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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Colin Drury

‘Waitrose woman’: Tories’ newest target voters take aim at Johnson

The Independent

Carrie Johnson once dismissed the interior decor at Downing Street as a “John Lewis nightmare”.

But now it seems middle-class shoppers at the partnership’s supermarkets have been identified as the group that can keep her husband Boris in power.

“Waitrose woman” is reported to be the voter demographic Downing Street reckons is crucial if the prime minister is to reverse plummeting ratings and defy rebellious Tory MPs in the wake of both Partygate and the cost of living crisis.

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