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Coffee House Shots

Is there a plot to oust Sunak?

Coffee House Shots

The Spectator

News, Daily News, Politics

4.42.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Polling published in the Telegraph has ruffled more than a few feathers in Westminster today. The YouGov survey shows that the Tories are on course to lose half of their MPs – including eleven members of the cabinet – at the next election. Are the Tories heading for another 1997 moment? What should we read into the timing of the poll?

James Heale speaks to Katy Balls and Paul Goodman, editor of Conservative Home.

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0:15.4

Hello and welcome to coffeehouse shots.

0:21.2

I'm James Heel and I'm joined today by Katie

0:23.0

Paul Goodman editor of Conservative Home. Now Katie I think a big poll was

0:29.2

out today which has been dominating Westminster which is this U-GOV survey published in the telegraph and it shows

0:35.2

that the Tories are uncours to lose them more than half of their seats including 11 members of the cabinet.

0:39.3

Tell us about the reaction in Westminster today.

0:41.3

Yeah so this MRP model finds that Kirsten would win a 120 seat majority where the election held tomorrow,

0:50.3

ultimately saying therefore that the Tories are heading to the type of defeat they had in 1997

0:56.2

and Labour would win a landslide majority like in 1997.

1:00.0

Now, depending on who you are, you respond to this poll differently.

1:05.0

I think what is funny is, at least Kistama and Rishizhsenica

1:09.0

aligned, because they're both keen to say,

1:11.0

this poll tells you nothing at Kistama because he's trying to

1:15.3

warn against complacency so you've had members of the Shadow Cabinet come up very

1:20.1

early today all retweeting one another saying ignore this poll there's not a

1:25.2

single vote cast yet and this is rubbish you have Ritchie seen an old

1:30.2

we're saying there are lots of polls there'll be lots more polls between

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