Top pollster gives Labour a ’99% chance’ of winning election | Tory Chairman reacts

'I think we can both accept the Conservatives haven't covered themselves in the last couple of years.'

Tory Chair Richard Holden admits to Andrew Marr that his colleagues have 'spoken too much about themselves,' which has taken scrutiny off Labour and given them a 'free pass'. But he insists making predictions about the election is foolish.

The Prime Minister’s inner circle has reportedly pressed Mr Sunak to call an election as early as June as they fear he will not make it until the autumn as party leader.

As speculation grows over the amount of letters of no confidence submitted against the Prime Minister, Mr Sunak’s aides reportedly now fear the situation is untenable.

Those close to Mr Sunak are said to fear that the situation may grow worse if the election is held off until the autumn with the potential of more Tory MPs resigning and plotting from rebels increasing, the DailyMail reports.

It comes following previous reports that a group of senior Tory MPs had been plotting to oust the Prime Minister ahead of the next election.

Last week, Sir Simon Clarke, former Chief Secretary to the Treasury claimed that dozens of letters of no confidence had been handed in against Mr Sunak as he said they only ‘need a couple of more letters’ to trigger a leadership contest.

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