Just how much trouble is Rishi Sunak in as he limps on into Easter?
This week we have had newspapers splashing on plots to oust the prime minister, as rebels mutter about letters of no confidence being sent to the shop steward of the backbenchers, Sir Graham Brady.
Mr Sunak mounted a fightback and told MPs at his end-of-term meet to “pull together” as the plotters melted back into the background – for now.
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But the question for this week’s Electoral Dysfunction is whether the prime minister has passed the point of “embattled” to something far worse. Ruth Davidson’s iron law of leadership: “Embattled is one away from beleaguered, and once you’re beleaguered, you’re f***ed.”
On this week’s Electoral Dysfunction recording, we found ourselves circling back to that missive as we got into the discussion that has gripped politics this week: How much trouble is Sunak really in – is he in the dead zone?
Ruth said: “I think he’s embattled, I’m not entirely sure he’s beleaguered yet. I think there was a flashpoint, the danger when he was meeting the 1922 [his…
