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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

Polls mask many ‘undecideds’ and fuel Labour worry about mobilising voters

Keir Starmer visits a housing development in North Yorkshire on 20 June
Keir Starmer visits a housing development in North Yorkshire on 20 June as polls predicting a Labour landslide cause unease among party’s campaigners. Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

In three weeks’ time, Ed Davey could be standing at the dispatch box as the leader of the opposition, Rishi Sunak could be on a plane to California having lost his seat and three-quarters of the cabinet out on the job hunt while more than 500 Labour MPs take their seats. There are no leadership chances for the seatless James Cleverly, Penny Mordaunt or Priti Patel.

Are these predictions real, or as outlandish as they sound? Not all the polls are as apocalyptic for the Conservatives as the scenario above describes, but if Keir Starmer enters parliament with a majority of 150, it would now feel almost disappointing.

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