Downing St was repeatedly warned over Boris Johnson’s misleading jobs claims
During more than half a dozen editions of prime minister’s questions since November, Johnson has made the misleading claim that more people are in employment in the UK than before the pandemic began.
Yet, although the numbers of workers on payrolls has risen, the number of self-employed people has dropped significantly so that the total number of people in work is down by 600,000.
Senior Foreign Office whistleblower accuses top civil servant of misleading MPs over Afghanistan evacuation Josie Stewart said she faces losing the job she loves but she had to speak out about the August evacuation as it was "so badly managed".
Mr Wallace, on the other hand, while previously less well known that Mr Sunak, is now rising in the popularity ranks.
A "Cabinet League Table" created by Conservative Home earlier this year, as tension between Russia and Ukraine - and, indeed, the West - rose, put the Defence Secretary in top position, ahead of Ms Truss, in second place, and well above Mr Sunak, down in 10th.
Mr Curtice did note that the candidate most likely to rise to the top in any upcoming leadership election could take another dramatic turn in the near future, adding: "It depends on who is doing well at the time."
But he stressed that if an election were to emerge now, and if Mr Wallace was up for the job, it would be his for the winning.
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https://uk.yahoo.com/news/partygate-questions-asked-boris-johnson-185947641.html
During more than half a dozen editions of prime minister’s questions since November, Johnson has made the misleading claim that more people are in employment in the UK than before the pandemic began.
Yet, although the numbers of workers on payrolls has risen, the number of self-employed people has dropped significantly so that the total number of people in work is down by 600,000.
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/downing-st-repeatedly-warned-over-150027732.html
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/laura-kuenssberg-says-ukraine-war-has-scuppered-plot-to-oust-boris-but-pm-still-damaged/ar-AAUKaXO?ocid=msedgntp
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/don-t-rubbish-me-vine-panel-erupts-as-boris-leadership-challenged-over-ukraine-crisis/ar-AAUJuOU?ocid=msedgntp
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/nazanin-s-ice-cold-anger-debunks-uk-government-s-happy-ending-narrative/ar-AAVkJeg?ocid=msedgntp
First Lady: Intrigue at the Court of Carrie and Boris Johnson – thinly veiled and thinly drawn
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/mar/20/first-lady-intrigue-at-the-court-of-carrie-and-boris-johnson-thinly-veiled-and-thinly-drawn
Senior Foreign Office whistleblower accuses top civil servant of misleading MPs over Afghanistan evacuation
Josie Stewart said she faces losing the job she loves but she had to speak out about the August evacuation as it was "so badly managed".
https://news.sky.com/story/senior-foreign-office-whistleblower-accuses-top-civil-servant-of-misleading-mps-over-afghanistan-evacuation-12572044
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/is-boris-johnson-really-out-of-the-woods-on-partygate/ar-AAVuNkE?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=acec7db80b1649a687e724d278471d2e
https://www.oddschecker.com/politics/british-politics/next-conservative-leader
Mr Wallace, on the other hand, while previously less well known that Mr Sunak, is now rising in the popularity ranks.
A "Cabinet League Table" created by Conservative Home earlier this year, as tension between Russia and Ukraine - and, indeed, the West - rose, put the Defence Secretary in top position, ahead of Ms Truss, in second place, and well above Mr Sunak, down in 10th.
Mr Curtice did note that the candidate most likely to rise to the top in any upcoming leadership election could take another dramatic turn in the near future, adding: "It depends on who is doing well at the time."
But he stressed that if an election were to emerge now, and if Mr Wallace was up for the job, it would be his for the winning.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/john-curtice-issues-bombshell-tory-leadership-prediction-as-sunak-takes-battering-in-polls/ar-AAVwUfI?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=54c9d05dd411404382d7fce36a010bd0
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/twenty-fines-could-be-issued-to-20-people-in-coming-days-over-partygate-investigation/ar-AAVAwHx?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=ecadaceff9114b038596c7c04c2a165b
But if I wanted to issue a Penalty to the PM, I would not be issuing 1 to him in the first wave.
Far harder for him to argue if half of his mates at the Party have already coughed up...
Not least because there would be just as much trouble if they did not. Time will tell.
I think the trade-off will be that they issue 1. Not the 4 or 5 they could. Because he will fancy his chances of surviving 1.
But he has survived so far. And the May elections are looking better for him than they did 2 months ago.
Dishy Rishi is anywhere between Evens and 4/1.
The odds on Tugendhat and Wallace have shortened, and are nowhere near as attractive as they once were.
My "outsider" punt? Nadhim Zahawi.
Baggage? Yes. Do I like him? No. But he seems to have that over-rated quality, charisma, in abundance.
He is unlikely to win. But probably better than 33/1...