Boris Johnson must restore trust of Red Wall Voters ahead of local elections – or Tories face a potential drubbing
BORIS Johnson must rapidly rediscover his mojo if he is to win over the country again.
That’s the message from voters ahead of Thursday’s local elections in which Conservatives face a potential drubbing.
The PM’s magic touch won the party an 80-seat majority in 2019, and he swept the board in last year’s council seats ballot.
He even captured the ex-Labour stronghold of Hartlepool in a stunning by-election victory, a high point in a string of Red Wall triumphs.
But twelve months later — as we report today — people there are frustrated.
And the credit Boris enjoyed for his world-beating Covid jab rollout is fading as the pandemic recedes.
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Even his courageous leadership over the Ukraine war may not be enough to turn the tide in his favour.
So it is crucial the PM regains his can-do confidence and energy to tackle issues closer to home.
He must act quickly to help people terrified by the cost-of-living crisis.
He must restore the trust of Red Wall voters by ensuring levelling-up becomes a reality.
And he must get lazy civil servants off their sofas at home and back into their offices.
The public won’t stand for more delays in issuing passports or granting visas to Ukrainian refugees.
The new Number 10 operation is kicking into gear after a shake-up in Downing Street. But as we get closer to the next election we need more bold policies.
Boris needs to get Britain moving again.
House of ill repute
PORN scandal MP Neil Parish has finally done the right thing by resigning.
But the time it took for him to be ousted after he was first caught viewing filth in the Commons was far too long.
In any normal workplace he would have been out on his ear immediately.
Instead he referred himself to the standards commissioner and tried to hang on.
The MP for Tiverton and Honiton will be no great loss to the Tory party.
But the tawdry spectacle will reinforce the view that Parliament is riddled with sleaze.
Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle should get his own house in order rather than squandering his time summoning newspaper editors to Westminster.
Prince of wails
THE Royals have been left terrified by menacing figures turning up unannounced.
A new book reveals Prince Charles was among the victims.
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But the Windsors should be grateful. This was the work of ghosts.
For once, Harry, Meghan and their Netflix film crew were nowhere to be seen.
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