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The Tory Brand Has Been Trashed by Boris Johnson

Labour is 25 points ahead in the Red Wall seats. So he could lose a few, but I don't think he would lose many. The Conservatives have trashed their brand. Boris Johnson might well have given Starm or a real run for his money. All the party stuff would have been behind him. Who knows? Anything was possible. And he was still hanging on in the polls. Six weeks of Liz Truss and a five point lead for Labour became a 30 point lead. That's not sort of people rethinking their political positions. It's just them looking at a bunch of idiots and thinking, no, we're done with this lot. He has successfully managed to keep the

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