Conservatives Slump to 17% in Poll
The Conservatives have slumped to just 17% in the latest YouGov poll, a joint record low, following the party’s terrible performance in the local elections. The Spectator‘s James Heale has more.
A new YouGov poll published this morning makes for grim reading for Kemi Badenoch’s team. It finds that, in the wake of the local elections, Reform are now on 29 points compared to Labour on 22 and the Tories on just 17, with the Liberal Democrats on 16. That is the joint-lowest ever Conservative poll rating, tying with June 2019, during the dark days of the Brexit wars. According to YouGov:
Naturally, these results are quite striking, but they are probably in line with what we would expect after the locals. With Reform performing so well Thursday, and the positive media coverage that is associate with such a result, it is not surprising they have received this boost. The test will be whether this is a blip or whether it will sustain over the coming weeks.
Reform believes that the Tory vote has even further to bottom out. For the past two years, the challenge for Nigel Farage’s advisors has been to convince voters that a vote for Reform is not a wasted vote. The local elections have demonstrated that this is no longer the case, with this poll suggesting that some voters have now switched from the Tory campaign into Reform. Some will be attracted by good coverage; others are seeking to attach themselves to the most effective anti-Labour electoral vehicle.
Heale says that the pressure on Badenoch is growing, and while she promised a “slow but steady” approach on Sunday, she told a gathering of her MPs last night that she understood there is a need to move quicker in future. “Expect to see a step change on her much-vaunted policy renewal programme,” he adds.
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Not low enough… 1.7% please
How about moving the useless Tories further down the Kelvin scale?
They certainly need to be reminded exactly what conservative means.
And therein lies their problem – too many socialist MPs.
Historically the Conservatives have secured their existence by big policy changes (such as the repeal of the Corn Laws). In recent times they rescued themselves by switching support to Boris Johnson ‘to get Brexit done’.
What can the Conservatives do to rescue themselves this time? They have not turned against Net Zero nor shown any backbone over illegal immigration. There is no reason to support them. ‘Slow but steady’ is not a recipe for success even if it holds the party together in the short term.
The Conservatives have just introduced the Deportation Bill “to take back control of our borders.” Where have we heard that phrase before?
Every year for the last 14 years perhaps??
Who cares if the Tories survive or not? What matters is what gets done. If the Tories don’t want to promote traditionally conservative policies, then people who want those kind of polices should just vote for the party that offers them. If that’s Reform, then Reform. Who cares if it’s the Tories or Reform that gets them what they want?
If Kemi changed the party name to New New Labour I’d say at least she’s capable of telling the truth.
Or Lib_LibDems?
Conservative Socialist Liberal Democrat Labour Party.
It’s called “ a broad church”.
Blue Uniparty??
That would suggest the people in that party stand for something.
But the evidence of the last 15 or so years is that they don’t stand for anything in particular, except perhaps getting elected. And doing as they’re told by the state bureaucracy. On COVID, NetZero, immigration, trans rights, freedom of speech, economic policy, pretty much everything, they just do as they’re told.
In fairness, so do Labour. They all do.
It remains to be seen whether Reform, if given the chance, actually follows through with imposing any policies that aren’t acceptable to the establishment.
“Blue Branch of the WEF” would be more truthful.
They are a pointless irrelevance.
“Expect to see a step change…”
I hate that bloody meaningless phrase. Step change? From what step to what step? Who cares when you have a whole mountain to climb? I’ve spoken to people who use it interchangeably with quantum change or -leap. If I can be bothered I point out that a quantum change is the smallest possibly detectable change in something – not something wonderful to celebrate.
So many meaningless phrases spouted by our dear “leaders”. I have not even a quantum of solace for ANY of them.
… wouldn’t spit on them if they were on fire.
Even if you’d just taken a swig of supermarket scotch?
Such as Two Tier No Idea Kier saying ‘I get it’ – an effing awful american expression instead of ‘understand’. Up there with ‘reach out’ – OK if you have very long arms – or ‘can I get’ – no idea mate, can you?
The only thing of value that 2TK does is to remind the electorate that his policies were initiated by the Tories. So if you do not want Tory or Labour policies you can only vote RUK.
And pray they carry them out.
I think the problem is they have no ideas left any more.
What proper conservatives would like to see is a total, vocal and unambiguous repudiation of woke, left-wing, net zero, multicultural, DEI policies. But they are not going to do that. They can’t – they believe in them.
The best thing they could do would be to disappear altogether.
There is no need for a woke, left-wing, net zero, multicultural, DEI party – we already have Labour, LibDem and the Greens for that. So then what is the purpose of the Conservative Party?
The last Tory leader – and conservative – that really had an idea of what to do was Baroness Thatcher. Blair had a plan and that was to screw this country right royally and he certainly did that. Doing anything useful fell at the first hurdle when he found reforming the NHS and House of Lords too difficult so he basically cruised through until he handed over to Broon.
It is hilarious watching the Conservatives trying to tack to the right. Starmer has an easy target every time as he follows on from their disastrous policy mix.
They are all disgusting human beings I think that this is the fundamental realisation that is starting to sink in. The lowest characters, attention seekers at school, arse lickers and yes men in the corporate world. Cheap and nasty and hollow. Once they lose their veneer they are finished because there isn’t anything else.
Olukemi Olufunto said that “she understood there is a need to move quicker”.
Yes. A need to move OUT.
Of course she won’t do the decent thing and resign. She’ll cling on while the party collapses around her, and call anyone who tries to replace her “a racist”. They’ll have to prize her claws from the door handle of the Tory office and drag her away by main force.
I have only heard her speak once or twice and to be honest she sounds like a cretin just like they all do. The situation has moved on. The party game is over,. Where we go from here will be very bleak but it will at least be realistic.
Oooo….. I’m so thrilled there will be new policies coming very soon. Let me guess:
“We’ll control and restrict immigration.”
Yawn.