have a day off. I don't remember England getting a mention either. 3.2% of the UK aren't going to have a massive impact on the outcome Even though they are over reprisented with 4.9% of seats. A bit of salt and vinegar will go nicely with that chip on your shoulder. Tyfu lan

[@Metalguitarpete]

Red wall voters who supported the Tories under Johnson will not support Sunak for the most obvious reason. The biggest boost for Labour is the collapse of the SNP.

[@DrMontague]

Bollocks, the tories will not lose the next election,they have tory starmer as there new leader! Old wine in new bottles

[@formicapple2]

I wonder if Rushi has retained his Green Card?

[@joegreen235]

It's a shame it takes people to feel personal suffering to have empathy for othe, when people have been suffering under tory policy for over 10 years

[@DrMontague]

the tories will not lose the next election,they have tory starmer as there new leader! Old wine in new bottles

[@connectingthedots100]

I won't hold my breath.

[@alecjmccartney]

Top bloke. Lots of useful info.

[@robin231176]

The Tories won in 1970 witg a boring, not very popular leader in Ted Heath because people were fed up with inflation and a drifting government. That is the blueprint for Labour this time.

[@rory4605]

I hope those in the Conservative Party and those who staunchly vote for them are absolutely terrified. I want them to feel the dread we’ve felt for 14 years, the dread of feeling you’ll never win, of feeling the Tories will always be able to win.

[@DrMontague]

Bollocks, the tories will not lose the next election,they have tory starmer as there new leader! Old wine in new bottles

[@malthusXIII-fo3ep]

I'm looking forward to another 14 years Tory governance, grown-ups needed.

[@Clivestravelandtrains]

I'm a Scottish voter and he hit the nail on the head. I'm still in a state of shock over the demise of Nicola. And yes, Scotland is a shambles just like England. But at least it's our shambles!

[@anne-mariemarshall]

For Scotland, that's the Westminster effect.

[@Peter-ud9bx]

This summary is really interesting but it's coming at exactly the time that Keir and Labour's policy announcements are starting to ramp up. Labour are playing a good game and could well peak at the right time. The Conservatives are toast. (If he's gonna call Sunak Rishi, I'll call Starmer Keir. This fellow's delivery was skewed towards the Cons.)

[@alr68]

You mean at a time Starmer and the Blarite Labour party have realised all they have to do to win is not be called the Tory party so have u-turned on all of his promises to the Labour membership? They're dropping the ball when it should be impossible to drop. Myself and many other I know have gone from definitely voting Labour in the next GE to now being split between voting Green and Lib Dem. Labour won't have a majority at the next GE and there will be a hung parliament, I would put money on it.

[@grahamhall2662]

I agree I hope Labour trounce the Cons in the next election. Labour are not going to give too much away before they know the date of the election. The Tories have a habit of thieving any good ideas because they have precious few of their own.

[@DrMontague]

Bollocks, the tories will not lose the next election,they have tory starmer as there new leader! Old wine in new bottles

[@explorer0213]

​​​​@@grahamhall2662l said they have stollen every Labour Party idea and made it out to be there own. 13:55

[@frankriley845]

Very balanced speech good man😃

[@gavinmillar816]

"You dont wear shoes like that to a building site." Is that honestly the sort of criteria people use when deciding who to vote for? No wonder we are in such a mess

[@jamieeddolls5605]

As in he's out of touch with the working man

[@karimkekhia4369]

i love your comments everyone. i can’t add as i’m really with you all about this awful government!! we all know what to do at the next election? simple…no more tories..and let’s all sit back and watch it unfold and then…..CELEBRATE!! literally i think the streets will be like a huge party…it will probably be a first too…only because of the sheer horror and evilness that this government has inflected in us all. if labour do get in..if they do…then this is their chance..NOW… to sit back, look at how they had messed up in past years and most definitely look at how the tories have messed up and really run this country, look after the people, industries jobs you name it…etc etc…and make the uk the BEST!!!

[@johnavery3941]

I turned off after less that 5 minutes, he was talking BS, the Tories are gone, look at Braverman, I would not trust her to look after my dog for the afternoon never mind the Home Office

[@ay2deet578]

Thinking having 'Sir' means you were born into the aristocracy... shows you most people are thick as mince

[@bernieburrows3731]

Wonder if anyone was asked what they think the role of government is..

