Simply think about you might be a type of Tory MPs who got here to Westminster because of features made on the final normal election. It’s probably that while you put your self ahead to be the candidate in a constituency that all the time went Labour you actually had no thought that victory was attainable.
However then the massive upheaval of the December 2019 election took place and also you discovered your self an MP with all of the adjustments in your life that meant.
That was in an election the place there was an general GB Tory vote lead of 12% and it doesn’t take a lot figuring out to determine that if LAB has a ballot lead of any kind then your state of affairs doesn’t look promising. Even a small Tory lead, the likes of which we haven’t seen since final December, won’t prevent.
It’s the group of MPs whose seats are at risk who shall be watching Liz Truss with nice consideration when she turns into chief and PM subsequent month. Can the alternative for Boris ship in a normal election? Your political future relies on it. Their hope have to be that the brand new chief could have a honeymoon and can flip issues spherical for the Tories. If that doesn’t occur then we might simply see one other confidence vote.
After watching quite a lot of Truss over the previous few weeks I’m removed from satisfied that she has what it takes to steer the Tories to a different election victory. How do Redwall MPs see it? They could possibly be an actual drawback for the brand new chief.
Mike Smithson
