Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives are facing their worst ever result at the general election and could be left with just 130 seats, according to Professor Sir John Curtice.

The country’s top polling guru warned of the bleak situation faced by the Tories as they head into winter with the news dominated by infighting over the prime minister’s Rwanda deportation plan.

  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝OPA
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    11 months ago

    They probably feel that, at a minimum they could spend the time ripping off as much as they can and laying traps for Labour to stumble into to give them a better chance of getting back in at the following election.

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      11 months ago

      Yep. The GOP did the same thing & it seems to be working for them because people have the political attention spans of fruit flies.

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      11 months ago

      That’s giving labour too much credit: To stumble into a trap, you have to actually come off the fence some time.