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BREAKING:. Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi's tax affairs are under investigation by HMRC.
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Westminster Voting Intention (Red Wall):. LAB: 61% (+12).CON: 23% (-11).LDM: 7% (+2).GRN: 4% (=).REF: 3% (-4). Via @RedfieldWilton, On 3-4 October,.Changes w/ 19-20 September.
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BREAKING:. Craig Whittaker, Conservative MP for Calder Valley, has said Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak should resign.
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🚨BREAKING🚨. The SNP is going to table a motion of No Confidence in Boris Johnson at Westminster on Tuesday.
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Conservative leadership contender Rishi Sunak has referred to the Equality Act 2010 as a "trojan horse" of "woke nonsense" and has pledged to review it if he becomes Prime Minister. Here is some of what is contained in the Equality Act 2010:. [1/7].
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NEW:. Sources close to the Privileges Committee say the evidence about partygate is so damning against Boris Johnson that he could be 'gone by Christmas' if he returns as Conservative Leader and Prime Minister.
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NEW:. Conservative MP for Christchurch Sir Christopher Chope has called for a general election because the party is "ungovernable".
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BREAKING:. Lord Frost has called for Liz truss to resign.
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NEW:. Steve Brine, Conservative MP for Winchester, has submitted a letter of no confidence in Boris Johnson.
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NEW:. Conservative Party staffers have been threatening to quit their jobs if Boris Johnson is elected the next leader.
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Westminster Voting Intention:. LAB: 45% (+5).CON: 28% (-4).LDM: 9% (=).GRN: 7% (-1).SNP: 4% (-1).REF: 3% (=). Via @YouGov, On 23-25 September,.Changes w/ 21-22 September.
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NEW:. Andrew Bridgen, Conservative MP for Leicestershire North West, has been evicted from his home and has been ordered to pay £800,000 in legal costs, and could be ordered to pay £244,000 in rent arrears. He has also been described as ‘dishonest’ by a judge.
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NEW:. Conservative MP, Sir Roger Gale has called for Boris Johnson to resign.
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NEW:. Former acting leader of the Labour Party, Harriet Harman MP, is to head the committee that will decide if Boris Johnson intentionally misled Parliament over partygate.
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NEW:. Nigel Farage has confirmed that Reform UK plans to stand a full slate of candidates in the next general election and there will be no deals with the Conservatives.
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BREAKING:. Caroline Nokes, Conservative MP for Romsey and Southampton North, has called for Boris Johnson to Resign.
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BREAKING:. The SNP is under investigation for financial fraud, confirmed by Police Scotland.
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NEW:. Anne Marie Morris, Conservative MP for Newton Abbot, has had the whip restored after voting for an opposition motion in January. She has also resubmitted her letter of no confidence in Boris Johnson.
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POLL: Should the UK stay out or rejoin the EU:. Rejoin: 53% (+5).Stay Out: 34% (-3).Don’t Know: 13% (-2). Don’t Knows Excluded:. Rejoin: 61% (+4).Stay Out: 39% (-4). Via @Omnisis, On 17-22 November,.Changes w/ 11 November.
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POLL: Who was the best Prime Minister of 2022:. Boris Johnson: 28%.Rishi Sunak: 19%.Liz Truss: 1%.None of them: 46%. Via @Omnisis.
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NEW:. Twelve Conservative MPs are planning to submit letters of no confidence in Liz Truss to force a leadership election and get Boris Johnson back as leader by Christmas.
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NEW:. Boris Johnson is facing a second partygate fine over attending an aide's leaving party.
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Westminster Voting Intention:. LAB: 50% (+5).CON: 21% (=).LDM: 8% (-1).REF: 7% (-1).GRN: 5% (-4). Via @PeoplePolling, On 24 January. Changes w/ 18 January.
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Westminster Voting Intention:. LAB: 53% (+1).CON: 19% (-1). Via @PeoplePolling, 12 October, Changes w/ 6 October.
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These were the results of the 1991 Ukrainian Independence Referendum in Donetsk and Luhansk:. Donetsk:.YES: 84%.NO: 16%.Turnout of 64%. Luhansk:.YES: 84%.NO: 16%.Turnout of 68%. Both regions were overwhelmingly in favour of Ukrainian independence from the Soviet Union.
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Westminster Voting Intention (London):. LAB: 59% (+11).CON: 22% (-10).LDM: 13% (-2). Via @Survation, On 30 September-4 October,.Changes w/ GE2019.
