Rishi Sunak’s popularity among Tory members has surged in the wake of his watering down of Net Zero targets, a survey has found. The Telegraph has the story.
The Prime Minister’s satisfaction rating among the Conservative grassroots has risen out of negative territory to become the eighth-most popular member of Cabinet.
He had placed seventh from bottom last month, having sunk to his lowest approval rating among the membership since taking office.
Mr Sunak was polling at –3.8 ahead of Parliament returning from summer recess, but now sits at +25.8 points.
His popularity bounce comes after he announced a delay to a raft of Net Zero targets, including pushing back the ban on new petrol car sales to 2035.
He still remains behind Suella Braverman, the Home Secretary, Penny Mordaunt, the Commons leader, and James Cleverly, the Foreign Secretary. They have all remained in the top five Cabinet members for the party’s grassroots.
Kemi Badenoch, the Trade Secretary, came top of the ConservativeHome website’s Cabinet League Table for the second time in a month, leading with a net satisfaction score of +59 percentage points.
The Prime Minister’s popularity had previously rebounded following the Conservative victory in Uxbridge in July, a by-election widely seen as a referendum on the expansion of the ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) to outer London.
Mr. Sunak also watered down the ban on new oil boiler sales from 2026 to 2035 during his Net Zero speech last Wednesday, in which he promised a “brave new approach to politics”.
He also increased heat pump grants and promised not to introduce taxes to discourage meat eating or flying.
The latest Cabinet rankings come ahead of the Conservative Party Conference taking place this weekend, the first that Mr. Sunak will attend as Prime Minister.
He is expected to use the conference to announce a new “plan for motorists”, in which he will block councils from introducing new 20mph zones and scale back low-traffic neighbourhoods.
With the Tories also recovering a little in the polls, will Sunak now learn the right lessons and look at how much further he can go in rolling back the alarmist climate measures? Or is it really just a little morsel of red meat ahead of an election year?
In truth, though, with Net Zero by 2050 still locked in by legislation and a Labour party stuffed with climate fanatics like Ed Miliband looking likely to come to power next year, it all feels like too little too late.
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Hardly matters what and how many promises he makes, he’s a politician and par for the course, he’ll break them.
Tory members are extremely gullible is the only takeaway I get from this.
Keeping labour out MUST be the priority
He also increased heat pump grants and promised not to introduce taxes to discourage meat eating or flying.
Yet.
It’s all an effing game to them. They’ll do it some day just not today. Wait until the election is over and all the bunting and rosettes are packed away and they’ll release the attack dogs. They have an agenda to fulfil. They are going to try and fulfil it. There may be trouble ahead but while there’s moonlight and music and love and romance…
Let’s face the music….Reminds me of that advert in the toilet.
And dance!
Just a quick note about the podium slogan Fishy is standing behind:
‘Longer-term decisions for a brighter future’
Anyone have any clue as to what that actually means? Personally, I feel it could be ChatGPT generated because it doesn’t mean anything or inspire me in any way, shape or form. It’s what a robot would say!
How’s about:
Decisions for a longer term and brighter future.
Brighter future decisions for a longer term.
Longer future decisions for a brighter term.
No, I haven’t got a clue what any of this shyte means but it definitely pisses me off.
Or how about “Blind leading the blind with no guide dogs” or “Braindead lemmings looking for even higher cliffs to leap off”
If I procrastinate I’ll be out of Office earning millions on the board of a multinational, before the merde hits the fan.
He is part of the ‘Build Back Better’ crowd. All they are doing is aligning with what is already EU policy. That Globalist block we were meant to have left!
We all know of the pre election rhetoric.. Its been going on for decades now, it’s all hot air, it means nothing..
What are we going to do about it, I’d like to hear some proactive measures rather than pointless articles like this…
“a brighter future” fecking hilarious… What with Digi ID’s and CBDCs…. F me
Yea yea, sit at home while you comply, moaning for the next decade… Voting with your thumbs down on DS.. That will create change..
I think you might be the inspiration DS members require. If you could set the ball rolling with some revolutionary ideas I am sure the membership will rapidly coalesce around your Manifesto. Don’t be shy and don’t be limiting with your ideas. Anything too outre and we’ll put you right.
Go for it.
Best of luck.
Just goes to show how naive the British public is.
He offers a few scraps, gets a few headlines but nothing fundamental has changed. He acted out of short term political necessity not any change of heart.
Indeed….And how dumb are people (not all) in Canada where Justin Trudeau applauded a actual Nazi, then blamed Russia for it.
