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Divided they fall: can the Tories save themselves?

22 October 2022

9:00 AM

22 October 2022

9:00 AM

Seldom has support for a government fallen so far, so fast. Polls show that 24 per cent of the public would vote for the Conservatives if there was an election now, vs 52 per cent for Labour: figures that make 1997 look like a good result for the Tories. This is not just a one-off rogue poll, but the sustained average of six.

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