Sunak allies are relying on Susan Hall becoming London Mayor to save his bacon – 14 reality checks
To say the polls look bad for the Conservatives would be like saying a holiday in Dubai looks bad for a snowman, and nothing quite illustrates how they’re dealing with it than this nugget of information from Bloomberg‘s Alex Wickham.
— Sunak allies aware that May 2 locals are a huge flashpoint, but they hope Susan Hall can get the PM out of jail by defeating Sadiq Khan against the odds in London
— that’d buy him time to get a Rwanda flight off and make it to autumn, supporters say…https://t.co/UemwJNmLWJ
— Alex Wickham (@alexwickham) March 18, 2024
Current polling shows support for Susan Hall at 25% and Sadiq Khan at 50%, so ‘against the odds’ isn’t messing about.
People could almost smell the desperation.
1.
I'm not saying Rishi Sunak is running out of ideas, but the current plan to save his premiership is to hope that Susan Hall turns out to be a secret campaigning genius https://t.co/vJlkj8h5Kk
— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) March 18, 2024
2.
“Rishi, I think we’re screwed.”
“How screwed?”
“Put it this way, we’re now relying on Susan Hall to save us.” https://t.co/IYhsgYiFca pic.twitter.com/IijevAfRTT
— Damon Evans (@damocrat) March 18, 2024
3.
Man more than 20 points behind in the polls pinning all his hopes on woman more than 20 points behind in the polls… https://t.co/YGL0PaVC1w
— Matt Green (@mattgreencomedy) March 18, 2024
4.
Rishi's get out of jail free card.
Sadly somebody mugged him for it when it fell out of his pocket in his helicopter. https://t.co/PusSmyeP2V pic.twitter.com/oF0ssvhUUX
— HENRY MORRIS (@mrhenrymorris) March 18, 2024
5.
Khan is more likely to be defeated by Count Binface than Susan-fucking-Hall. https://t.co/QsrHNffkoI
— Lady Bee Middlemast-Neal #FuckYouBigots (@Mistyswoman) March 18, 2024
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We're reached the "investing hope in Susan Hall" stage. Thoughts and prayers. https://t.co/TKrNjJbJmM
— Sam Freedman (@Samfr) March 18, 2024
7.
I hope that Keanu Reeves is going to knock on my front door and offer me the night of my life.
But it's not going to happen. Probably. https://t.co/DG79Ij834a
— Lisa Holdsworth @lisaholdsworth.bsky.social (@WorksWithWords) March 18, 2024
8.
This is like counting on your Euromillions ticket to pay off your credit card bill. I mean, it’s not *entirely* impossible, but… https://t.co/UycpdO00P5
— Nick Pettigrew (@Nick_Pettigrew) March 18, 2024
9.
Bloody hell! If Susan Hall is Sunaks last hope he might as well call the election tonight
— kev (@splootman) March 18, 2024
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When Susan Hall is your answer, the question was fucking stupid. https://t.co/HJPntzxMTb
— Robbie Scowls (@RScowler) March 18, 2024
11.
That's some special level of fantasy right there.
If Susan Hall becomes the next London mayor, I'll fly myself to Rwanda!
— Don McGowan {the ethical Blue Tick} (@donmcgowan) March 18, 2024
12.
These allies sound quite heavily medicated. https://t.co/mgihYC8nJ1
— RichNeville (@RichNeville) March 18, 2024
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Are they hoping this in the same way I’m hoping to be the next Doctor Who? https://t.co/UDEMqdzVHh
— Jon Dear (@accordingtoJonD) March 18, 2024
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https://t.co/62X4MdYfTv pic.twitter.com/lt5weuqLsB
— Tom Jamieson (@jamiesont) March 18, 2024
Carol Vorderman cut to the chase.
Bloomberg @alexwickham reports the latest act in the Conservative comedy show…
Rishi Sunak relying on Susan Hall becoming London Mayor & renew his popularity within Tory party!!
So the country is being held to ransom by a PM living in cloud cuckooland?#GeneralElectionlNow https://t.co/TCAbT5jLTd
— Carol Vorderman (@carolvorders) March 18, 2024
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Susan Hall took listeners’ questions on the Nick Ferrari Show and it went as well as you’d expect
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