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A new poll suggests disaster ahead for Rishi Sunak, with the Tories on track to win just 72 seats in the next election.
A Survation poll for Best for Britain, published by The Sunday Times, predicted that Labour would win as many as 456 seats, which would far surpass Tony Blair’s landslide victory in 1997.
Meanwhile, Labour and Nigel Farage have accused the Tories of a ‘con’ over plans to send more migrants to Rwanda during the election campaign.
The Independent understands plans are in place to fly a person from Nigeria and another from Pakistan, who are in the UK illegally, to the East African country before the election on 4 July. But much like the first person who was sent in April, it is a voluntary move and so not an enforced deportation.
Mr Farage this week claimed Reform UK is the “new opposition” following a YouGov poll that put his party ahead of the Conservatives for the first time.
Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron has said Mr Farage is “incredibly divisive” and trying to “destroy” the Conservative Party.
‘Electoral extinction’: Fresh weekend polling blow to Sunak as polls show wider lead for Labour
The general election campaign has seen another damaging week for Rishi Sunak as Labour is racing ahead in the latest weekend polls.
The latest voting intention from Savanta for the Sunday Telegraph shows Labour take a 25-point lead on the Conservative Party- with Sir Keir Starmer’s party on 46 per cent of the vote, and the Conservatives on 21 per cent.
This is the largest gap in a Savanta poll since the end of Liz Truss’ premiership, and the lowest-ever vote share for the Tories under Rishi Sunak.
‘Electoral extinction’: Fresh weekend polling blow to Sunak as Labour races ahead
Labour takes a 25-point lead in the latest poll putting it on course for a 262-seat majority as Rishi Sunak finishes week four of the campaigns on a crushing low
Maryam Zakir-Hussain16 June 2024 22:30
Voters reveal which political leader they would like to manage the England football team
With England set to kick off their Euro 24 push against Serbia, UK voters have revealed that Sir Keir Starmer would be their choice of a party political leader to manage the team.
The Labour leader, a fanatical Arsenal season ticket holder, topped the Techne UK poll of 1,636 UK voters with 31 percent, with an image of being a tough manager on his Labour team after kicking Jeremy Corbyn off the squad.
The Labour leader has already put out his team message for England.
Voters reveal which political leader they would like to manage the England team
Exclusive: Techne UK asked voters which political leader would be best to manage the England football team
Maryam Zakir-Hussain16 June 2024 21:30
Britain's July 4 election is fast approaching. Rishi Sunak is running out of time to change the tune
With less than three weeks until Britain’s election day, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is running out of time to change an ominous tune for his Conservative Party.
The U.K. leader —who in recent days traveled to a Group of Seven summit and a Swiss conference on the Ukraine war — has been dogged by questions about whether voters are about to bring his time in office to an abrupt end on July 4.
Polls continue to give the left-of-center opposition Labour Party under Keir Starmer a double-digit lead over Sunak’s Conservatives, who have been in power for 14 years under five different prime ministers.
Britain's July 4 election is fast approaching. Rishi Sunak is running out of time to change the tune
With less than three weeks to go until Britain’s election day, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is running out of time to change the tune
Maryam Zakir-Hussain16 June 2024 20:30
Wes Streeting begs doctors not to strike amid warning Labour NHS plan worse than austerity
Wes Streeting has appealed to junior doctors to abandon their plans to go on strike during the election and wait to see what the result will be.
It comes after the shadow health secretary made clear he will not agree to their demands for a 35 percent pay rise branding them “unaffordable”.
But the row came as the respected health think tank the Nuffield Trust warned that both Labour and Tory plans for the NHS are worse than the peak of the austerity era under David Cameron’s premiership after the financial crash.
Streeting begs doctors not to strike as Labour warned NHS plans worse than austerity
Wes Streeting has appealed to doctors to abandon their strike but been warned over his plans for the NHS
Maryam Zakir-Hussain16 June 2024 19:30
Tory vote collapse so bad Labour argue only they can beat Farage in Clacton
Labour have claimed the collapse in Tory support is now so bad that only they can stop Nigel Farage winning Clacton if the last remaining Conservatives vote tactically for their candidate.
In 2019 Tory MP and former actor Giles Watling won Clacton with 72.3 per cent of the vote and a majority of 24,702, with Labour a very distant third on just 15.5 per cent.
But with the arrival of Mr Farage as the Reform UK candidate in a seat twice won by his former party Ukip, the dynamics appear to have changed.
