Tories Face a Trouncing at the Ballot Box: Pin the Blame on the Party’s Betrayal of the Promise of Brexit 

Calmer heads and strategic voting would suggest that electors cast ballots to keep Labour out of office, rather than to keep the Tories in.

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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer at Bollington, England, June 27, 2024. Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP

“When sorrows come, they come not single spies but in battalions.” Shakespeare’s sentiments may ring true for British Conservatives as they contemplate their fate following Thursday’s general election.

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