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NEW:. Suspended Conservative MP David Warburton has been found to have:. - failed to disclose a £25k donation from a billionaire. - used a forged document in an £800k mortgage application. - concealed an interest in a property firm.
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BREAKING:. Boris Johnson is expected to stand in the Conservative Party leadership contest.
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NEW:. Alicia Kearns, Conservative MP for Rutland and Melton, has reaffirmed her no confidence in Boris Johnson.
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NEW:. Home Secretary Suella Braverman has been reported to the Financial Conduct Authority over the confidential email leak by Labour.
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BREAKING:. Reform UK has overtaken the Conservatives in a @YouGov poll for the first time. LAB: 37% (-1).REF: 19% (+2).CON: 18% (=).LDM: 14% (-1).
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BREAKING:. Sir Bob Neill, Conservative MP for Bromley & Chislehurst, has announced that he has submitted a letter of no confidence in Boris Johnson.
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NEW:. King Charles has rejected the idea of a cut-price coronation, it will be a once in a lifetime spectacle of “glorious” pomp and pageantry.
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Should Scotland remain in the United Kingdom or leave the United Kingdom:. Remain: 50%.Leave: 35%.Don’t Know: 9%. Don’t knows excluded:. Remain: 59%.Leave: 41%. Via @YouGov, On 29-31 March 2022.
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Westminster MRP Seat projection:. LAB: 411 (+209).CON: 137 (-228).LDM: 39 (+27).SNP: 37 (-11).
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Westminster Voting Intention in ‘The Blue Wall’:. LAB: 41% (+22).CON: 28% (-20).LDM: 24% (-3).GRN: 4% (+3).REF: 3% (NEW). Via @RedfieldWilton, On 7-8 October,.Changes w/ GE2019.
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Should Scotland Remain in the UK or leave the UK. REMAIN - 57%.LEAVE - 43%. Via @Survation on 12th March.
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Westminster Voting Intention:. LAB: 43% (+2).CON: 28% (-4).LDM: 12% (+1).GRN: 4% (+1).SNP: 4% (=). Via @SavantaComRes, On 8-10 July,.Changes w/ 1-3 July.
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BREAKING:. The BBC chairman helped arrange a guarantee on a loan of up to £800K for Boris Johnson weeks before the former PM selected him for the role.
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Scottish Parliament, Pro-UK vs Anti-UK votes:. Unionist: 1,364,656 (CON/LAB/LD).Nationalist: 1,326,194 (SNP/GRN). Majority: 38,462.
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BREAKING:. Four former cabinet ministers are privately urging Nadhim Zahawi to resign tonight.
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Westminster Voting Intention:. LAB: 51% (+3).CON: 24% (-3).LDM: 10% (+1).REF: 6% (=).GRN: 5% (=).SNP: 3% (-1). Via @RedfieldWilton, On 18 February,.Changes w/ 12 February.
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🚨BREAKING🚨. Andrew Bridgen, Conservative MP for Leicestershire North West, has submitted a letter of no confidence in Boris Johnson to the 1922 Committee, over a “moral vacuum in government”.
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BREAKING:. Conservative MP for Somerton and Frome David Warburton has resigned. A by-election will take place in his constituency.
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Westminster Voting Intention:. LAB: 51% (+4).CON: 25% (-1).LDM: 7% (-2).REF: 6% (=).GRN: 5% (-1).SNP: 4% (-1). Via @Omnisis, On 22 December,.Changes w/ 15 December.
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NEW:. Alok Sharma, Conservative MP for Reading West, is in the running to become the UN's global climate chief. If he gets the role, he will have to resign his seat in Parliament, triggering a by-election in Reading West, which has a 4,117 Conservative majority over Labour.
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🚨BREAKING🚨. Wendy Morton has resigned as Chief Whip.
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NEW:. Scottish Independence has reached its lowest level since the 2019 General Election. NO: 54% (+2).YES: 46% (-2).
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NEW:. Lib Dem deputy leader Daisy Cooper has said if the Health Secretary Steve Barclay cannot solve the winter ambulance crisis, he should resign.
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BREAKING:. The Independent is backing Labour for the first time since 2005.
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Westminster Voting Intention:. LAB: 40% (+4).CON: 29% (-4).LDM: 15% (+2).GRN: 6% (=).SNP: 5% (=).REF: 3% (=). Via @YouGov,.Changes w/ 28-29 June.
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BREAKING:. Chris Philp has been sacked as Chief Secretary to the Treasury.
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NEW:. The Lib Dems have said their price for a post-election deal with Labour would be electoral reform without a referendum.
