The Tory Party and the Media

The party in the media has far more power than your average MP. MPs believe in their power still to persuade the electorate, despite a lot of research saying that's overblown. But also because they worry thatMedia has an influence on grassroots supporters and may push MPs in one particular direction. An editorial in the daily telegraph is actually quite likely to have an influence on what the party leadership does even in government. So for example, although many people seem to have forgotten COVID, you can see in the way that the government handled it. We've got one children presenter versus a very strangulated North London lawyer. Who knows which will come off best?