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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Mikey Smith

60 target seats where Boris Johnson is vulnerable to election 'pincer movement'

Boris Johnson's Tories face a general election drubbing if Labour and the Lib Dems can repeat their 'pincer movement' against vulnerable Tories across the country.

This week's dual by-election defeat saw Labour overturn a Tory majority in the northern red wall seat of Wakefield with a 12% swing.

Meanwhile, the Lib Dems used Mr Johnson's unpopularity in the south to turn Tiverton and Honiton yellow for the first time in almost a century with a 29% swing.

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