“Rishi DOESN’T Have My Respect!“ - Nadine Dorries On “Utterly Insane“ Tory Leadership Election Idea

There are “no obvious alternatives” to Rishi Sunak as Conservative leader for winning back those who voted for the party in 2019, a new poll has suggested. Mr Sunak’s continued leadership of his party came under renewed speculation this week after Sir Simon Clarke, a senior ally of former prime minister Liz Truss, said the Tories would suffer a “massacre” at the next election if they did not ditch Mr Sunak. But a poll by Ipsos UK suggests there may be few alternatives to Mr Sunak in the eyes of 2019 Conservative voters, with the Prime Minister enjoying a higher favourability rating than the rest of his front bench. Some 42% of 2019 Tory voters said they had a favourable view of Mr Sunak, with Chancellor Jeremy Hunt trailing on 38% and Home Secretary James Cleverly on 28%. The Prime Minister’s net favourability rating of 13 was also much higher than those of his Chancellor and Home Secretary, on 7 and 2 respectively. There was also little difference between Mr Sunak and po