Advisers argue he has made progress, but the new intake are frustrated and voters believe he is ‘out of touch’
ishi Sunak has now survived 100 days as prime minister – a pretty small feat by historical standards but twice the length of his predecessor’s term. But the circumstances he inherited – the lack of mandate, plummeting polls and an economy in freefall – have deeply constrained what he is able to do with his time in office.
“We are under no illusion – there are many traps ahead,” one Downing Street source said. “We have Northern Ireland, the budget – both times when we may have to find a way to bring colleagues with us when they might not be always be inclined to.” After Liz Truss left office, polls suggested that voters wanted to keep an open mind about Sunak and rated him significantly higher than his party.
Sunak gathered his cabinet for an away day at Chequers last week, where the Tory election guru Isaac Levido is said to have told ministers that there was a narrow path to victory because of the number of voters still undecided about Starmer – approximately 20% of the electorate. That may change with a rumoured summer reshuffle, though even some of his supporters who were not rewarded with jobs initially say it has been a good idea to keep a number of Truss supporters inside the tent, such as Thérèse Coffey, the environment secretary, Steve Baker, a Northern Ireland minister, or the communities minister Dehenna Davidson.
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