This is not the British public. The headline is misleading. Sunak’s surge in popularity, as reported in the article, is ‘among Tory members’ – based on “responses from just under 700 respondents’.
I will hope to be convinced, but for now the fox has simply walked slightly further away from the henhouse. It’s still there.
‘……there are limits to how far the party will follow the Tories rightwards. It’s just possible that from such principles a new kind of Labour government could be constructed: less deferential to the right and more confident about standing up for centre-left values and interests.
Then again, the current unpopularity in the US of Joe Biden’s administration, which is just such a centre-left project, and has had major legislative successes, shows the difficulty of remaking social democracy in a time of cynicism and crisis.’
Andy Beckett, The Guardian 29 Sept 2023
‘Unpopularity……major legislative successes……’ Hmmm…..am I missing something or is unpopularity rarely, if ever, linked to major legislative successes? Maybe it was a typo and should have read excesses? Or is this writer suggesting that voters are morons?
Even the tin eared Conservative party must have a chance against this kind of echo chamber induced arrogance, buffoonery?
Drop nut zero, drop ECHR, rock on Ruanda…..then home for tea and votes.
Yea, but like all politicians, he’s a massive gaping c*nt. They would sell their own children into slavery for any advantage.
IFears of child diseases spreading as vaccine uptakes plummet due to anti-vax parents (msn.com) interesting article on the Measles vaccine uptake, or lake thereof:
Haha, I did not know this. Londoners take note;
https://twitter.com/CartlandDavid/status/1707791776516395027
So this is where we find out who has the same sense of humour as me and who doesn’t, because I think this is well funny! LOL
I’ll never think of ‘Ebony and Ivory’ the same way again;
https://twitter.com/goddeketal/status/1707811181849665980
It’s a hit with me. I’ll wizz this round the whatsapps.
😀
Their remit is to introduce CrazyAims A, B and C.
Threaten CrazyAims A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and J, then when people protest, rescind D, E, F, G, H, I and J so everyone loves you again and cheers for you, and execute CrazyAims A, B and C.
Job done, agenda met, frogs boiled.
Hostile corrupt foreign midget says the absolute minimum required to get the tribally-loyal fuckwits on his side.
Hells bells…do people actually believe this? The UK Govt says one thing on camera and on another cemented a policy to penalise car dealers that don’t meet the 80% EV target by 2030
https://cardealermagazine.co.uk/publish/transport-secretary-tells-smmt-that-the-government-is-holding-firm-on-2030-ban-on-new-petrol-and-diesel-cars/289947
Then on the other hand, cemented a policy to penalise companies that don’t meet heat pump installation targets by 2030
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/09/27/government-heat-pump-targets-fining-companies/
Smoke and mirrors.
https://cardealermagazine.co.uk/publish/transport-secretary-tells-smmt-that-the-government-is-holding-firm-on-2030-ban-on-new-petrol-and-diesel-cars/289947
A poorly written article. I am no wiser.
I cant disagree with that. Perhaps this is a better source
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66875554
Thanks.
Fishy really is a Next Tuesday.
Pretty pathetic really. Like taking a bone away from a dog and then putting in front of their face and watching them salivate. The whole thing is a bloody nonsense and was understood to be so from its inception by anyone who isn’t utterly retarded or demented. On the one hand our elites are thought to have long term agendas and on the other hand they are slave to quarterly profits. It is the nexus of these forces that brings about the calumnies. The way that one promises to feed the other and their lust and yearning for gain makes them covetuous of the nexus points and precludes any sense of perspective. The good news is that they have already lost but something will come to fill the vacuum and given the mental and physical health of our brethren I can’t see that it will be anything other than a predatory force. At that point it will be up for grabs and so all you can do in that moment is apply yourself completely to opposing the evil.
Don’t look to some sort of centre to sort things out. This is part of the problem and a large part of what they feed on. You can’t be looking at the masses and wondering what they will think or vote for. If you have an inquiring mind then it is up to you to transcend this nonsense. There are no easy answers but if you’re looking for someone to help you out then you have already lost in our time. This man is a classic spiv with a bit of patter. If you think he gives a monkey’s about your welfare then you need to get out more.
Believe it or not there are more beautiful things in the world than money. You really have to understand that. Money don’t mean dick when you’re cold and wet and miserable. It is a very simple lesson and I am fed up of having to preach it. Just be aware tide and time waits for no man.
Paying lip-service to public sentiment. Well, it’s a step up.
