Labour still hasn’t learnt the lessons of the last election – and it could cost them dearly

Inside Westminster: The opposition has overreached this time around. Time will tell as to whether they’ve done enough to win enough Tory seats

Andrew Grice
Friday 06 December 2019 20:52 GMT
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General Election 2019: Opinion polls over the last seven days

The good news for Jeremy Corbyn is that his picture is now featuring on general election leaflets. The bad news is that they promote Conservative candidates, not Labour ones.

It is rare for leaders of both main parties to be unpopular. But many voters will have to decide next Thursday who they least dislike.

Although Boris Johnson is well ahead when voters are asked to name the best prime minister, he is not riding a wave of popular support, as MPs who rushed to back him for the Tory leadership hoped. He said then his “true selling point” was his ability to win elections.

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