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Tory vote collapse so bad Labour argue only they can beat Farage in Clacton
Clacton gave Tory MP Giles Watling a huge majority of 24,702 in 2019 – now it may be a straight race between Labour and Nigel Farage
Holly Evans16 June 2024 18:30
Jo Cox’s sister says intimidation of politicians is ‘unacceptable'
The sister of murdered Labour MP Jo Cox said intimidation of politicians is “completely unacceptable”.
Asked about Nigel Farage being attacked with a milkshake, Labour candidate Kim Leadbeater told Sky News’s Politics Hub With Sophy Ridge: “I think Jo, along with myself and many others, would find some of that behaviour totally and utterly unacceptable.
“Wherever you are on the political spectrum, whatever your views are, there’s no excuse for that abuse, intimidation and threatening behaviour.”
On the eight-year anniversary of Ms Cox’s death, Ms Leadbeater said she is still “furious” about what happened.
“But what I try and do is channel that anger and channel that emotion into doing something positive,” she said.
Holly Evans16 June 2024 17:40
‘Electoral extinction’: Fresh weekend polling blow to Sunak as polls show wider lead for Labour
The general election campaign has seen another damaging week for Rishi Sunak as Labour is racing ahead in the latest weekend polls.
The latest voting intention from Savanta for the Sunday Telegraph shows Labour take a 25-point lead on the Conservative Party- with Sir Keir Starmer’s party on 46 per cent of the vote, and the Conservatives on 21 per cent.
This is the largest gap in a Savanta poll since the end of Liz Truss’ premiership, and the lowest-ever vote share for the Tories under Rishi Sunak.
‘Electoral extinction’: Fresh weekend polling blow to Sunak as Labour races ahead
Labour takes a 25-point lead in the latest poll putting it on course for a 262-seat majority as Rishi Sunak finishes week four of the campaigns on a crushing low
Holly Evans16 June 2024 16:00
Douglas Ross’s decision to run as MP has left ‘bad taste’ in north east
Douglas Ross’s decision to stand to be an MP has left a “bad taste” in the north-east Scotland constituency where he is running, First Minister John Swinney has said.
The Scottish Conservative leader put himself forward as candidate for Aberdeenshire North and Moray East after David Duguid was told by the party’s management board that he could not stand due to his ill-health.
Mr Ross said he would step down as leader shortly afterwards, when his colleagues expressed unhappiness at the move.
Boundary changes mean that Aberdeenshire North and Moray East is being contested for the first time, but the majority of the constituency was in Banff and Buchan, previously represented by Mr Duguid.
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Swinney: Douglas Ross’s decision to run as MP has left ‘bad taste’ in north east
The Scottish Conservative leader put himself forward as candidate for Aberdeenshire North and Moray East instead of David Duguid.
Holly Evans16 June 2024 15:40
Kemi Badenoch accuses Labour of ‘intimidation and abuse’ towards its own
Kemi Badenoch has waded into the row about Labour candidate Rosie Duffield, accusing Labour of “intimidation and abuse” towards its own.
It comes after Labour peer Lord Cashman called Ms Duffield, who has been a defender of women’s rights, “frit or lazy” for cancelling local hustings over safety concerns.
Women and equalities minister Ms Badenoch tweeted: “I can’t imagine what it’s like being Rosie in a party where her own colleagues continually attack her, just for standing up for women.
“This is now about more than women’s rights, but how a party manages internal disagreement. Instead of healthy debate it’s intimidation and abuse.
“If this is what they do to their own, imagine what they will do to our country.”
Holly Evans16 June 2024 15:10
Rosie Duffield ‘frit or lazy’ criticism extremely unfair, says Wes Streeting
Wes Streeting has hit out at a Labour peer for calling Rosie Duffield “frit or lazy” after she called off local hustings over safety concerns.
Lord Cashman, a former EastEnders actor and Labour MEP, has apologised after he commented on a social media post about Ms Duffield’s move: “Frit. Or lazy”.
It came after Ms Duffield, a Labour General Election candidate who has been a defender of women’s rights and female-only spaces, said her attendance at local hustings was “impossible” because of “constant trolling”.
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Rosie Duffield ‘frit or lazy’ criticism extremely unfair, says Wes Streeting
Wes Streeting has criticised Lord Cashman, who made the comment about Labour candidate Rosie Duffield after she cancelled a local hustings.
Holly Evans16 June 2024 14:50
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