‘We are fighting hard for votes after one of his most loyal’, said Rishi Sunak after one of his most loyal Cabinet allies said Labour is likely to win the largest majority any party has ever achieved.
Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride expressed unsurity about the accuracy of polls predicting a win for Sir Keir Starmer’s party, saying it was highly unlikely they were wrong.
In contrast, Sunak argued that such an outcome was not inevitable, emphasising Mr. Stride’s concerns about the implications of a large, unchecked Labour majority for the public.
Sir Keir accused the Conservatives of exaggerating the chances of a landslide victory to dissuade potential Labour supporters from voting.
The Tory campaign faced another setback just before polling day when The Sun endorsed Labour for the first time since 2005. Stride, who helped run Sunak’s campaign for the Conservative leadership and has made regular appearances on the TV and radio during the election campaign.
He said, ‘I acknowledge that the current polling trend, which has been stable for some time, suggests that tomorrow we are likely to see the largest majority ever achieved by any party. ‘Notably, voter intention surveys have suggested a Labour lead of around 20 points, while massive multilevel regression and poststratification (MRP) studies, which forecast constituency level results, have consistently indicated a Labour landslide.
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