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NEW:. Last night, Michael Gove gave Boris Johnson until 9pm to resign, but instead, the Prime Minister fired Michael Gove at 8:59pm.
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NEW:. Nadine Dorries is standing down as an MP at the next election.
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NEW:. Michael Gove has said that it is a matter of when not if Liz Truss is removed as Prime Minister.
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BREAKING:. Rangers FC are taking legal action against Humza Yousaf (Scottish Heath Secretary, and former Scottish Justice Secretary) after police cleared players of using sectarian language during title celebrations.
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🚨BREAKING🚨. David Simmonds, Conservative MP for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner has said the Prime Minister no longer has his confidence.
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Westminster Voting Intention:. CON: 27% (+2).LAB: 25% (-9).REF: 22% (+8).LDM: 12% (-).GRN: 9% (+2).SNP: 3% (=). Via @FindoutnowUK, On 27th November,.Changes w/ GE2024.
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NEW:. Two backbench Conservative MPs have reportedly said Rishi Sunak should resign “on principle” after receiving his second fixed penalty notice.
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NEW:. Reigate MP Crispin Blunt has become the first Conservative MP to call for Liz Truss’ resignation.
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Westminster Voting Intention:. LAB: 50% (+2).CON: 24% (-4).LDM: 8% (+1).GRN: 5% (-2).REF: 5% (+2).SNP: 4% (=). Via @Omnisis, On 19 January,.Changes w/ 12 January.
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Westminster Voting Intention:. LAB: 50% (+4).CON: 21% (-1).LDM: 7% (-2).REF: 7% (=).GRN: 6% (-1).SNP: 4% (-1). Via @PeoplePolling, On 9 February,.Changes w/ 1 February.
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Westminster Voting Intention:. LAB: 43% (+4).CON: 28% (-2).LDM: 11% (-1). Via @YouGov,.Changes w/ 9-10 August.
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Clacton Constituency Voting Intention:. REF: 48% (NEW).CON: 21% (-51).LAB: 18% (+2).LDM: 6% (=).GRN: 6% (+3). Via @JLPartnersPolls, On 10-19 June,.Changes w/ GE2019.
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BREAKING:. The SNP have been threatening the victim of Sex Pest MP Patrick Grady (who is a party staffer) with misconduct action after criticising the party's response to the scandal.
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NEW:. According to a Conservative Party leadership contender, Boris Johnson could face another no confidence vote ‘within weeks’.
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Westminster Voting Intention:. LAB: 48% (+1).CON: 27% (-3).LDM: 10% (-2).REF: 5% (+1).GRN: 4% (+1).SNP: 4% (+1). Via @RedfieldWilton, On 6 November,.Changes w/ 3 November.
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Westminster Voting Intention (Red Wall):. LAB: 61% (=).CON: 21% (-2).REF: 8% (+5).LDM: 5% (-2).GRN: 3% (-1). Via @RedfieldWilton, 16-17 October,.Changes w/ 3-4 October.
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NEW:. Cabinet ministers think a general election next year is inevitable because they believe the Conservatives are an “ungovernable rabble”.
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NEW:. A cabinet minister has called for Dominic Raab to resign as Deputy PM, saying:. "I just don’t think he’s a very nice human being.".
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NEW:. Nigel Farage has been holding secret meetings with northern Conservative MPs, who unhappy with Rishi Sunak’s leadership, to ‘test the waters’ about a potential political comeback.
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This is the first Scottish Labour lead recorded in a Westminster poll since 2014:. LAB: 38% .SNP: 32% .CON: 18%. Via @YouGov, On Late October,.
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Westminster Voting Intention:. LAB: 52% (+6).CON: 25% (-4).LDM: 10% (-3).GRN: 5% (+1).SNP: 5% (+2).REF: 3% (-1). Via @RedfieldWilton, On 2 October,.Changes w/ 29 September.
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Westminster Voting Intention (Red Wall):. LAB: 53% (+2).CON: 27% (-2).REF: 9% (=).LDM: 5% (=).GRN: 4% (+1). Via @RedfieldWilton, On 23 January,.Changes w/ 9 January.
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Westminster Voting Intention (Wales):. LAB: 53% (+4).CON: 19% (-1).PLC: 12% (-2).REF: 8% (-1).LDM: 4% (-1).GRN: 3% (=). Via @YouGov, On 17-23 February,.Changes w/ 7 February,.
