The Highly Dubious Electoral Advantage of Rishi’s Promise to ‘Stop the Boats’

McCabe, Steven (2023) The Highly Dubious Electoral Advantage of Rishi’s Promise to ‘Stop the Boats’. Birmingham City University, Centre for Brexit Studies Blog.

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Abstract

In announcing his government’s intention to ‘Stop the boats’, a slogan first used by Liberal leader Tony Abbott to win the Australian general election in 2013 (Doherty, 2023), whatdoes PM Rishi Sunak hope to achieve?

My view is that Sunak, though much less charismatic than his former boss Boris Johnson – but far more savvy in working out strategy – is engaging in a carefully orchestrated campaign in balancing his ‘good’ guy, ‘bad’ guy persona.

Item Type:	Other
Dates:	Date Event 10 March 2023 Published Online
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Centre for Brexit Studies, CBS, Brexit, BCU, EU, European Union, UK, Birmingham City University, UK Government, UK politics
Subjects:	CAH15 - social sciences > CAH15-03 - politics > CAH15-03-01 - politics
Divisions:	Research, Innovation, Enterprise > Centre for Brexit Studies
Depositing User:	Gemma Tonks
Date Deposited:	22 Mar 2023 15:01
Last Modified:	22 Mar 2023 15:01
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/14271