The Tories air their grievances

In my unscientific canvass of Tory opinion this morning, there have been a couple of consistent themes. There’s a lot of criticism that the government lacks a narrative, that voters don’t understand why it is doing what it is doing. Another regular demand is for a shake-up of Number 10. Now, undoubtedly some of this is just the acceptable way of criticising the leader. But reinforcements arriving in Downing Street — especially ones with deep roots in the Tory party — would reassure quite a few people, as well as broadening Number 10’s support base in the party.

Sayeeda Warsi is also coming in for a lot of stick. There’s irritation at her crass attempt to link UKIP and the BNP, and CCHQ’s failure to offer more support to vulnerable Tory councils.

Many Cameroons will want to dismiss these comments as backseat driving. But they would be well advised to remember that they are in coalition with their own party as well as the Liberal Democrats.