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Andrew RT Davies trounces Boris Johnson in Tory member poll

20 Dec 2021 2 minute read
Left, Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies. Picture by Senedd Cymru. Right, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Picture by Annika Haas (CC BY 2.0).

Andrew RT Davies has trounced Boris Johnson in a poll of members of the Conservative Party.

The Leader of the Tories in the Senedd has a net satisfaction rating of 26.7 according to the latest Cabinet League Table on ConservativeHome, while the UK Prime Minster is in negative territory at -17.2.

The Westminster-appointed Welsh Secretary, Simon Hart, is also comfortably ahead of Johnson on 20.0.

Liz Truss, the Foreign Secretary is at the top of the Cabinet League Table with a net satisfaction rating of 82.3. She has topped the monthly survey for a year.

The poll was conducted amid the Owen Paterson lobbying scandal which saw the former cabinet minister resign as an MP.

The UK has also been hit by a cost of living crisis, which has seen prices rise much faster than wages.

The Editor of ConservativeHome Paul Goodman has previously said that many Conservative Party activists “think that the Government is too left-wing”.

Former Tory Chancellor George Osborne told ConservativeHome that the UK Government “has hit what all governments hit, which is that kind of mid-term moment when people think, you know, is the focus there, is the direction there, are they going to deliver?”


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Llywelyn ein Llyw Nesaf
Llywelyn ein Llyw Nesaf
2 years ago

But, to be fair, this is a poll of Tory members, whose political judgement has been shown to be somewhat lacking. And maybe they’ve forgotten just how appalling RT is during his sick leave.

And in a poll of non-Tory members, I suspect a dead donkey would ‘trounce’ both RT and the Killer in No 10.

Hogyn y Gogledd
Hogyn y Gogledd
2 years ago

And Truss on 83!

Probably the IQ of the interviewees.

GW Atkinson
GW Atkinson
2 years ago

This just shows me how crap Johnson is when you have some overweight foghorn trouncing him in a tory scum popularity contest.

Mab Meirion
Mab Meirion
2 years ago

82.3% Liz Truss! God help us…satisfaction…I’m with the Stones on that one…

GW Atkinson
GW Atkinson
2 years ago

It’s like having a choice between drinking urine or eating excrement. “I’ll have a glass of urine please”.

John
John
2 years ago
Reply to  GW Atkinson

Fel dewis rhwng mogi a thagu.!

Wynford Jones
Wynford Jones
2 years ago
Reply to  John

Brawd tagu yw Jacob Rees Moggy …. efallai

Quornby
Quornby
2 years ago

I don’t think about their “focus” just about what b*st*rds they are.

Erisian
Erisian
2 years ago

Perhaps we could persuade him to move to england and stand against Boris there.
Let’s face it – he’s not much use here, and if the readers Nation.Cymru are any judge, not wanted either.

hdavies15
hdavies15
2 years ago

net satisfaction ? They must have been asking his close family and his few friends.

Rob
Rob
2 years ago

quote
 “many Conservative Party activists think that the Government is too left-wing”.

So what would they prefer, someone like Trump or Putin?

Llywelyn ein Llyw Nesaf
Llywelyn ein Llyw Nesaf
2 years ago
Reply to  Rob

Too complicated for them. Keep it simple, someone like Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin or Pol Pot. Or anyone from the Face-eating Leopard party.

Grayham Jones
2 years ago

Stop being little Englanders and be proud to be welsh kick all English party’s out of wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 it’s time for a new wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 start fighting for your children and grandchildren future in wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Richard
Richard
2 years ago

ARTD doea a good job representing his party..and the fith of the electorate in Walea.

He is very open , visible and always TV/Media keen.

He articulates his vision openly and unlike BJ rarely ducks and dives…or attends parties.

What more could we want ? The more we see / hear of him the better …….😉

defaid
defaid
2 years ago
Reply to  Richard

But over there, not over here.

Just think: from the Welsh perspective, in a few years Artie could be a foreign leader.

Last edited 2 years ago by defaid
Richard
Richard
2 years ago
Reply to  defaid

I have found his clear party messages, energetic campsigns and focused attacks on most WG activitiea a first class way to consentrate the minds of our increasingly mature and savy electorate.

He should be comended and thanked for his ‘ stirling ‘ efforts 👋🏽…..

……ymlaen at yr etholiad Seneddol 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 nesa 🗳

Kerry Davies
Kerry Davies
2 years ago
Reply to  Richard

Do tell just one of his policy positives. All I hear from him is moaning and a refusal to face reality. Does he believe that you and your family should lose the right to life which is what Raab is working on?
Is he in favour of closing down UK industry and farming as the ERG want?

Richard
Richard
2 years ago
Reply to  Kerry Davies

I’m sure he has an answer for all your questions Kerry – indeed I’ve never seen or heard him lost for words 🙂

j humphrys
j humphrys
2 years ago

Are that “fifth of the electorate in Wales” actually Welsh?

Richard
Richard
2 years ago
Reply to  j humphrys

A large number though possibly not a majority are.

The ward of 4000 i represented for 33 years on 3 levels of councils were 85 per cent from England but were mostly general election Labour voters…i think.

At the Devo reff around 45 per cent followed a pro Walea stance and as Dafydd Iawn said at the time – it was these folk who carried the day in their adopted land…and we should remember that.

Notta Bott
Notta Bott
2 years ago

So, if you get elected and just spend your time disagreeing with anything Labour or Plaid do, you get a good rating? Man, this is an easy con, need to run for election.

Richard
Richard
2 years ago
Reply to  Notta Bott

Worth a go mate 🤭

Y Cymro
Y Cymro
2 years ago

If Andrew RT Davies beat Boris Johnson in popularity poll shows you how much trouble Bo-Jo’s in, lol. 🤣

Rhosddu
Rhosddu
2 years ago

Bojo, mate, that’s like losing to Cefn Druids.

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