A Bad Week Can Ruin an Election
Paul Goodman, Conservative Home
Iain Dale writes today on this site that the Conservatives have had a bad campaigning week. So has Labour. The Tories have had Alan Cairns' resignation; Labour, Tom Watson's. Both parties have stood candidates down, as is the way now, over remarks they've made: a Conservative said in 2014 that women at risk of rape should keep their knickers on; a socialist said this week that Israel is like a child abuser.