[@Behappy62]

I would love to see them be told they could no longer be in parliament

[@rory4605]

Cry more, tory.

[@Peter-ud9bx]

So, it's "Rishi" and "Starmer" for this guy.

[@gerardgallagher4427]

Being in power to long with nothing to give back to ordinary people but higher prices higher intrest rates . Then its time for change.

[@Metalguitarpete]

If people finds Starmer’s voice grating have they not noticed Rishi’s lisp? 😂

[@Redsleather]

His voice is awful. Sunak should spend some of his billions on voice coaching. I can’t bear to hear him

[@nickbarton3191]

The public "Sunak is too weak, he really needs to stand up" Sunak "I AM standing up !"

[@DrMontague]

He may be little but he has knocked the shit out of the working class and by god they deserve it for giving bojo a landslide victory

[@Gavin48]

Dont get cocky Lefties. The Tories still might sneak in. You need to get the youngsters to vote

[@cdean2789]

I think they're disillusioned by the way JC was treated.

[@ChumleyNuffington]

I think thats a tall order, most young people probably see Westminister politics as inherently unrepresentative of them. Think about it, if you're say under 30 you might remember war crimes in Iraq thanks to Blair and New Labour, 2008 and the Credit Crunch and how our government bailed out the banks, then the coalition between Lib Dem and Tory that didn't feel hugely democratic. Then Austerity, then Brexit, then the public decimation of the only politician speaking their language, then Boris, then the Pandemic, then the coronation and clamping down on protest. That's missing out tonnes of shit as well let's be real, because there's way too much to recall, it all leads to absolutely no faith in electoral politics. I myself am hoping for a hung parliament at this point and in my local area with a Tory incumbent of decades at this point with FPTP it's almost entirely pointless to vote. It's a REALLY tory town and I am very much not a tory, or a liberal for that matter. If you're on the left as I am there's very little in the way of options and I fundamentally dislike the idea of a tactical vote, it feels like having even less of a voice. I might spoil my ballot, if there's a half decent Socialist Party candidate in my constituency I'll chuck 'em my vote but it'll go nowhere not with how down bad for the tories my town is. I think young people see all these suited up 'highly educated' posh people taking their rights away and think, no this isn't for me. So they get out on the streets, they protest and form affirmative action groups and now they're being arrested for it. I don't think the days of the status quo are over, thats demonstrably not true, but with millennials not moving right as they age and terms like socialism and communism being less loaded among the youth, I think it's obvious theres a hunger for real left wing politics that is not being serviced. We'll see though, and ultimately I'm just an ordinary chap so I probably don't know much of anything, this is just how I see it.

[@roderickjoyce6716]

​@@ChumleyNuffington You don't have to be under 30 to have low expectations of our allegedly glorious Parliament. I have lived through Suez and the colonial atrocities in Kenya and Malaya(but was too young to notice it); the nationalisation, denationalisation, re-nationalisation and privatisation of a series of once world-leading industries that are now alas no more; the destruction of the Welfare State; mass unemployment; inflation; more mass unemployment, the deportation of the Chagossians; a series of increasingly racist immigration and nationality acts; Section 28; a persistent failure to educate our children to think creatively and critically; the worst pensions in Western Europe; Brexit; Iraq; culture wars; enormous donations to political parties by millionaires; lobbying; corruption; sexual harassment and bullying by MPs; the incestuous relationship between politics, media, and the City.and the most centralised overbearing administration in Europe. Let us lock the doors of the Palace of Westminster for good; put a big fence around it and let it moulder into the Thames (the resident mice, rats, and bats will be happy). Then let's make a fresh start with an open, democratic assembly that is elected in a way that truly reflects and represents us.

[@ChumleyNuffington]

@@roderickjoyce6716 oh absolutely friend, I'm the child of a life-long socialist mother so I know anti-capitalist convictions are not exclusively the province of the young. I agree entirely those doors need shutting and the establishment needs to be dismantled. I'm certainly no reformist, all we can achieve by reforming capitalism is vanishingly brief periods of harm prevention for a privileged few. They gotta go, the king and all. I just can't see this country, so okay with top down hierarchy, ever really committing to true revolution. The status quo is too comfy for many and imagining really taking it to the establishment is tantamount to heresy.

