"Current numbers suggest" the Conservative Party faces a significant challenge in the next general election, particularly in central London. Keiran Pedley of IpsosUK and Professor Tony Travers from the London School of Economics highlighted the possibility of the Conservatives losing their three remaining central London seats. Minister Greg Hands is "in fight to win his seat", which is crucial to prevent a complete Tory wipe-out "for the first time ever" in the area. The Labour Party is "strongly targeting" at least two of these seats, with predictions suggesting that the Conservatives could be pushed "right to the edges of the city". Additionally, Boris Johnson's former adviser Jo Tanner revealed that Tory MPs are advised not to campaign in certain by-elections, considering those losses as already "priced into the death spiral."
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“It now looks as if the Conservatives will be pushed right to the edges of the city," says Tony Travers, of the London School of Economics on the threatened Tory wipe-out in central London at the next general election
“Current numbers suggest Conservatives could lose their three remaining central London seats at the next election,” says @keiranpedley of @IpsosUK, (with warning about over reading too much into national polls for individual seats) https://t.co/WjjXD274aw
Minister Greg Hands faces a battle to hold onto his seat at the next general election to avoid a Tory wipe-out in central London for the first time ever, say political experts https://t.co/GUOFhp3of7
“It looks likely that Greg Hands’ seat will be the last one standing for the Conservatives in inner London and even that looks marginal," says Professor Tony Travers, of the London School of Economics https://t.co/1KCzPb4iIw
The Conservatives currently hold three seats in central London but Labour is strongly targeting at least two of them https://t.co/WjjXD274aw https://t.co/redxmwIHNy
Minister Greg Hands 'in fight to win his seat to avoid Tory wipe-out' in central London, say political experts