Former business minister: Voters "lost faith" in Tories
Former business minister Kevin Hollinrake admits that voters "lost faith" in the Conservatives on controlling migration, but is optimistic his party can "regroup" by the next election.
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00:00At the end of the day, people did appreciate what we'd done through the COVID crisis,
00:04through the cost of living crisis, supported people through those times. But we'd also
00:09promised for a number of terms that we would control migration, for example.
00:14We hadn't done that as effectively as we might have done. I think we were on the cusp of
00:18delivering that. But I think people would only listen to those promises a number of times before
00:24they lose faith. And I think people lost faith in us. I think we've been there for 14 years.
00:28People have been through some turbulent times. And I think it's a natural inclination of people
00:33to look for change at times of difficulty. So I think all those things contributed
00:38to the scale of the defeat. I think it's fair to say, though, we are now in opposition
00:44against the least popular majority government in history. The least popular, less than 34%
00:50of the vote. So I think it's a real opportunity for our party to regroup behind a new leader
00:55and really take the challenge to the Labour Party, both in opposition
00:59and potentially in 2029 in the general election that comes then.