Labour and Lib Dem MPs demand ‘shameful’ Palantir NHS contract be scrapped Spy-tech company and founder Peter Thiel should ‘have their hands ripped off our NHS’, say MPs The Guardian - UK · Apr 16
Rishi Sunak’s top aides advised against early election, memo reveals Isaac Levido and Michael Brooks warned ex-PM on 3 April voters ‘less likely to feel financially optimistic’ The Guardian - UK · Nov 16, 2024
‘This is going to be a disaster’: inside the Tories’ chaotic election campaign From the surprise decision to call a snap election to the divisions inside the doomed campaign machine The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2024
Voices: Tory downfall: The 9 reasons it has all gone wrong for Rishi Sunak A series of world events, poor decisions and fatal gaffes conspired to see Rishi Sunak lead the Tories to the worst electoral defeat in his party’s 346-year history The Independent UK · Jul 5, 2024
Senior Tory criticises ‘worst campaign in my lifetime’ as frustration grows Rishi Sunak accused of failing to tackle threat from Reform while candidates complain of lack of support from CCHQ The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2024
Time may be up for the Tories, but their legacy of lies will live on Rishi Sunak and his cronies have helped spread an epidemic of disinformation in this campaign – it’s a political way of life for the right The Guardian - UK · Jun 16, 2024
OPINION - Forget Rishi Sunak launching the Tory manifesto, he is making a deeper strategic shift The Conservative campaign, as Rishi Sunak said several times in his BBC interview last night, “is about the future”. Spoiler alert: no one needs a soothsayer to predict that. The only question is the size of Labour’s majority and scale of the Tory wipe-out. So the Conservative campaign is switching… Evening Standard · Jun 11, 2024
‘D-day was the final straw’: Sunak’s blunders ignite Tory party fury Long-serving party members and MPs left aghast by unforced errors, poor strategy and a growing sense of resignation The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2024
Sunak heads north after a flurry of Tory policies fail to move the dial in the polls After week of campaign missteps, ‘reset’ is attempt to firm up base and beat back Reform UK, say observers The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2024
Meet the top teams: the key election advisers to Sunak and Starmer We look at the people who will strategise for the prime minister and opposition leader in the coming weeks The Guardian - UK · May 24, 2024
Tory Top Team send the Mighty Philpster to tackle PMQs trans joke fallout As Labour agonised over their £28bn-a-year green pledge, No 10 was working on mitigating Sunak’s latest PMQs disaster The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2024
Wednesday briefing: The days that could decide how Rishi Sunak is remembered In today’s newsletter: The controversial Rwanda bill is back in the Commons – what happens next could shape the party’s future The Guardian - UK · Jan 17, 2024
Rory Stewart considers becoming a children's author The former MP has already had bestseller success with his memoir Evening Standard · Jan 16, 2024
Terrified and ‘ready for death’: after a nightmare poll, will Tory MPs campaign or start looking for jobs? After this week’s prediction of electoral wipeout, it’s every Conservative for themselves, says the Spectator’s political editor, Katy Balls The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Jan 15, 2024 ‘Get serious’: Sunak’s campaign director tells Tories they can win Isaac Levido tells backbench Tory MPs to end infighting and focus on ‘narrow path’ to general election victory
The Guardian - UK · Dec 28, 2023 Here’s Sunak’s problem in deciding the election date: things are very bad now – and they could get much worse With the polls against him and the Tories in turmoil, a May date might be the PM’s best gamble – but gambling isn’t his forte, says Henry Hill, deputy editor of ConservativeHome
Evening Standard · Dec 8, 2023 OPINION - Don’t bank on a May poll but Rishi Sunak might see it as a safer bet Might Rishi Sunak’s ongoing political Golgotha swing the likelihood of an early election? Two answers suggest themselves in the wake of the “Jenrick moment” — the abrupt resignation of Sunak’s immigration minister over the delivery (or not) of the “Rwanda plan” and a press conference at which a plainly furious…
The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2023 Top Tory strategist’s lobbying firm advising Daily Mail owners on Telegraph bid Exclusive: Isaac Levido’s company, Fleetwood Strategy, is helping DMGT navigate potential acquisition of rightwing broadsheet
The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2023 Team Sunak: can they recast the PM as an agent of change? Meet the prime minister’s inner circle, charged with bringing about a reversal of fortune
The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2023 ‘This can only end badly’: Tories fear Sunak policy blitz is bound to fail The prime minister has reset his party’s agenda with a wave of new initiatives. But is it a coherent strategy or a blind panic?
The Guardian - UK · Sep 21, 2023 Who’s who in No 10? The team shaping Sunak’s approach to next election Band of advisers includes loyalists who have been with PM since days as chancellor, alongside some new faces
The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2023 Sunak’s big green gamble: the story behind the PM’s decision to U-turn With PM’s electoral options narrowing, strategists came to conclusion policy could help create dividing line with Labour
Evening Standard · Apr 14, 2023 Inside the internecine battle between Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer With a new viral campaign accusing the Prime Minister of weakness over sex offenders, the Opposition are getting rough. Anne McElvoy on the key players and tensions within the two camps
Evening Standard · Mar 28, 2023 The rise of Rishi — is he more popular than his party? After endless Tory turmoil, the PM and his team have been working on key issues and new strategies in an attempt to move on from ‘Truss-ageddon’ and Partygate, reports Anne McElvoy
The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2023 Sunak in fighting spirit after Brexit rebels and Johnson hopes dissolve Winning Tory doubters – and Johnson loyalists – round to his Windsor Framework strengthens prime minister’s election wicket