The prime minister has clearly not forgotten about the vulnerabilities in his coalition of voters
Populism is never quite as popular as it looks. Or at least, people can only take so much of it before needing a break.
That’s one lesson to draw from the slow-motion car crash of GB News, which had lost much of its audience long before losing its star presenter, Andrew Neil. Being angry round the clock is exhausting, to the point where even the most committed cultural warrior sometimes just wants to relax with a nice episode of Countdown. GB News seemingly failed to recognise that in time. But the Conservative party, judging by the last few weeks, is more alert to the problem.
