I'm not sure. It suits the most malicious and self-serving backbenchers to keep him where he is for now, so they can pull the strings and push through even more radical knee-jerk stuff. But the fact that so much stuff that has been widely known in his party, but kept from the public eye for so long, got out makes me think there's now significant opposition to him in his own party.
Diehard Tory voters are another thing entirely. They vote Tory no matter how abhorrent they find the parliamentary party or the leadership, because it's the done thing. It's the party that does the right and proper thing for the country (England? - still not convinced about that). Voting Labour is dangerously subversive and oh-so-common, no matter how middle of the road they go, and you hear the same old comments about the economy doing better, share prices and house prices going up, when the Tories are in power. "They've got my interests at heart, deep down." Except they don't. Seen so many Tory voting faithfuls screwed over by them. Left with nothing because they did what the Tories keep encouraging. Piled all their money into houses that are worth crap all, thinking they'd have a small fortune to retire on, or managing to save just enough to rule them out of being able to get any kind of welfare when they suddenly find they need it, and still not having enough to live on.
The token Tory voters are the ones most convinced by the media circus approach. Those who complain that Labour councils never helped them in any shape or form (which they couldn't because local authorities are hamstrung by Westminster). Those who think it's a badge of going up in the world to vote Tory. Those who just think it's daring and swimming against the current locally.
The nations drifting even further apart is what I see. The pandemic has really shown everywhere other than Westminster taking the lead.
Diehard Tory voters are another thing entirely. They vote Tory no matter how abhorrent they find the parliamentary party or the leadership, because it's the done thing. It's the party that does the right and proper thing for the country (England? - still not convinced about that). Voting Labour is dangerously subversive and oh-so-common, no matter how middle of the road they go, and you hear the same old comments about the economy doing better, share prices and house prices going up, when the Tories are in power. "They've got my interests at heart, deep down." Except they don't. Seen so many Tory voting faithfuls screwed over by them. Left with nothing because they did what the Tories keep encouraging. Piled all their money into houses that are worth crap all, thinking they'd have a small fortune to retire on, or managing to save just enough to rule them out of being able to get any kind of welfare when they suddenly find they need it, and still not having enough to live on.
The token Tory voters are the ones most convinced by the media circus approach. Those who complain that Labour councils never helped them in any shape or form (which they couldn't because local authorities are hamstrung by Westminster). Those who think it's a badge of going up in the world to vote Tory. Those who just think it's daring and swimming against the current locally.
The nations drifting even further apart is what I see. The pandemic has really shown everywhere other than Westminster taking the lead.
