Sunaks small boats drive wont bring back Tory voters, says John Curtice
The Independent Rishi Sunak is wrong to believe his promise to solve the small boats crisis can win back former Conservative voters, polling guru Prof John Curtice has said.
Prof Curtice claimed the Tories were misguided in focusing so strongly on Channel migrants issue because it reminds people of the dramatic failure of Brexit to control immigration.
The remarkable thing about focusing on the boats is its, Lets take one of the apparent, clearest most dramatic failures to deliver on a promise in the Brexit campaign and make that thing we want the public to focus on, he told reporters on Wednesday.
The elections expert said small boats isnt clearly the way back to persuading those people who have defected from the Conservatives to come back to them.
Emphasising the importance of the economy to 2019 Tory voters, Prof Curtice said: What they have to be able to do is persuade people the economy in general and Brexit in particular is actually doing well and doing well as a result of Conservative stewardship.
