{"id":121919,"date":"2023-11-19T19:19:57","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T19:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lasixlineon.com\/?p=121919"},"modified":"2023-11-19T19:19:57","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T19:19:57","slug":"rishi-sunak-set-to-be-the-first-sitting-prime-minister-to-lose-his-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lasixlineon.com\/politics\/rishi-sunak-set-to-be-the-first-sitting-prime-minister-to-lose-his-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Rishi Sunak set to be the first sitting Prime Minister to lose his seat"},"content":{"rendered":"

PMQs: Rishi Sunak hits back at Starmer over small boats<\/h3>\n

Rishi Sunak is facing being the first ever sitting Prime Minister in the history of British democratic politics to face losing his seat in a general election.<\/p>\n

Analysis of all last week’s polls following his attempt to reset his government with a major reshuffle reveals that if they were the result of a general election he would lose his Richmond constituency in North Yorkshire.<\/p>\n

The four polls gave Labour a lead of between 24 and 30 points, while Tory support ranged from 19 percent to 22 percent.<\/p>\n

It was a severe blow for a Prime Minister who had hoped to regain the political initiative by sacking Home Secretary Suella Braverman and restructuring his top team.<\/p>\n

But voters have reacted badly to the civil war which erupted as a result of the reshuffle and the Supreme Court’s decision to block the Rwanda deportations leaving his illegal migrant strategy in chaos.<\/p>\n

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One former cabinet minister told Express.co.uk: “I’ve spent the day with an election agent who has said it\u2019s looking bleak.<\/p>\n

“There’s very little that will change the party’s fortunes. I spoke at a solid Tory association last night and they are not happy with the way MPs are behaving – that also includes Suella Braverman’s hand grenades this week.”<\/p>\n

The situation is being compared to the general election in 1906 when the Conservatives had their worst ever defeat winning just 156 seats.<\/p>\n

In that election Tory leader Arhur Balfour lost his Manchester East seat in what was the only time when a Leader of the Opposition had been voted out in a general election.<\/p>\n

Balfour, more famous for the agreement which would create the State of Israel, had been Prime Minister a month before the general election was called and stepped down to allow the Liberal’s Henry Campbell Bannerman to enter Downing Street.<\/p>\n

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