Vote Week, Spanish Countdown & Deal Done

Can Rishi Sunak actually win elections?

Stuart Mitchell/@IncMonocle

Hello again and welcome back to Heaver News! I hope you are all well.

Could the Tories seriously be crushed at every by-election this week?

It looks like it could be on the cards and would be a pretty horrendous result for Rishi Sunak, who needs to prove he can actually get Tory supporters to go out and vote for the party again.

I definitely think he has received an easy ride from much of Remainstream media who find the current PM more palatable than the likes of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss.

But the Government still aren’t delivering on their pledges and as I’ve pointed out, Reform UK have seen some of their strongest poll results recently.

Can the likes of Reform and the Reclaim Party back it up with notable by-election performances this week? Not long to find out.

Many Leavers will have their eyes on this - including paid subscriber RW52 who responded to my last post by saying:

“Things are moving a lot faster than I first thought and I now believe that Reform HAVE to step up and for Nigel to decide what he's doing...”

A big welcome to Richard as well, the newest paid supporter of Heaver News. Thanks for your support!

If you think things are moving fast here then what’s occurring across European politics right now is even more striking, as conservative parties look on course for another big election win.