Analysis: missteps mean he trails Liz Truss in polls, and he will need to sell himself as a safer electoral bet
Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty ImagesRishi Sunak may have won the leadership ballot among Tory MPs but he will now face a different audience, who have so far seemed largely immune to his charms – 160,000-odd grassroots Conservative members.
“I think you have to go back beyond his resignation from the government and look at, for example, the really poor reaction to his, which went down like a cup of cold sick with Conservative members as well as MPs,” Bale said. Back in April, one-third of the ConservativeHome panel of party members thought Johnson should resign, while more than half thought he should not.on Wednesday – may score her some points with members.
When asked to specify in their own words “what are you looking for in the new leader of the Conservative party?” more than half of those surveyed named personal attributes, such as honesty, intellectual strength or leadership skills, while 32% chose qualities that YouGov categorised as “conventional Conservatism,” such as supporting lower tax and spending, or patriotism.
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