hewielewie
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Sleaze-hit Boris Johnson loses poll lead
Exclusive: Conservatives lose their lead over Labour as Prime Minister’s rating plummets
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BoroFur
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It's felt like trying to turn round an oil tanker over the last 6 months yet slowly but surely the sleaze and corruption is being recognised by disgruntled voters.Sleaze-hit Boris Johnson loses poll lead
Exclusive: Conservatives lose their lead over Labour as Prime Minister’s rating plummets
Centralscrutinizer
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It's pretty shocking that it's needed to get this bad for people to realise how bad this government is.
Capybara
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I wouldn't be so confident. It's one opinion poll at a time when green issues are in the news every day so it's not surprising there's been a shift in that direction this week because those are the issues people have picked up in the few seconds it takes to switch between Strictly Come Dancing and Gogglebox. They'll have forgotten about that this time next week.
Centralscrutinizer
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True sadly.
SmallTown
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That's why we can't let people forget. I do think corruption seems to be the one thing that even the apathetic british public get interested in
Centralscrutinizer
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Good old BloJo. Private jet to get home from Glasgow so he can be back in time to have dinner with his chums. Can't make this afternoon's parliamentary debate because he's getting the train back from a visit to the North 
Centralscrutinizer
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Apparently he's visiting a hospital in the North East. The word is that he's having an operation to have the remaining part of his spine removed.
Randy
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He had a spine in the first place?
BlindBoyGrunt
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If they do it will be perfectly timed to improve their credibility and give them a bounce. It may be better to keep him in place.
JM14
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Yep, here he is wondering around a building full of extremely ill and vulnerable people, and he still cant be bothered to stick a mask on. The man is utterly vile
TeessideCleveland
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At the moment it's a single poll - and when this happened a couple of months ago they were quickly into a double digit lead soon after
Also Labour are not getting the voters the Tories are losing in this poll - against a party that's been in for 11 and a half years
But if it stays like this it will make the next election more interesting - possibly with a new Tory leader
Also Labour are not getting the voters the Tories are losing in this poll - against a party that's been in for 11 and a half years
But if it stays like this it will make the next election more interesting - possibly with a new Tory leader
festa5
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I think that's exactly what'll happen.
The new person will then try and distance themselves from this **** show and make out they're effectively a different party and it was nothing to do with them.
You'd think this would mean making sure it's someone who hadn't served in the cabinet under
Johnson to help with credibility on that lie, but not necessarily. They think the electorate are that stupid. Sadly they keep being proven right. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Andy_W
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They’ve been trending down for months, since their vaccine high around Feb.
This isn’t a one off, and will continue to trend worse and worse, as more and more reality bites.
I was saying this back in feb too, when they were at a peak, and everyone was bragging/ having a melt down that they were polling so high.
This isn’t a one off, and will continue to trend worse and worse, as more and more reality bites.
I was saying this back in feb too, when they were at a peak, and everyone was bragging/ having a melt down that they were polling so high.
WeeGord
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It's worth noting that Hexham is a very Tory part of Northumberland - perhaps he'd have had a more realistic idea of how vile some people think he is if he'd gone to the hospital in Ashington.
Laughing
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Not sure that will work this time around if I am honest. Johnson has tainted the entire party with the vote last week. Too many tories backed it.I think that's exactly what'll happen.
The new person will then try and distance themselves from this **** show and make out they're effectively a different party and it was nothing to do with them.
You'd think this would mean making sure it's someone who hadn't served in the cabinet under
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
festa5
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I hope so and admire your optimism. You could (and should really) be right.
At one point I thought Sunak was an absolute shoe in for this, he has a certain slick schtick about him that would appeal to some voters (and a nice contrast from bumbling Boris which would show how "different" he is) but I think he's hopefully scuppered his chances with some of the decisions he's made (or been told to make) as chancellor. People are going to be poorer come the next election and he's the one holding the purse strings.