For all the big news in the papers, it's easy to forget that the Times, the Telegraph, the Daily Mail and the Guardian have a total readership of less than 10 million. Many may glance at the political news but unless they are directly affected, pay little attention. Some will know the name or party of their locally elected official, many will not, and a large percentage would be hard-pressed to name the prime minister. That is the reality of the political news cycle.
The Tories are in trouble not only because of people like me, but because many Tories are furious that Brexit occurred, and that so many within the party were clearly carpetbaggers. Speaking of carpetbagger, Boris was in the Canadian colonies recently talking to a bunch of conservatives, and one of the core components of his speech was that the Conservatives should have a green policy....outrageous!
Seriously, I was at a pub last week, and one of the farmers was talking about "Boris this and Boris that" It took me a while to figure out that he was talking of Johnson as still being the prime minister...he was not aware that Sunak was the man in charge now! That's the daily reality for 95% of the time, our compatriots pay no attention to the Whitehall playtime...
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