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On Sunday evening, the Cabinet met for a dinner in No10. But one item on the menu was more tricky to digest - a devastating YouGov poll published that night predicting a Tory wipeout.
You may find it hard to believe, but one of the biggest problems the Conservative Party faces at the moment is complacency.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer, they say, and Rishi Sunak who sacked Suella Braverman yesterday is about to find out just how wise that age old advice is, writes Paul Baldwin.
The Tory grandee, who was former PM Boris Johnson 's Brexit negotiator, made the remarks at a party conference fringe meeting on the Future of Conservatism.
Given the mess he will inherit and potential future crises, ‘sticking-plaster politics’ may not sustain public support, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett