Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives are staring a general election wipe-out “in the face”, said the UK’s top polling guru after devastating back to back by-election losses in safe Tory seats.
Prof John Curtice said Labour’s shock wins in Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire meant the Tories had not seen such poor by-election results since the run-up to Tony Blair’s 1997 general election landslide.