[@theRickestRickOfAll]

If you want to hear how much WM caes about Wales, Scotland and NI it's all in here. An afterthought and not mentioned at all. The UK is over.

[@fang_xianfu]

It's continually frustrating to me when people don't understand that Starmer was knighted basically just for being a good lawyer. When you leave the job as Director of Public Prosecutions, basically the most senior prosecuting lawyer in the Ministry of Justice, you get a knighthood, that's how it's worked since time immemorial. His parents were a toolmaker and a nurse who retired early due to chronic illness. He went to a grammar school, he didn't pay for school. He went to Leeds for his degree. He's exactly the kind of "work hard and you'll succeed" story that everyone is supposed to aspire to.

[@alfredodavie2842]

No shame these tories

[@kmully8873]

We, the as citizens in the UK: NEED boring control; we NEED a careful set of hands; we NEED a non-corrupt money-grabbing Government. Vote these money grubbers and chancers OUT!

[@hughcaskey9542]

What part of Liverpool did they have their poll

[@Bettys_Eldest]

Is this the same script as used by Carol Vordeman yesterday? If we can get the media to cover what she has to say, rather than the latest outfit she has managed to squeeze into, or her personal arrangements we have a potent weapon in removing the Tories. Fat chance of the mainstream media taking that approach though.

[@DrMontague]

Vorderman doesn't know if she wants a shit, shave , or a shampoo, she wants the tories out to be replaced by tory stamer.

[@amairakahn554]

Never let them rise again .. if ur a true British warriors stand up n mke yes lifes better

[@pastyman001]

The British people want safe, boring, reliable, competent, authoritative.

[@johnmorsley]

I agree, the Tories should go, but I think people are not taking into consideration the stupidity of the general public! They have voted in the Tories time after time and I think they will again. Starmer is awful. Corbyn was awesome, but was demonised by the right wing press and our stupid public believed it all.I think we're doomed. This first past the post is not fit for purpose and because of it, we can't get anything other than a two party system.

[@algie-t2w]

Let's be honest, for the vast majority of the electorate it comes down to one factor: "What's in it for me and mine".

[@paulmaddison2404]

Get rid of corrupt MP's, all of them, start at the bottom and work up or start at the top and work down and there won't be any of them left and this is what we need.

[@sandyellis28]

Would be good to know if / how Brexit features in this research

[@Eurojdkkwkd]

Rishi is NOT competent in the slightest

[@martinwright8108]

The blue wall is crumbling ... and behind it is another blue wall although maybe the shade is slightly different.

[@jamesclark1550]

I’m an Australian and can only comment that anyone voting for a party with Rees-Mogg as a member, really ought to consider the whole of country good, rather than a moneyed privileged few.

[@alexgosling5550]

Well that ended on a rather squeaky note

[@kevinheath7588]

Most people i know are so disillusioned with politics and tired with life's struggles they no longer vote for anyone, they simply believe whichever political party is elected it will not improve their lives.

[@razorwestham5949]

That's where they go wrong on simple short time to vote and then they can moan when it happens to not meet their agenda. Then they all not voting and get what they deserve like brexit a total disaster.

[@charliefisher6380]

And who will benefit by them not voting? The fahking Tories... Please encourage them to vote tactically. Apathy only serves the status quo.

[@avalanche816]

It's not 'most people' anymore, as recent council elections demonstrated. Despite the horrible lack of personal critical thinking and the awful beholdant media in the UK, people's lives now include a completely needless huge hike in mortgage repayments, defunded NHS and Police, and sh*t in almost all rivers and the majority of coastline, not to mention billions of pounds of taxpayer's money spraffed away. Expand your contact group.

[@malcolmstockbridge2569]

Anybody who doesnt vote also doesnt deserve to complain about the state of the country, and it is so true that someone not voting is by default giving the power straight back to the Tories.

[@giansideros]

​@@malcolmstockbridge2569 As Conservative politicians toy with power in a desperate act of self preservation; Its opportunistic sychophants in the media are absorbed in histrionics and jingoistic demagoguery to distract from this farce. And even now after 13 years of Conservative Rule, the citizenry have turned over leadership to politicians instead of participating in it! The people have democratic principles on their lips but cannot spare the effort to safeguard it! The collapse of an autocracy is the sin of its rulers and leaders. But the collapse of a democracy is the sin of every citizen!

