That said, the YouGov survey of 14,000 voters, extrapolated to constituencies to give the headline finding of a post-election Conservative party reduced to 169 MPs, was arguably even more ominous for Sunak, for a series of reasons.
Those rumoured to be behind it who have insisted they are not, include Paul Marshall, the hedge fund manager behind GB News, and a series of other figures in the rightwing Tory firmament.
While this prescription was arguable – YouGov took the unusual step of adding a note to its explanation of the poll rubbishing it – such manoeuvrings are deeply unwelcome to Sunak and his team, with senior No 10 officials known to be furious.
On Monday evening, a clearly exasperated Isaac Levido, the Australian political strategist who is Sunak’s campaign director, told a meeting of Tory backbenchers that it was time to “get serious” if they actually wanted to win the election.
Tim Bale, the professor of politics at Queen Mary, University of London, and a close observer of the Conservatives, said it appeared to be a salvo by a faction loyal to the small-state wing of the party.
While Rees-Mogg is a sometime critic of Sunak, he said that if the mystery poll backers did seek a change of prime minister, he would not support this: “I see no point in destabilising the leadership of your own party this close to the election.
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That said, the YouGov survey of 14,000 voters, extrapolated to constituencies to give the headline finding of a post-election Conservative party reduced to 169 MPs, was arguably even more ominous for Sunak, for a series of reasons.
Those rumoured to be behind it who have insisted they are not, include Paul Marshall, the hedge fund manager behind GB News, and a series of other figures in the rightwing Tory firmament.
While this prescription was arguable – YouGov took the unusual step of adding a note to its explanation of the poll rubbishing it – such manoeuvrings are deeply unwelcome to Sunak and his team, with senior No 10 officials known to be furious.
On Monday evening, a clearly exasperated Isaac Levido, the Australian political strategist who is Sunak’s campaign director, told a meeting of Tory backbenchers that it was time to “get serious” if they actually wanted to win the election.
Tim Bale, the professor of politics at Queen Mary, University of London, and a close observer of the Conservatives, said it appeared to be a salvo by a faction loyal to the small-state wing of the party.
While Rees-Mogg is a sometime critic of Sunak, he said that if the mystery poll backers did seek a change of prime minister, he would not support this: “I see no point in destabilising the leadership of your own party this close to the election.
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