The reinvention of Rishi: Can he save the Tories?
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The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
From A-levels to net zero, the prime minister has new plans to bite into Labour’s poll lead. No 10 wants voters to meet the ‘real Rish’ – a decisive PM who focuses on our long-term problems. But, as Conservatives gather for their annual conference this weekend, is that enough to revive the party’s faltering popularity?
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| 0:26.6 | Three invention of Rishi has, for a while now, been a work in progress. |
| 0:33.6 | Back in January, the Prime Minister set out to enrapture the electorate |
| 0:38.6 | with his five big priorities for 2023. |
| 0:43.6 | We will have inflation. |
| 0:45.6 | Grow the economy, reduce debt, cut waiting lists and stop the votes. |
| 0:50.6 | The list came and went and was largely forgotten except by the people |
| 0:56.6 | who held him to account for its failures. |
| 0:59.6 | As inflation rocketed up and the votes kept coming and on top of that |
| 1:05.6 | adding to the state of permacrisis, there was this. |
| 1:10.6 | Walk out Wednesday, protesting over pain, jobs and conditions. |
| 1:16.6 | Half a million workers across the country, including civil servants, |
| 1:21.6 | university lecturers, train drivers and teachers. |
| 1:25.6 | And this. |
| 1:26.6 | Boris Johnson, former Prime Minister, is going to stand down as an MP. |
| 1:33.6 | He's quitting as an MP. |
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