“…Make sure this time you get it right/Vote for Greg Kni-igh-ight.”
Continuing our ConservativeHome series on the key contests in each region or nation.
Corbyn isn’t some misguided but well-meaning old man, but a deeply committed socialist intent on crashing our economy.
There is no point in any party piling up votes in its safer seats – assuming that voters vital to it, such as younger people in Labour’s case, turn out in large numbers in any event.
Theresa May’s philosophy has no cadre of committed supporters amongst the membership, MPs, or think tanks. It may thus prove short-lived.
As we write, the Conservatives are still set for a win on Thursday, but there is risk of further slippage – unless key voters can be persuaded that Corbyn will crash the car.
“Do you want to comment on that?” Dimbleby asks the Labour leader, as the latter’s stance is criticised. “No.”
The Prime Minister was speaking in yesterday evening’s special edition of the BBC’s Question Time.
But there is still much to play for: we find no fewer than 70 seats where Labour and the Tories are within five per cent of each other.
Remember when Tory strategists fretted about getting the public to believe Labour were a real risk? Problem solved.
The tenacity of his public image as a well-meaning grandfather figure doesn’t change his shameful record.
Some voters have gone off Theresa May over the course of the campaign – but many won’t switch to Labour because of Brexit.
Willingness to leave the EU with no deal, but to pay for specific programmes, is popular. Intervention in businesses and the economy is not.
Her new administration would be on the right side on the big issues – Brexit, immigration, Islamism; and would likely feel its way towards the right answer on the economy and trade.
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