The Conservative Party is facing significant challenges as internal polling suggests they could be heading for a major defeat in the upcoming elections, with projections of a 200-seat Labour majority. At a recent Tory summer party, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was seen selling access to senior ministers, while Cabinet members and donors mingled and discussed the potential aftermath of the elections. Activists have been diverted to safer seats, including James Cleverly’s seat with a 25,000 majority, indicating a sense of fatalism within the party. Some Tory candidates are fighting to save their seats, comparing their efforts to a 'Rorke's Drift-style last stand.' The atmosphere at the Hurlingham event was described as surreal, with Cabinet ministers and donors drinking champagne and dancing into the small hours. A senior Tory likened the situation to the Somme.
'It's like Rorke's Drift': How Tory candidates are fighting to save their seats in the face of predicted wipeout https://t.co/9jP6AeoUxU
INSIDE WESTMINSTER: When even Tories in what were once safe seats talk about a Rorke's Drift-style last stand, you know it's going to be ugly https://t.co/j8LRs26ScA https://t.co/goP6FwiiH5
Times weekend read: Inside surreal Conservative summer party where Cabinet ministers and donors drank champagne and danced into small hours as all polls point to wipeout * Sunak’s potential successors mingled with donors, all conversations were about election aftermath ��It was…
NEW: @BloombergUK Saturday read * Tory internal polling this week showed that as things stand they’re set for a worst case scenario in line with MRP polls projecting a 200 Labour majority * senior Tory: “it’s going to be like the Somme” https://t.co/gXpr0Fut7v
Activists diverted to James Cleverly’s seat (maj 25,000) Tory candidates in northern seats knocking on doors in the south, fatalism at the Hurlingham…an @ftweekend read on the Tory campaign https://t.co/a7tB79ys1K
INSIDE THE TORY SUMMER PARTY ...where Rishi Sunak was selling off access to senior ministers ...while he still can. https://t.co/AEaDh3xlAR