According to reports, a former special adviser to Rishi Sunak is collaborating with a group of rebels in an attempt to remove the prime minister from office. This individual also played a role in commissioning polling that predicted a significant win for the Labour party.
According to the Times, Will Dry, a former adviser at Downing Street, resigned in November of last year due to feeling discouraged by the actions being taken by Sunak.
After departing from No 10, he has been collaborating with a team of ex-government advisors and Members of Parliament who are convinced that the Tories will suffer a significant loss in the upcoming general election under Sunak.
Harry Cole, the political editor of Sun, published a statement on X on behalf of Dry. In the statement, Dry expressed that the challenges we are facing as a country are massive and evident to everyone. However, Dry came to the realization that the actions being taken were not enough to effectively overcome these challenges.
You cannot ignore the fact that our political system is severely flawed without truly understanding its deep-rooted issues.
Dry, aged 26, assisted in creating inquiries for a recent survey conducted by YouGov, which involved 14,000 individuals and was commissioned by anonymous donors from the Conservative Britain Alliance (CBA).
The survey revealed that the Conservative party is facing a potential electoral disaster similar to their loss to Labour in 1997.
Dry stated, “I have sadly come to the conclusion that the Conservatives are headed towards a devastating defeat. There is no doubt that we are on track for at least ten years of Labour dominance.”
“If [Nigel] Farage returns, the Conservative party will not survive until Christmas.”
The survey, published in the Daily Telegraph, was conducted by Conservative member and former Brexit negotiator David Frost, and was funded by the previously undisclosed CBA for an estimated cost of £70,000.
According to the guidelines of the British Polling Council, all polls must disclose their source of funding. However, they only require a name, such as Lord Frost in this instance, for contact information and do not require disclosure of the funding source.
Ignore the newsletter advertisement.
after newsletter promotion
Dry’s remarks come after Simon Clarke, a former member of Liz Truss’s brief administration, urged Rishi Sunak to step down and allow for a new Conservative leader to take over.
In a published article for the Telegraph on Tuesday, Clarke stated that Sunak’s uninspiring leadership is hindering our recovery and that he has unfortunately shifted from being an asset to a burden.
Clarke claimed that Sunak is taking the Conservatives towards an election where they will face a crushing defeat, as he fails to understand the needs of Britain and ignores the desires of its citizens.
Source: theguardian.com
