Tim Bale, Professor of Politics, is quoted in The New York Times on Rishi Sunak:
“If you look at his personal ratings, they are as low as they’ve ever been, and the party is still between 15 to 20 points behind in the opinion polls, so clearly he had to do something,”“Whether this is just, ‘For God’s sake, do something,’ rather than a thought-out plan, as they are trying to sell it, is more of a moot point.”
New York Times (paywall)