I don’t give two hoots what you do. I am just telling you that you have about five weeks left on this path. Honestly yes money is glorious and it is lovely to buy lots of shiny new items but please you have to turn away from this it never leads anywhere good.
It’s quite amusing watching the CCP / Russian Federation / Militant Islam / British neo-Nazi underpinned ‘Democracy is a sham / the world is run by a small cabal of malign and all-powerful elites (hint hint) / all democratic politicians plus the ‘mainstream media’ spout nothing but lies / there is no way to challenge and overcome Net Zero, Covid totalitarianism, BLM type racism, trans excesses etc without the revolutionary overthrow of the entire liberal democratic system’ lobby panicking and lashing out just as much as the straightforward Green-Marxist one over Rishi Sunak’s long overdue but still hugely brave and welcome ongoing row back on the once seemingly unstoppable Anthropogenic Climate Change pseudo-scientific and catastrophically harmful project.
When a single brick of all these interlinked deceptive ideologies and agendas is pulled out the whole thing can come tumbling down in a relative millisecond.
Look at the history of the Berlin Wall.
On a broader level the Daily Sceptic might have looked like a soft touch to be taken over and exploited for clandestine totalitarian purposes. But that was based on a hugely ironic over-looking of the entire reason that suppression of freedom of speech is the first and most urgent quest of all dictatorial ideologies and regimes.
Well, I certainly believe that democracy is fragile and seems to have been easily exploited. “Covid” was a good example. Democracy requires an opposition, freedom of speech, scrutiny from the media, but above all an informed, engaged and hostile rather than docile electorate. Do rich and powerful people on Planet Earth collude when it suits them in order to further their aims, and lie about it? I would say that they surely do, and that is quite natural. Of course they are not all-powerful and I don’t think many believe that they are, but powerful, yes, for sure. Does the MSM spout nothing but lies? Well, during “covid” that seemed to me to be the case. Will some of the mad, evil collectivist projects and beliefs be hard to defeat? It certainly looks like it currently. The destruction of European civilisation continues despite policies to stop it being rather popular. I am not sure about the “overthrow of the system” – overthrows seem to lead to more trouble. I think we need to win the battle of ideas and return to more reasonable beliefs about the proper limits on the power of the state, the importance of nation states. Will we? Maybe, maybe not. I tend to think that we will probably need to go through a catastrophic collapse before we wake up – all empires fall eventually, at least so far they all have, and have had to be reborn. So here I am, believing all this crazy stuff yet I am neither from or sponsored by the CCP or the Russian Federation nor Militant Islam nor would I consider myself a “British Neo-Nazi” (whatever one of those is).
As usual I wasn’t trying to point personal fingers over this but rather highlight what I perceive to be dangerous ideological trends – as exemplified by the strange lack of celebration on this thread for measures which might be relatively minor in their own right but could represent the first small turns of a tanker about to make a 180 degree course correction (oil tanker of course! :-))
And all largely because of the very democratic mechanisms – voting patterns and indications, the ability of elected representatives to change their opinions and policies at any time, the reality that large swathes of the ‘mainstream media’ (eg The Telegraph) have in fact shown significant amounts of opposition to state policies over Net Zero itself, Covid lockdowns, racial and trans matters etc – that are still being attacked in many of the comments here and elsewhere.
Your own reply is perfectly moderate and reasonable, but still involves ultimately questioning the possibility of progressive change through multi-party liberal democratic routes, though with a somewhat contradictory element: “I am not sure about the “overthrow of the system” – overthrows seem to lead to more trouble…I tend to think that we will probably need to go through a catastrophic collapse before we wake up”.
Finally I wasn’t suggesting that posters are directly working for eg the CCP or Russian Federation but rather that extreme divisions and anti-democratic sentiment across the world clearly further their own totalitarian and expansionist agendas (there will also no doubt be at least some levels of covert agitation and encouragement taking place).
And by British neo-Nazi I was referring to the ultra nationalist, frequently racist and again anti-democratic ‘Free-born native citizens of these islands need to seize the country back from its current control by an evil transnational elite, expel ‘aliens’ etc’ contemporary political-ideological movement.
As I have again stated many times multi-party liberal democracy is far from perfect (all forms of nation-state governance have elements of coercion and violence baked in) but is at least heading in the right direction; single party tyranny the opposite one.