[@wynbrown5985]

The majority of politicians are corrupt.

[@ajh8156]

Honestly, the Labour left need to form their own socialist party. It could become opposition to the more “Hard Labour” party by Kier that is likely to be in government next year. Conservatives will become small, insignificant party that no one will take seriously. We need more parties in general. Voting reform. The country needs, desperately, prosperity.

[@STOP_red_light]

I agree that voting reform is desperately required so that Parties don't have to play to the same swing voters in order to take and hold power. I think education in how the system works for the voting population would also be important so that people understand that coalition governments work (if the Tory / Lib Dem coalition taught us anything, it's that the electorate failed to understand how the LDs, as the junior partner, kept the Tory craziness in check and then punished them for failing to get much of their manifesto through at the next GE).

[@DrMontague]

the tories will not lose the next election,they have tory starmer as there new leader! Old wine in new bottles

[@markiliff]

I bet Naomi does a full-body wince every time Tryl murders her name. I know I do.

[@al_l6418]

4:38 what is that in the back ?

[@nicholasbethell2921]

'High threat perception' is an interesting concept.

[@kasiosag]

1 word. BETRAYED

[@carlgreene538]

Labour are sadly no better than Torries.

[@hughcaskey9542]

What part of Liverpool did. They have that poll

[@MosMunchyBox]

They used... broken.. Sure

[@kanedNunable]

the fact there are people who will still vote tory is worrying to be honest, how dense are these people?

[@sarangistudent8614]

Labour are starting to look like continuity Tories to me. We need change, not more of the same rubbish.

[@Radagast-]

Heh! Let's pretend that it'll make the blindest bit of difference.

[@skinwalker_]

i can not believe anyone thinks that Sunak is competent. He is the most politically naive and incompetent politician pretending to be competent. Under Sunak we have had a near on 500% increase in fraud that has just been written off. He was part of the Goldman Sachs team that sold subprime mortgages. In effect, he has been involved in crashing the UK economy twice. (that's a streatch) but he has not been a positive force. I run a software company, we are global and have been going for 5 years now, so you can imagine, Brexit, pandemic etc... We got no support, self-employed and small businesses got nothing. There were people who opened hundreds of companies and got furlong and bounce-back loans fraudently and these have all been written off. We have had our RND budget cut and to be honest we are ready to leave the UK as there is nothing left for global tech companies here. He is another Eton-educated millionaire working on behalf of donors against the people of the UK. Awful man, awful party

[@SashaGrace94]

I think Starmer’s biggest issue is that he’s already binned off many of his promises as leader of the opposition, who knows how much more he’ll let go of in desperation to win.

[@dannyeleternity7390]

He knows he’s already going to win simply because he’s labour in a disastrous Tory government. Sadly there aren’t many other options with even the slightest shot of winning

[@randomdaveUK]

​@@eightiesmusic1984 except Labour have stated they have a costed method to increase tax on energy corporations, end non dom status, end charitable status for private schools. Those policies all affect the rich do they not?

[@narannavan]

​@@eightiesmusic1984 you seem to discount the very angry young who do not see any bright future. They see the Tories as responsible for this chaos. And right so.

[@venmis137]

I don't think the public at large paid much attention to promises made in the leadership contest.

[@Soraviel]

Well Starmer was not going to stick to anything he has promised (I'm a former labour supporter my self, I will not be voting for them locally.or nationally anymore, Tories single handedly destroyed the UK economy, labour are meh, reform party are crap).

[@algie-t2w]

The army of mainly old female pensioners have been indulged by the Tories (£600 winter fuel allowance last year, Triple lock pensions etc) because the females are mostly conservative even if it's with a small 'c'. However, the key factor is that older people use their vote.

[@arlosmith2784]

Sounds to me like British politics are becoming like those of US: Tweedle Dee vs Tweedle Dum choices, choices between corporate cronies - who will sell out the working class no matter which box you check 👎

[@philipbroggio9315]

We need a massive flush out if the old tired MPs that think they have an entitlement to their seat. Younger new MPs who more represent their constituents with new ideas and a sense of reflecting the new economy needed. PR and Hol reform too. I'm 69 and want to look forward not harp in about the past like many around me.

