I have seen polls suggesting the Tories being wiped out from the North East, with even Hexham going Labour.
I doubt the Labour majority will be much above 70, and that the Tories will retain around 200 seats. This is because, even if there is a similar interest to getting rid of the Tories to 1997, Labour are not as popular under Kier Starmer now as under Tony Blair in 1997. Even the LibDem leader, Ed Davey, is at best uncharismatic and at worst tainted by the coalition, unlike Paddy Ashdown in 1997.
Of the current LibDem MPs, 4 have won by-elections and 11 were elected in 2019. Only 3 of these were MPs during the coalition years, and it is ironic that it is 1 of these 3 who is leader. I think their prospects would have been better had they chosen Layla Moran as leader.
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