Thanks for your reply. You make some good points. I think the lack of celebration for what might seem like small victories is that they could well be just tactical retreats enabling the frogs to be boiled without noticing rather than signs that the people pushing these policies are truly recanting. Of course none of us will ever get exactly the government we want. But my worry is that current policies are so mad and so damaging and so inimical to our well being, freedom and way of life that I struggle to believe that the people pushing these policies don’t realise that, and I attribute bad intentions to them. It seems like a new kind of politics to me, much more dangerous as it is now global and backed by technology. Why is the rich world trying to destroy itself, its prosperity and its culture?
“ ‘Free-born native citizens of these islands need to seize the country back from its current control by an evil transnational elite, expel ‘aliens’ etc’ “
Which part of this do you disagree with, and why? I think we do need to seize the country back, and I am quite happy with the idea of expelling “aliens” if they are here illegally. But perhaps I am, as the liberals would think, Literally Hitler.
In terms of the current pursuit of highly damaging policies like Net Zero and Covid lockdowns it is important to remember that these have been backed by a majority of the population (though hopefully we are seeing the beginnings of a sea-change over this now) rather than being imposed top-down.
Personal motivations in these areas could range from cynical financial self-interest through to genuine but misplaced belief in the benefits and necessity of these agendas.
In any case I don’t think that there is any point in trying to analyse the necessarily inaccessible inner workings of others (and certainly not judge them in any overall moralistic manner) but rather simply stick to ideological and practical challenges and proposals – ‘I believe that the Net Zero project is misguided and harmful for x y and z reasons’ type stuff.
‘Free-born native citizens of these islands need to seize the country back from its current control by an evil transnational elite, expel ‘aliens’ etc’ “
Which part of this do you disagree with, and why? I think we do need to seize the country back,”
Well I don’t believe that the UK is under the control of an imaginary ‘evil transnational elite’, don’t recognise any ‘we’s’ other than the human race (I wish to see the ultimate peaceful evolution away from the whole divisive nation-state system, and no that doesn’t mean world government, quite the opposite!) and believe in change through persuasion rather than seizure.
“and I am quite happy with the idea of expelling “aliens” if they are here illegally.”
The issue of immigration is a hugely complex one (I certainly don’t believe in complete freedom of movement across the world, there can be perfectly legitimate restrictions based on lack of local resources, an unwillingness of incomers to renounce harmful religious and cultural practices such as the denigration of women etc) and was referring more to straightforward racist agendas of mass expulsion based on skin colour etc.
“But perhaps I am, as the liberals would think, Literally Hitler.”
A, that explains the mysterious disappearance of his corpse, though you must be getting on a bit by now…:-)
More seriously I am not of course making any such personalised attacks and simply trying to engage in an ideological and pragmatic discussion.
I try (and I think largely succeed) not to take anything said on internet forums personally. We’re here to talk about ideas.
One could argue that people believe in “covid” and “net zero” because of what they have been told. Who is telling them these lies, and why?
I don’t think the issue of immigration is at all complex. I want to see England and the English preserved and for them to evolve over time, not be swamped by non-English to the point where England ceases to exist as it was very quickly.
“One could argue that people believe in “covid” and “net zero” because of what they have been told. Who is telling them these lies, and why?”
These are again highly complex and to a large extent technical matters and elements of lying – the use of deliberate, knowing falsehoods – probably far fewer than might appear to those who have come to the conclusion that they are intrinsically harmful.
The joint environmentalist and ultra-health ideologies which underpin these agendas are on the surface highly attractive in a quasi-religious / moral sense, especially given the background of decline in belief in conventional faiths such as Christianity. It is only upon quite deep investigation that their dark cores become apparent.
Children have been heavily indoctrinated into this broad world view at school, home, through large sections of the media etc for decades now, beyond that all adults have a responsibility to properly investigate any issues or projects they choose to support (in other words they can’t simply point the finger of blame at others who sought to gain their adherence, including through deception).
And hopefully, again, we are beginning to see greater levels of mass questioning and challenge towards what have up to now been near sacrosanct theories and policies.
“I don’t think the issue of immigration is at all complex. I want to see England and the English preserved and for them to evolve over time, not be swamped by non-English to the point where England ceases to exist as it was very quickly.”
Clearly this sort of nationalistic world view is simply a matter of disagreement between us.
“Clearly this sort of nationalistic world view is simply a matter of disagreement between us.”
