Mail Stokes Tory Delusion

Their poll deficit to Labour remains over 20%, whatever hare-brained scheme they offer the electorate in yet another desperate effort to get their attention. The Tories are now just whistling to keep their dwindling spirits up, waiting for the inevitable General Election drubbing and a significant period in the political wilderness. But their press pals are not downhearted.

Anyone outside the media bubble want HIM back ...

Not at the Mail on Sunday they aren’t: there, amid a fog of enthusiasm, invention and off-the-scale delusion, two names have been prevailed upon to spray what remains of their credibility up the wall in no style at all. Step forward the MoS’ political editor Glen Owen, and the paper’s not even slightly celebrated blues artiste, Whinging Dan Hodges, for an alleged “exclusive”.

And the Fantasy Headline Special? “Boris could RETURN as Prime Minister in astonishing plan being hatched by disgruntled Conservative MPs - and 'dream ticket' leadership tie-up with Nigel Farage is even being considered!” This is, whisper it quietly, total crap. It isn’t going to happen.

There is more. “Sunak's Tory enemies have drawn up 'Advent calendar of s**t' to destabilise PM … Spokesman for Boris denied the existence of any plans to team up with Farage … A source close to Farage said any pact between the two would 'soon end in tears’”. Former Brexit Party Oberscheissenführer Nigel “Thirsty” Farage would never take on a role that meant taking responsibility for anything. That’s one reason it’s crap.

Do go on. “The Mail on Sunday has spoken to multiple Conservative MPs who believe that bringing back the former Premier is the only way to save the party from an Election wipeout”. Was that belief before or after the third bottle of red? Anyhoo … Sunak’s enemies don’t like “his sacking of Suella Braverman as Home Secretary and the resignation of Robert Jenrick as Immigration Minister over attempts to salvage the Rwanda plan”.

Ms Braverman was beyond useless at her various ministerial jobs. And Jenrick has just gone on the Laura Kuenssberg show and played the “not racist BUT” card by claiming that those showing solidarity with the people of Palestine are not showing “traditional British values” by doing so.

... in a double act with HIM? No, thought not

Which is another way of saying he doesn’t know his arse from his elbow, either. Have another go. “The MPs are panicking about polling figures which show Tory support sinking, with many voters turning to the Reform Party, the successor to Nigel Farage's Brexit Party. Its fortunes have been boosted by Mr Farage's successful run on ITV reality show I'm A Celebrity.”

Reliable citation for that, perchance? Thought not. And it gets yet more delusional. “Neither Mr Johnson nor Mr Farage is currently in Parliament, but Boris's supporters believe that if an MP quit a safe seat before the Election to make way for Mr Johnson, Tory high command would be unable to block it”.

“If an MP quit a safe seat”. Yeah, right. If that happened, the Tories would most likely lose the following by-election. Can it get worse? Don’t ask. “Another suggestion is that a Johnson ally, such as former Home Secretary Priti Patel, could be installed as a caretaker Prime Minister, with Mr Johnson standing for a safe seat at the Election, then stepping back in to No 10”.

Soil the bed, this is beyond desperate. If Ms Patel won the General Election, does anyone with brain in gear and a hole in their backside really think she would then step aside? And it gets worse still: “If Reform remained a threat, a deal could be struck by giving Mr Farage, the party's honorary president, and Richard Tice, its leader, places in the Lords and key Ministerial positions”.

Reform aren’t interested in keeping the Tories in Government. And this article shows that while the Tories are desperate, their allies in the press are yet moreso. Especially Desperate Dan Hodges, who backed Bozo for the London Mayoralty, the mess from which is still being cleared up by Sadiq Khan. Sunder Katwala has analysed the numbers on past support, and has shown just what a ridiculous idea the MoS “dream ticket” is (thread HERE).

The Tories are beyond salvation. Including by their press pals. That is all.

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