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Britain's ruling Conservatives hit with another local defeat as general election nears
By Matt Clinch & Katrina Bishop
Rishi Sunak rides out leadership challenge - but faces 'exhausted and broken' Tory party when parliament returns
By Sam Coates
Triumphant Starmer already seems like the prime minister. Now his troubles really begin
By Jonathan Freedland
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Starmer leads Sunak by 23% in Wales, equalling his largest ever lead.
Which of the following do Welsh voters think would be the better PM for the UK? (5-7 June)
Keir Starmer 48% (+6)
Rishi Sunak 25% (-2)
Don't know 27% (-3)
Changes +/- 18-19 May
redfieldandwiltonstrategies.com/latest-welsh-westminster-and-senedd-voting-intention-5-7-june-2024/ pic.twitter.com/IB07Vr7ItU
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Adam Bienkov
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Could be watching the death of the Conservative party as an active political force in the UK?
Why we should start thinking the unthinkable about Britain's longest-surviving political party
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/is-this-the-end-of-the-conservative
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Adam Bienkov
AdamBienkov
Another poll partly conducted since Sunak's D-Day disaster shows Lab lead growing to 21 pts with pollsters @Moreincommon_
- LAB: 46 (-)
- CON: 25 (-2)
- REF: 11 (+1)
- LD: 9 (+1)
- GRN: 6 (+1)
(5-7 June)
Starmer now has 18-point lead over Sunak on who would be best PM
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Nigel Farage
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This election is already over. The Conservatives had their chance and they blew it. Reform will be the real opposition. pic.twitter.com/LiDfY2wuU3
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