Gloomy traditional ‘Blue Wall’ Tory voters tell how they are being forced to swap Waitrose for Aldi Experts say that spells trouble for Rishi Sunak 🔎 Big Read: How the plight of the middle classes could annihilate the Tories
, there will be enough time for the party to turn their fortunes around and secure an unlikely victory at the ballot box in 2024.John Major at the 1992 electionBut academics and political strategists have started to paint a very different outlook for the party as a result of what has been described as an “unprecedented” set of economic shocks that have caused fissures in the bedrock of traditional Tory support.
“Prices will still be much higher than what they were, mortgage repayments will remain very high and wages are likely to lag behind.” “They are what I would call ‘Tebbit Tories’, who would admire Margaret Thatcher. These are people who have started their own small businesses, plumbing firms, electricians, who are now saying they are unsure how they will survive next year.”
will see their monthly mortgage costs increase by £500 by 2026, the equivalent of a £10,000 cut in people’s annual wages, going on assumptions of homeowners’ salaries based on the size of their mortgages.
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