A trio of mega-polls last night predicted that the party is on course for the worst performance in its 200-year history.
The Tories are staring down the barrel of an election night drubbing that will reduce the party to a rump of little more than 100 seats.
He admitted the polls were 'not the cheeriest reading. But the Aberdonian Levelling-Up Secretary, who is not standing at the election, likened the party to the Scotland football team - plucky underdogs who don't give up. 'There is still an opportunity for us to make these arguments and as we make these arguments, my experience ... is that when you do talk to voters, outline some of the tax dangers, outline some of Labour's plans for the future, then people do think twice.
Rishi Sunak is predicted to become the first sitting Prime Minister to lose his seat, according to a major poll Despite having represented South West Surrey as MP since 2005, the Chancellor is facing significant pressure from the Liberal Democrats in the area's redrawn constituency of Godalming and Ash.
One figure close to the former home secretary told The Times she had 'fallen by the wayside' following her regular public interventions, that colleagues saw less in the long-term interests of the party and more as an act of self-service by Ms Braverman.
In a sign of the difficulty in making such projections, Reform was not seen as securing any seats in the Savanta MRP.Three mega-polls yesterday showed a host of Tory Cabinet ministers could lose their seats on July 4. 'Far from the narrowing in the polls many expected to see by now the Conservatives position instead appears to be getting worse and only a small move away from them could see them reduced to 107 seats.
In Scotland, the YouGov research showed Labour winning 28 seats, with the SNP falling to just 20 seats and the Tories dropping to five constituencies. However, ministers have been increasingly open about their fears about the party's prospects, with both Mel Stride and Welsh Secretary David TC Davies conceding yesterday that Labour is almost certain to triumph.
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