They now say he is fired up and keen to go “gloves off” against Labour, drawing starker dividing lines with the opposition and offering bolder policy to voters who are crying out for some hope. Sunak’s is not a leaky Downing Street where officials routinely talk out of turn, but conversations with several of those close to the prime minister suggest that it has taken several weeks of intense persuasion to convince him that just turning up and doing the job competently will not be enough to win the general election. In a report in the Sunday Times at the weekend Tim Shipman and Harry Yorke said: Sunak issued his tweet linking Labour with “criminal gangs” following reports saying he has been persuaded that he needs to campaign more aggressively if he wants to win the next election. At PMQs in April Sunak claimed Labour was going to “side with the people smugglers” when it voted against the illegal migration bill. While the Sunak smear was unusual, because prime ministerial tweets are normally more restrained, it was not unprecedented. Dale described the Sunak tweet as “pretty desperate stuff”. McMahon was commenting on a tweet from Iain Dale, the broadcaster who worked as a Tory adviser many years ago. When all else is lost, the only place you have is the gutter.
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