If Rishi Sunak uses strikes to ask ‘who governs Britain?’, voters may conclude ‘not you' 🔎 Analysis by paulwaugh PMQs
Similarly, if all our elections were subject to a 50 per cent turnout threshold , there would be not a single local councillor elected in the land. Even in the last general election, turnout in some seats was only just over half of the electorate. In West Bromwich and Grimsby, the Tories gained seats from Labour on 53 per cent of the vote.
If the PM treated unions like his own backbenchers, he would cut deals, find compromise and embark on skilful U-turns in policy. While Sunak has sought party unity on everything from planning to wind power, he could show a similar desire for national unity over public services., the PM now seems to be taking a “dig in and defy” approach.
Yet the “dig in and defy” approach has worked well for recent Tory leaders when it comes to their relationship with their own MPs. In recent years, Conservative MPs have been in the vanguard of militant action, forcing David Cameron to hold a Brexit referendum, forcing Theresa May out of office over Brexit failure, forcing Boris Johnson out over his lies to them and forcing Liz Truss out when the markets crashed and burned.
Tory backbenchers didn’t simply down tools by rebelling on key votes, they toppled those who stood in their way. Just as unions deploy strikes as their last resort, MPs have used confidence votes as their last resort to get their way. Sunak can avoid yet another charge of “one rule for the Tory party, one for the rest of us” by seeking compromise with unions rather than confrontation. From bringing forward pay from next year to this or awarding one-off cost of living payments, there could yet be a way out for both sides.” approach to the strikes, he may get as resounding an answer as Ted Heath did when he asked that question in a fateful general election in 1974 after a dispute with miners.
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