Well I guess so though I am not sure I would class myself as “nationalistic”. I guess it depends what you mean by that term. I mean, I enjoy living in England (sometimes) as it has afforded me the opportunity to prosper in many ways, raise a family etc. It seems superior to many other places – and it seems like a lot of people from other places agree as they try to come here. But I don’t really want to get into a pissing competition about which nations are greatest, I just want our nation to preserve itself. I have no interest in imposing our way of life on other nations and cultures, or even attempting to export it. What we have here is a happy accident of evolution. If we fill the country with Africans, it will simply become like Africa. I don’t want to live in Africa, and I don’t want my children to live in Africa. Africa is a bloody big continent with loads of space. Yes, we invaded it etc (well, our ancestors) but eventually we realised that was a mistake. You are clearly not a stupid person but if I have understood correctly you seem to have an entirely unrealistic view of what’s possible. I simply see no evidence for the notion that we can coexist with the other 7 billion on this planet without a nation state to protect our borders. But then I guess I am a horrible racist.
Prosperity, health and life expectancy are directly tied to the cost and availability of ENERGY. The goal of all western UN Lackey Politicians is to remove affordable reliable energy. So where does that leave our standard of living? Take your pick, our fabulous gas central heating or a heat pump that with cost you 15 grand and won’t heat your house properly. ———Prosperity or impoverishment? Sunak may have kicked the petrol and diesel can down the road a bit but the direction of travel with all major parties in the driving seat is ———–Impoverishment.
“Prosperity, health and life expectancy are directly tied to the cost and availability of ENERGY. ”
That’s it in a nutshell. Therefore, as our Energy is being taken from us the inevitable conclusion is – IMPOVERISHMENT and MISERY.
If people believe any of this shyte then they deserve all the massive u turns they will get!
Rishi is part of the Luciferian Cabal. The Master of Lies. Too crazy?
Perhaps.
Why did Rishi, who married into one of the richest families in the world name his Private Equity company as founding member “Thelema”?
It doesn’t take long to realise this is the name of Alaister Crowley’s religion whose primary maxim is “Do what though wilt, shall be the whole of the Law”
Thats pretty odd.
Crowley, who called himself “The Beast 666” was a Satanist who influenced many powerful people in places of influence, music, culture.
Its a dark Rabbit Hole, but the mist of those in the elect circles, is that one can do as one pleases. They have no morals only desire for power.
“Its a dark Rabbit Hole”
The Davos Deviants are deeply mired in Satanist symbolism. The number ‘6’ is a common feature of their machinations. Everything they do will involve Satanist symbolism somewhere.
Of course making corrupt cash is the bonus.
A large investment by Sunak in Thelema was with Moderna.
https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/world/story/did-rishi-sunak-benefit-from-covid-vaccine-maker-modernas-stock-rise-heres-what-the-uk-pm-has-to-say-370386-2023-02-15
”As of November 7, 2022, Theleme’s top holding was 6,004,406 shares of Moderna worth over $710 million and making up 34.6 per cent of the portfolio value.
Earlier on February 1, the investment firm in a statement said Sunak worked at Theleme from 2010 to 2013. “Once he left, he ceased to have any ongoing financial interest in the funds managed by Theleme. Neither Mr Sunak, nor any of his family members, have held a financial interest in any fund managed by Theleme, or in any Theleme management company entity, since 2013.”
In November 2020, UK-based Daily Mirror reported that Theleme gained after Moderna’s stock soared from £4.7 billion to £32 billion due to its Covid vaccine. It said the UK government bought five million doses of the Moderna vaccine in November of that year only. Sunak’s investments are in a ‘blind trust’, which the report said protects against conflicts of interest as Sunak himself does not know what he is invested in.
The Guardian, another British daily, also reported that Sunak had declared in 2019 that he was the beneficiary of a blind trust. The contents of the trust had not been disclosed to the public but the stock market filings showed that Theleme had a $500 million (£377 million) investment in Moderna, which accounted for around 20 per cent of all the money it managed, according to the report published in November 2020.
Carol Vorderman, a media personality and author, recently shared an old report by Financial Times on the UK’s £1 billion deal with Moderna to build the country’s first manufacturing center for messenger RNA vaccines. Sharing the story, she said Sunak as Chancellor signed the deal with Moderna. “He still refuses to say if he profited from this deal via holdings in his hedge fund Theleme which owned £1 billion of Moderna shares,” she said. “
DO WHAT THOUGH WILT SHALL BE THE WHOLE OF THE LAW
So it’s getting through that Pagan Earth worship isn’t an election winner.
In time honoured activist-speak: Whilst we welcome the Prime Minister’s new policy, it doesn’t go far enough.
The one move that would really capture minds would be the repeal of the Climate Change Act. The greenies would hate it, but it would rid us of a huge dead weight around the UK’s economic neck.