Political Party Poll Ratings Analysis
Uh, so the party's poll ratings are improving, but it's still below your
showing at the last general election.
Today, actually, a poll only shows that the public only just see you as the
main
opposition. Um, your personal ratings are
higher. Are you worried that even though voters may be happy with
you, you haven't
been able to shift that, uh, onto the party, and many see the
Conservatives still as a toxic brand?
Well, Serena, I remember, uh, when you first started interviewing me,
and you were
saying the Conservative Party wasn't even going to exist in a few months' time.
So, uh, uh, forgive me if I take the analysis that you've just
given today with a pinch of salt.
The f- the fact is that we lost, uh, uh,
office just two years ago, a historic defeat.
Labour came in with a landslide, and they've already lost a prime minister.
This goes to show that the problems that our country, uh, is currently
experiencing go well beyond any p- p- p- uh, uh, specific
political party's problems. We can see that they go well beyond our
borders too.
Look at what's happening in France. Look at what's happening in, in,
in Germany.
The West has a problem. We have been living outside our
means, spending too much on welfare, not enough on defense.
We have not been paying attention to what other countries, uh, like Iran and
Russia and perhaps China have been doing or maybe been complacent.
We're not doing that anymore, and what I want the public to know is
that when an
election is called, whether it's in December or January
or May or in twenty
twenty-nine, we are the only credible alternative to a
government that
has no idea how to fix those problems.
This goes well beyond winning elections.
Of course, we need to win elections, but many of the previous governments,
including Keir Starmer's and Andy Burnham's too, will realize
that winning an
election is just the beginning. How you govern and your pol-
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