Tory MP admits it’s ‘nearly unimaginable for the Conservatives to win the subsequent election’, warning extra MPs will stop

Conservative MP Charles Walker has mentioned that it’s ‘nearly unimaginable’ for the celebration to win the subsequent election, warning extra MPs will stand down than ‘go all the way down to electoral defeat’.

His feedback got here after the Tories have been thrashed within the Chester by-election, struggling their worst defeat within the seat since 1832, with a swing of 13.8% from Tory to Labour.

A 12% swing from the Tories to Labour can be sufficient to take the celebration into energy.

Walker, a former vice chair of the Tory backbench 1922 committee who’s stepping down, instructed TimesRadio: “It’s nearly unimaginable to see us getting back from this. I think, we’ll lose the subsequent common election.

“Now I hope what Rishi Sunak does is be certain Labour doesn’t wipe the ground with us, in order that we maybe win 220 seats, and we kind a viable opposition, which was not the case in 1997, once we went all the way down to having 165 Members of Parliament.”

He additionally mentioned we must always anticipate fairly much more Tory MPs deciding to face down as we get nearer to the final election.

“A lot of my colleagues will probably be pondering ‘Do I need to do far more of this? Do I need to go all the way down to Electoral defeat?’ … Or in the event that they’re in actually protected seats ‘Do I need to be in opposition for ten years?”, he mentioned.

His feedback additionally come on the day when former chancellor Sajid Javid introduced that he too will probably be stepping down on the subsequent common election.

Javid wrote on Twitter: “After a lot reflection I’ve determined that I can’t be standing once more on the subsequent Basic Election.

“Serving because the Member of Parliament for Bromsgrove stays an unimaginable privilege, and I’ll proceed to help the Authorities and the causes I consider in.”

Basit Mahmood is editor of Left Foot Ahead

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