[@JoTaylor-u9e]

Boris should have gone months ago everyone knows he misled the house HE MUST GO MEMBERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO MISLEAD THE HOUSE ,WHY IS HE STILL THERE !

[@chrisc990]

The only insight you get from Pollsters is....are the millions I am spending on my news media impacting public opinion in the way I want them to vote to ensure my fossil fuel and medical shares increase in value?.....depressing crap again Politics Joe l.

[@capt.bart.roberts4975]

Omnishambles! 🙀

[@rolandrothwell4840]

I believe there is a resurgence in the Centre. There are genuinely disgruntled Conservatives like my sister who'd never vote Labour, usually vote Conservative and have switched to the Liberal Democrats at the last local elections. She's uncomfortable about Conservative corruption, policy failures and concern for the environment (sewage and carbon emissions). Unlike much being discussed my sister doesnt care about the personality politics of individuals, she looks far more on policy

[@zoundsic]

They were buried 2 years ago in reality, just now how bad will defeat be and can they manage staying relevant with their base passing, arguments lost, whilst moving away from voters and left with only rich men's funding in a time of clean up Labour government. Doing the sort of things a new government only can when left without funds to achieve much but some fixing.

[@BCJ1985]

Sunak has a competence advantage? Look at the economy ffs! We are in a far worse state than our peers.

[@LeftLib]

When I go canvassing on council estates I often get asked a question something like "What are you going to do about immigration?" It is one of those questions where you know what answer the voter wants to hear. Something like get the Navy to send back the small boats. I rarely get asked about climate change, that is a lot more common in middle class areas. My understanding is that immigration is considered by voters to be the third most important issue after cost of living and NHS. I think you are right, there is a vacancy on the right for a Tommy Robinson/Nigel Farage type charismatic leader of a right wing political party that would appeal to the 2019 Boris Johnson enthusiasts (he is not so popular now). I suspect you will find that a lot of Brexit supporters who switched to the Tories in 2019 will be staying at home, unless such a person emerges.

[@b00ts4ndc4ts]

I think that you might be wrong there, I would say people have woken up and started to realise that Brexit was a con.

[@sfernando6352]

Typical thick British attitude. Always looking to blame someone else for their misery. Brexit was a key example- they shot themselves in the foot and I'm here for it 😂

[@PeterCross-p8l]

The Blue Whale Is Floundering!

[@JuliePayne]

You observe that Heseltine was the Boris of his day, I agree and this is why Heseltine has that insight into Johnson’s MO

[@Energyflash1979]

The party who win will be the one's who please Murdoch

[@stormbroke]

The sad thing is that so many people got what they wanted but don’t like what they got. EG: People who voted for Brexit at any cost and now don’t like the cost. People who thought Boris and Farrage spoke to them without realising that they were lying.

[@happymaskedguy1943]

England, stop voting Tory and dragging the rest of us into your shambles. Scotland is sick to death of it.

[@jamieeddolls5605]

Quite a few of you Scots that would be sick to death of England voting 'green' on a general election of what colour grass is, so I can't say I'm too surprised. Here's hoping, though.

[@stephenhodgson3506]

What I fail to understand with Starmer is that he rarely talks about his roots and because of his accent he is then seen as upper class and one of them. Why he doesn't talk about his mother who was a nurse or his father who was a tool maker is a mystery to me. Some go on about him going to a private school but it wasn't a private school when he started there and he got in because like many from working class backgrounds he passed his 11 plus. When you compare his background to say Harold Wilson who was always seen as working class they are very similar. Wilson's mother was a teacher and his father was a works chemist and he only went to grammar school because he passed the scholarship exam. Starmer needs a good PR person to actually let people know who he actual is a working class/lower middle class kid who made good.

[@johntuffin3262]

What does class matter? It is a disease of the British to give it too much emphasis. We need an effective principled leader and effective principled cabinet members. I don’t care where they went to school or how they hold their knives and forks.

[@stephenhodgson3506]

Fully agree, they could do with having almost a short biographical piece with him visiting where he grew up and explaining why he is called Kier in the first place,.