A note to anyone who has received an OOO from me in recent days: I return to work on April 15th — not August 15th as an earlier version of my automated reply optimistically claimed.

Michael Gove reflecting on the Brexit years on Political Currency: “My single piece of advice to any future prime minister is never, ever have a referendum on anything… because in practice, they end up creating far more problems than they resolve in and of themselves.”

We've reached peak The Rest Is History - Tom Hanks miming Tom Holland's JFK impression is Dominic's dream come true 😍

Tom Hanks x The Rest Is History, coming soon…

There was discussion, weeks ago, and it was explained that this was vanishingly unlikely

As Survation’s latest MRP puts the Conservatives on fewer than 100 seats, our big mood of the nation piece — a major poll of our own, plus two focus groups — sheds more light on why the Tories are at risk of an electoral disaster of historic proportions

'I think the nail in the coffin for me was Liz Truss’ four weeks of work experience … '
This is a great write up from
Adam Payne of our
Thinks Insight & Strategy #moodofthenation spring update. politicshome.com/news/article/t…

So, put another way, as things stand Mordaunt’s best shot of keeping her seat lies in Sunak being ousted and her taking over

The mood:

75% of people said the UK “has lost its way”, including 71% of 2019 Tory voters

Nearly 60% said they felt worse off now than 5 yrs ago

Asked to describe the state of the country using a film title, Matt in Basingstoke, who voted Tory five years ago, said Titanic

You can talk about lack of enthusiasm for Labour or people not being clear on what Labour will do in government all day long if you like, but this is the killer sentiment from this research and all the others that you'll probably read:

Grim reading. Patriotic sentiment an increasingly niche interest. 57% feeling worse off now than five years ago. Two thirds saying there's now nothing the party can do to win them back. 'Partygate' still routinely coming up, unbidden. Not much enthusiasm for Labour either, mind.

As Survation’s latest MRP puts the Conservatives on fewer than 100 seats, our big mood of the nation piece — a major poll of our own, plus two focus groups — sheds more light on why the Tories are at risk of an electoral disaster of historic proportions

New MRP from Survation has:

Lab 468
Con 98
SNP 41
LD 22

thetimes.co.uk/article/genera…

Exclusive:

As the election approaches, PolHome partnered with Thinks Insight & Strategy on a big mood of the nation piece

A new national survey, plus focus groups of 2019 Tory voters who now plan to go elsewhere, show just how much trouble the Conservatives are in

politicshome.com/news/article/t…

Wow. Leonard Jenkins just said he and other rowers from Oxford have been sick with E. coli because of the sewage being dumped in the Thames. #boatrace

Police statement on ongoing commentary on social media platforms.

🗣️ A broad majority of voters have described the Tory party as broken, out of touch, and lacking in credibility, in a comprehensive new study by Thinks Insight & Strategy
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