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POLL: 'Should Scotland remain a part of the United Kingdom or leave the United Kingdom?':. Remain: 51% (-1).Leave: 36% (-2).Undecided: 13% (+3). Undecideds Excluded:. Remain: 59% (+1).Leave: 41% (-1). Via @Survation, On 28-29 September,.Changes w/ 3 May.
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Westminster Voting Intention:. LAB: 56% (+5).CON: 19% (-4).LDM: 10% (+1).REF: 5% (+2).GRN: 4% (-3). Via @YouGov,.Changes w/ 11-12 October.
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NEW:. Nigel Farage will not stand to become an MP again because he does not want to face the humiliation of an eighth defeat.
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NEW:. The Economist is backing Labour for the first time since 2005.
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NEW:. Liz Truss is thinking of running for the Conservative Party leadership again after the next General Election.
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NEW:. Elliot Colburn, Conservative MP for Carshalton and Wallington, has submitted a letter of no confidence in Boris Johnson.
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NEW:. The Liberal Democrats are calling for Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng to resign if the Pound reaches parity with the US Dollar.
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Westminster Voting Intention:. LAB: 50% (+1).CON: 24% (-4).LDM: 10% (+2).REF: 6% (+1).GRN: 5% (=).SNP: 3% (-1). Via @RedfieldWilton, On 5 February,.Changes w/ 29 January.
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Westminster Voting Intention (Red Wall):. LAB: 48% (+1).CON: 31% (-3).LDM: 7% (-1).REF: 7% (+2).GRN: 5% (+2). Via @RedfieldWilton, On 4 September,.Changes w/ 21 August.
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Westminster Voting Intention:. LAB:: 26% (+3).REF: 25% (+1).CON: 23% (-3).LDM: 11% (=).GRN: 9% (=).SNP: 3% (=). Via @FindoutnowUK, On 11th December,.Changes w/ 4th December.
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🚨BREAKING🚨. Stephen Hammond, Conservative MP for Wimbledon, has submitted a letter of no confidence in Boris Johnson to Sir Graham Brady.
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Westminster Voting Intention:. LAB: 48% (+2).CON: 21% (-1).LDM: 8% (+1).REF: 7% (-1).GRN: 7% (=).SNP: 5% (=). Via @PeoplePolling, On 11 January,.Changes w/ 4 January.
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Westminster Voting Intention:. LAB: 41% (+1).CON: 34% (-1).LDM: 9% (-1).GRN: 5% (+1).SNP: 4% (=). Via @techneUK, On 12-13 April,.Changes w/ 6-7 April.
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NEW:. Liz Truss is planning to stand again in the next election and has said “They’ll have to drag me out of Parliament” to her staff.
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Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election result:. LAB: 58.6% (+24.1).SNP: 27.6% (-16.6).CON: 3.9% (-11.1).LDM: 2.9% (-2.2).GRN: 2.0% (+2.0).REF: 1.3% (+1.3). Labour GAIN from the SNP.
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NEW:. Labour is considering changing their constitution to rule out ever going into a formal coalition with the SNP or any nationalist party.
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NEW:. Letters of no confidence in Liz Truss are already being submitted by Conservatives MPs as they believe the recent budget announcement was a disastrous decision. A Conservative MP described the announcement on Friday as a ‘S*** Show’.
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General Election Seat Projection:. LAB: 461 (+258).CON: 90 (-275).SNP: 38 (-10).LDM: 37 (+26).OTH: 24 (-1). Labour Majority of 273,.Via @FindoutnowUK/@ElectCalculus.
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Should Scotland remain in the UK or leave the UK Voting Intention:. Remain: 53% (+1).Leave: 37% (-2).Undecideds: 10% (+1). Undecideds Excluded:. Remain: 59% (+2).Leave: 41% (-2). Via @Survation, On 18-22 November,.Changes w/ 31 August-1 September.
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Westminster Voting Intention:. LAB: 41% (+2).CON: 30% (-3).LDM: 15% (+3). Via @IpsosUK, On 22-29 June,.Changes w/ 11-17 May.
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Westminster Voting Intention (Scotland):. SNP: 41% (-4).LAB: 31% (+12).CON: 16% (-9).LDM: 8% (-2).REF: 2% (NEW).GRN: 2% (+1). Via @RedfieldWilton, On 26-27 November,.Changes w/ 2019 General Election.
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NEW:. Former Conservative leader William Hague has described Boris Johnson's leadership returning as "possibly the worst idea I've heard of".
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Westminster Voting Intention:. LAB: 46% (+1).CON: 18% (-2).REF: 13% (+1).LDM: 10% (=). Via @PeoplePolling, On 7 March,.Changes w/ 25 January.
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