Rishi Sunak has braced Tory MPs for possible defeats in Thursday’s triple by-election but promised them he will outline his vision to win over voters in the coming months.
The Prime Minister told a meeting of the 1922 Committee of Conservative backbenchers on the eve of the polls that they face a “tough battle” in what had been seen as safe seats for the Tories.
The Liberal Democrats are eying victory in the contest in Somerton and Frome, triggered by David Warburton quitting after admitting cocaine use amid allegations of sexual harassment. “I was recently described as a full spectrum modern Conservative and you are going to see that in the programme I lay out.”
“When we come back in September we have a choice to make, all of us. Do we come together and throw everything at winning the next election or not? I’ve made my choice, I’m all in with you to win,” Mr Sunak told the meeting.Tory backbencher Jonathan Gullis told reporters outside the meeting that the problem is “apathetic Conservative voters” rather than the public’s support for Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer.
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