July 20 is shaping up to be something of a Super Thursday — unless you’re Rishi Sunak. Although nothing’s certain in politics these days, there’s a serious possibility that the Tories could lose all three by-elections scheduled to take place before the summer recess.
The pain looks set to continue into the autumn when (presuming she does eventually quit) Nadine Dorries’s belated departure from the Commons will trigger another potentially tricky contest — one that may end up taking place alongside what might well prove a defeat for another beleaguered leader, the SNP’s Humza Yousaf.
