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Tories facing general election wipeout with just 130 seats, says polling guru (www.independent.co.uk)

submitted 11 months ago by Emperor@feddit.uk to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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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.

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[–] twinnie@feddit.uk 14 points 11 months ago (2 children)

However anyone feels about their performance they can’t simply do a better job between now and the election. The signs are there for everyone to see that it’s simply time to let someone else have a go.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 17 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 5 points 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.

[–] GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk 0 points 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.

[–] apis@beehaw.org 2 points 11 months ago

Of course, but there's a whole lot of destruction they wish to wreak before relinquishing power to make it all the harder for Labour to reverse the damage. They definitely don't want Labour to be able to get beyond reversing damage & onto instituting good things!

Meantime, they retain opportunities to carry on grifting until the next election.

Incompetence & bad ideas are one thing (governance is genuinely hard & complex after all), but they're not even operating in semi-reasonable faith.